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Perspective Map of Beloit

Date: 1890
Description: Bird's-eye map of Beloit with insets of Williams Engine Works, Eclipse Wind Engine Co., and John Foster & Co. Turtle Creek is in the lower section, and the...
Postcard

Fairbanks-Morse & Company in Beloit

Date: 1910
Description: Colorized image of the Fairbanks-Morse & Company buildings.
Photograph

Fairbanks, Morse & Co.

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Description: Elevated winter view of the company buildings and residential area, with smokestacks in the background.
Postcard

Fairbanks, Morse Plant in the Summer

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Description: Elevated view of the plant and residential area, with smokestacks. Caption reads: "Birds-eye View of Fairbanks Morse Plant, Beloit, Wis."
Photograph

View along the Rock River

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view over houses towards the industrial area along the Rock River.
Photograph

View along the Rock River

Date: 1900
Description: Oval-framed view of the industrial area along the Rock River.
Photograph

Sewerage Disposal Plant

Date: 1934
Description: Aerial view of Janesville showing the river fill for the new sewerage disposal plant.
Photograph

No. 1 Cotton Mill

Date: 1893
Description: The No. 1 Cotton Mill. Plank sidewalk in foreground.
Photograph

General Motors Employees

Date: 1987
Description: Employees of the General Motors plant in head to work.
Photograph

General Motors Parking Lot

Date: 1960
Description: Parking lot at the General Motors plant.
Photograph

Box Factory

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Description: Interior of building with equipment and exposed beams.
Photograph

Miss Zelma Purchase

Date: 1948
Description: Miss Zelma Purchase, of the Home Economics Department at International Harvester's Evansville Works, sits at a table with folded hands.
Photograph

Nutrena Feeds Factory

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Description: Elevated view over a freight train of the Nutrena Feeds factory.
Photograph

Beloit, Wisc. Upper Bridge

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Description: East facing view from the Upper Bridge, featuring the Beloit water tower in the distance.
Postcard

Rock River from Central Bridge

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Description: Photographic postcard view of the Rock River with trees along the banks. There is a smokestack in the distance. Caption reads: "Rock River from Central Bri...
Postcard

Rock River, looking from Bluff Street

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Description: Colorized postcard view through trees towards the Rock River, with a railroad bridge running across it in the distance. Beyond are factories and commercial...
Postcard

Beloit Iron Works and Rock River

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Description: Colorized postcard view of the iron works and river. There is another factory on the opposite side of the river behind the trees on the right.
Postcard

Rock River, N.W. Ry. Bridge and Glimpse of Beloit

Date: 1909
Description: Colorized postcard of an elevated view through trees of the Rock River, with a railroad bridge and a glimpse of Beloit. There are boaters near sandbars in ...
Postcard

Round Bridge

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Description: Colorized postcard of an elevated view of the Round Bridge, part of the C.M. and St. Paul R.R. A factory and dam are in the background and dwellings are on...
Postcard

The Dam

Date: 1911
Description: Colorized postcard of an elevated view across a dam towards a factory on the Rock River. Dwellings are on the far bank on the right. Caption reads: "The Da...

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