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First Division Market

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Description: External view of First Division Market (built 1870) with horse-drawn vehicle in front.
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) and East Washington Avenue

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Description: View of the North Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol in the background, the Capitol Park, and farm wagons on East Washington Avenue on market day. T...
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View of Sparta, Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: View on North Water Street, showing the building in which the Bank of Sparta was founded. A man is walking beside a oxen pulling a covered wagon.
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Main Street

Date: 1895
Description: View down Main Street. Will Brothers Meat Market can be seen on the right corner, and a tinshop is beside it on the left.
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Main Street

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Description: View across unpaved street of a row of stores. On the corner is the Cashton Hardware Company. A horse and wagon is parked at the curb of H. B. Bohl City Me...
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Front Street

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Description: View down Front Street of stores and shops. At the far end of the street is a group of men with horse-drawn wagons.
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Scene at Plain

Date: 1921
Description: View of men standing near a T-intersection. The three-story building on the left side of the intersection has a sandwich board advertising "Ice Cream." A m...
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Farmer's Market

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Description: Elevated view of the farmer's market on East Washington Avenue near storefronts. Many horse-drawn buggies and wagons are lined up on both sides of the aven...
Postcard

Market Day

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Description: Elevated view of market day in the town square, crowded with people, horses and carts. A row of commercial buildings is across the square, and a windmill i...
Postcard

Market Day on Third Street

Date: 11 04 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Market Day on Third Street. Greetings from Watertown, Wis." Elevated view of a busy street scene on market day, with many pedestrians...

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