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| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Interior spread of a pamphlet advertising Samson tractors. The pages feature an illustration of the tractor and a sectional view of the transmission, along... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Advertisement for the Townsend Oil Tractor featuring an illustration of a man using a telescope to watch another man rake in a pile of money. The headline ... |
| Date: | 10 31 1958 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Clemens Rath, head of Rath Church Decorating Service, 3331 University Avenue, standing beside a glass mosaic window made by the firm for St. Pa... |
| Date: | 10 31 1958 |
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| Description: | View of one of the 14 stations-of-the-cross glass mosaic panels recently installed at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Janesville. In this panel, Christ is... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Small group of elderly men, two of them bearing, respectively, a U.S. Flag, and a banner, perhaps a company roster. This may be a group of Civil War vetera... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | George S. Parker and family seated in their car, one of the first automobiles in Janesville. Behind them is a couple in another car. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | This map shows a plat of city, a numbering system, local streets, railroads, and part of the Rock River. The map is indexed by street name and reads: "Copy... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | This map includes a street index and shows municipal golf course, parks, schools, cemeteries, Janesville County Club, and industrial sites. The back of the... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | This map includes an index of streets and schools, and shows parks and public lands, as well as industrial sites. |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | This map includes an index of streets and schools and also shows parks, schools and public lands, and industrial sites. Portions of the map are in green an... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | This map is indexed and shows numbering system, public buildings and parks, wards, and voting booths. |
| Date: | 02 11 1961 |
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| Description: | Ninety-two foreign students attending the U.W., Beloit, and Milton Colleges representing 35 countries took buses to Janesville where they were guests of th... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | This map of Janesville was distrusted by the Fifield Lumber Company and features labeled streets, the Rock River, and Fifield Lumber Company buildings in r... |
| Date: | 10 1969 |
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| Description: | A street map of Janesville showing the block numbers on each street. Other landmarks are labeled such as chain stores, parks, schools, manufacturing compa... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | This map shows streets, railroads, the city house numbering system, and the Rock River. The left margin includes a street index. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | A Sanborn map of a portion of Janesville, including the Rock River Sugar Company. |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Rear view of a man kneeling on the ground while taking a photograph of his wife and son who are posing in front of a large fiberglass statue of a brown and... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the skyline of central Janesville and surrounding landscape. Caption reads: "Bird's Eye [sic] View of Janesville, Wis." |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View across intersection towards the Government Building with arched entrances and turrets. Caption reads: "U.S. Government Building and Post Office." |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | View across field toward the beet sugar factory. Caption reads: "Beet Sugar Factory, Janesville, Wis." |
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