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| Community: | Janesville |
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| County: | Rock |
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| Reference Number: | 11556 |
| Community: | Janesville |
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| County: | Rock |
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| Reference Number: | 11844 |
| Community: | Janesville |
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| County: | Rock |
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| Reference Number: | 11835 |
| Community: | Janesville |
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| County: | Rock |
| Historic Name: | Hough Shade Corporation |
| Reference Number: | 82903 |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Janesville Public Library. The library opened in 1903 and was funded by Andrew Carnegie at $30,000 and Eldred at $10,000. The reverse ... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Janesville Public Library. Among the room are reading tables, bentwood chairs, light fixtures hanging from the tall ceiling, and two c... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Janesville Public Library. The reverse of the cardboard backing reads: "IV Waterbirds, Ducks, Gulls, Pelican." A second note reads: "C... |
| Community: | Janesville |
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| County: | Rock |
| Historic Name: | Fred R. Jones House |
| Reference Number: | 75910 |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Janesville Public Library. There are several display cases filled with taxidermy, including a pelican, and coral. There is a deer head... |
| Wisconsin Civil War Officer, Newspaper Editor, Philanthropist |
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| Wisconsin and the Invention of the Car |
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| Discover how Wisconsin's influence on the automobile and tourist culture. |
| View a pictorial review of the Wisconsin State Fair from 1851 when it began. |
| Read about Black history in Wisconsin. There are many links to original documents, pictures, eyewitness accounts, and other primary sources. |
| Photographs of Public Libraries in Wisconsin |
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| Learn about how the Wisconsin Free Library Commission helped to establish and improve free public libraries in Wisconsin. |
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