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Historical Essay

Baptists in Wisconsin

Learn about the Baptist congregations which began organizing in Wisconsin in the 1830s.
Photograph

Bassett House

Date: 1955
Description: The Bassett House in Whitewater, Wisconsin.
Map or Atlas

Map in Prospect of Delavan, Wisconsin

Date: 1840
Description: This 19th century manuscript map shows the roads and proposed routes, villages, and lakes and streams in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Wisconsin

Brief history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Wisconsin.
Photograph

Farm Wagon

Date: 07 2014
Description: An old, worn farm wagon sitting in a field.
Print

Institute for Deaf and Dumb

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Description: Engraving of Wisconsin Institute for Deaf and Dumb. A man in a horse-drawn carriage and another rider on horseback travel along the street in the foregroun...
Photograph

Austrian Pine

Date: 1979
Description: A specimen of Pinus nigra, judged to be the second largest of its type in Wisconsin, standing beside a house at 302 N. Wisconsin Street. Three young...
Photograph

Grain Drill

Date: 07 2014
Description: Close-up of a grain drill sitting outdoors in tall weeds and grasses.
Map or Atlas

Indian Legend Map of Lake Geneva Region

Date: 
Description: A color, pictorial map that shows sites related to Native American villages, sites, cemeteries in the area around the lakes Geneva and Como in Walworth Cou...
Print

Wisconsin School for the Deaf Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Wisconsin School for the Deaf in Delavan, Wisconsin, with a background image of an elevated view of the school? and surrounding grounds p...
Photograph

Old Farm Machinery

Date: 07 2014
Description: Farm equipment and machinery, including a corn elevator in the foregroung, stored in a grassy field. Cows are grazing in the background.
Map or Atlas

Delavan and Delavan Lake : Walworth County, Wisconsin

Date: 1966
Description: This 1966 map shows topography, roads, highways, golf courses, government buildings, and businesses around Delavan Lake in Walworth County, Wisconsin. Incl...
Photograph

Champion Boxelder

Date: 1979
Description: A specimen of Acer negundo judged in 1979 to be the largest known example in Wisconsin. The tree is standing on a lawn at Green Gables, part of the ...
Photograph

Whitewater Public Library

Date: 
Description: Interior view of the White Memorial Library in Whitewater. The library opened in 1904 and was funded with a $15,000 donation from Flavia White. In the room...
National or State Registers Record

309 W. Walworth St.

Community: Delavan
County: Walworth
Historic Name: Phoenix Hall--Wisconsin Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb
Reference Number: 87000492
Photograph

Fjord Horses on the Farm

Date: 04 2014
Description: Close-up of a mare and foal standing in a pasture. In the far distance beyond rolling hills are farm buildings.
Postcard

Largest Telescope in the World

Date: 08 19 1948
Description: Text on front reads: "Telescope with 40 in. Lens, Largest in the World. Williams Bay on Lake Geneva, Wisconsin." On reverse: "The 40 inch telescope of the ...
Postcard

Wisconsin Central Railroad Station

Date: 1909
Description: The Wisconsin Central Railroad Station in Lake Beulah. Caption reads: "Railroad Station, Lake Beulah, Wis."
Historical Essay

Burlington, Wisconsin - A Brief History

Discover historical details and explore our online collections related to Burlington, Wisconsin.
National or State Registers Record

301 West Whitewater Street

Community: Whitewater
County: Walworth
Historic Name: Whitewater Passsenger Depot
Reference Number: 13000376

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