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Fargo Creamery Supply House

Date: 1908
Description: View across unpaved street towards a two-story warehouse, with a smokestack in the back. Caption reads: "Fargo Creamery Supply House, 1908, Lake Mills, Wis...
Photograph

Lewis Factory and Globe Milling Company

Date: 04 29 1900
Description: View of the Globe Milling Company, built in 1848, and the Lewis Factory on the Rock River. In the distance is a dam, bridge, and barbershop.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Watertown

Date: 04 1901
Description: A Sanborn map of Watertown, including an index and a key.
Photograph

Woodard and Stone Company

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the Woodard & Stone Co. on the first block of North Water Street.
Postcard

Hartig's Brewery

Date: 1900
Description: View from bridge towards Hartig's Brewery on the left. Caption reads: "Greetings from Watertown, Wis."
Postcard

The Ice House, Rock Lake

Date: 1908
Description: View of the Knickerbocker Ice Company building. Rock Lake in the foreground. There is a ramp leading from the lake to the ice house. Caption reads: "The Ic...
Postcard

Rock River Dam

Date: 1908
Description: The Rock River Dam with the Woolen Mills building in the background. Caption reads: "Rock River Dam, Jefferson, Wis."
Photograph

Farmers' Co-Operative Cheese Factory

Date: 1909
Description: Men with horses and wagons gathered outside the Faville Grove Farmers' Co-Operative Cheese Factory. A poster advertising the State Fair is pasted to the wa...
Photograph

Van Camp Condensed Milk Factory

Date: 1909
Description: View across road toward the Van Camp Condensed Milk Factory, with two small loading docks on the right. A man is standing on the dock, and three men are lo...
Photograph

Stuart and Frank at Work

Date: 1906
Description: Stuart, left, and Frank Fargo, both dressed in bib overalls, posing in front of the open door of a carriage house. Stuart is wearing a broad brimmed hat. T...
Photograph

Composite Views of Resort

Date: 1900
Description: Composite of several views of the Palmyra Springs Resort and vicinity. Caption reads: "Views at Palmyra Springs, Palmyra, Wis."
Postcard

Old Mill Race

Date: 1908
Description: View down a tree-lined river toward a mill in the background. Caption reads: "Old Mill Race, Jefferson, Wis."
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 06 1900
Description: View down Main Street.
Photograph

A Full Dozen

Date: 09 1904
Description: Edgar and Jennie Krueger playfully hunting for eggs.
Photograph

Scene on Rock River

Date: 1908
Description: View of the west bank of Rock River from a bridge. The view includes the manufacturing plants of Jefferson Woolen Mills, incorporated April 2, 1856.
Photograph

Wooden Sidewalk

Date: 1906
Description: View down a wooden sidewalk, next to a dirt road. Some piles of wood are in the road near a portion of the sidewalk that is under construction.
Photograph

Firemen's Parade

Date: 06 1908
Description: The Lake Mills band and fire company lead the parade during a fire company competition in their home town.
Photograph

Fire Company Competition

Date: 06 1908
Description: Members of the Lake Mills fire company pull the hose cart during a firemen's competition.
Photograph

The Brewery

Date: 1900
Description: A view of the back of the brewery, taken from a bridge. A man walks across the bridge, away from the camera.
Photograph

Pawnee Bill's Circus Parade

Date: 07 28 1901
Description: View down Main Street, facing east, during Pawnee Bill's Circus Wild West Parade.

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