Janesville's Past
This collection of digitized photographs, postcards and other historical images is the result of a collaborative project completed by the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Committee and Hedberg Public Library.

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READ
Browse stories, chronologies and histories written by local authors.
* these titles include photos

• Century of Stories by Mike DuPre*
  
• City on the Rock River by Carol Lohry Cartwright
  
• History of Janesville 1835 – 1935 by Mary Ann Bostwick Hulick*
  
• History of Janesville by Raymond E. Fenrick
  
• History of the Janesville Public Schools, 1839-1987
  
• Janesville Public Library: A Centennial History, 1884-1984 by Janice Kay Pierce
  
• Janesville’s Early History
• Medical History of Janesville, 1833-1933 by John Vosburgh Stevens*
• Reflections from a Warming House Window by Virginia E Leffler*

SEE
View images, photos and postcards of Janesville through the years.

• Art Work of Rock County  (1893)
• The Headlight Souvenir Edition: Janesville, Wis (1896)
• Historical Janesville Postcard Collection
• Historical Photos of Janesville and Rock County
  
• Janesville Fire Department Souvenir Album (1902)
  
• Picturesque Janesville (1888)

FIND
Search Janesville directories and walking guides.

• Janesville City Directories (1857-1931)
  Click the blue Read More link, then scroll down to the City Directory links.
• Janesville Fire Department Souvenir Album (1902)
• Walking Guides to Janesville Historic Districts
  • Benton Avenue
  • Columbus Circle
  • Court House hill
  • Fourth Ward
  • Look West
  • Main & Milwaukee, Janesville's Downtown
  • Prospect Hill & Conrad Cottages
    

This project was supported by Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds, awarded to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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