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Augusta State Bank

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Description: View from street of the Augusta State Bank on a corner. There are pedestrians walking on the street and along the sidewalk. There is a support structure fo...
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Stone Street

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Description: Photographic postcard of Stone Street. A car is parked in front of an auto repair store. Electric power lines run down the street, and a water tower is in ...
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Stand Pipe in Burlington

Date: 1930
Description: Text reads: "Stand Pipe, Burlington, Wis."
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South Street and Water Tower

Date: 1900
Description: A view down unpaved South Street looking east. There is a water tower in the background. Caption reads: "Residence St."
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Downtown Cumberland and Beaver Dam Lake

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of Cumberland with Beaver Dam Lake in the background. In the foreground is a street, and across the street is a church, a water tower and dwe...
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De Pere Bridge with Cars

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of the bridge, with several cars driving on it. On the left and right are streets below the bridge. In the distance are smokestacks and water...
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Main Avenue

Date: 1950
Description: Caption reads: "Looking West on Main Ave." View down center of commercial area, with automobiles moving down the street, and parked along the curbs. A U.S....
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Northwestern Manufacturing Company Plant

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the Northwestern Manufacturing Company plant. Caption reads: "Birds-eye View showing Northwestern Mfg. Co.'s Plant, Fort Atkinson, Wis."
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Van Brunt Plant

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Description: View of the Van Brunt plant. The Van Brunt Manufacturing Company began in 1860 when brothers George and Daniel Van Brunt patented a design for a combinatio...
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View of Wausau, Wisconsin

Date: 1930
Description: Winter view of a city street with parked automobiles and people walking down the sidewalk. A lamppost is in the foreground, and a smokestack and water towe...
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Wausau Railroad Station

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of the railroad station looking west. A bridge over the river is in the foreground, and a large water tower is across the railroad tracks on ...
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Waukesha Motor Works

Date: 1940
Description: Aerial view of the Waukesha Motor Works.
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Hawley House

Date: 1916
Description: The J.C. Hawley house, also known as the Evergreens. The base of a water tower is in the front yard on the left.
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Hawley House

Date: 1922
Description: The J.C. Hawley house, also known as the Evergreens, which stood on a site at Badger Road that later became a highway interchange. A water tower is on the ...
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High School

Date: 1910
Description: View of the high school, with a group of people near its entrance and a couple seated on a bench in the foreground. There is a water tower behind the schoo...
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Frog Shop

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Description: View across road toward buildings, including a water tower. Caption reads: "Frog Shop, Tomah, Wis."
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Mineral Point Watertower

Date: 1905
Description: A watertower in Mineral Point. Caption reads: "Watertower, Mineral Point, Wis."
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Whiting-Plover Paper Co. Mill

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of the Whiting-Plover Paper Company mill.
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Aerial View of Town and Wisconsin River

Date: 1965
Description: Aerial view that encompasses most of the town and part of the Wisconsin River.
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Tower Foundation

Date: 1898
Description: View from water tower, showing the grove where Black Hawk's pursuers were supposed to have camped in 1832. The group of men in the foreground are digging f...

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