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H.S. Manchester's, Incorporated, Department Store

Date: 1954
Description: Manchester's, Incorporated, a department store on Mifflin Street.
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Soldiers' Grove

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of Soldiers' Grove with a bridge in the foreground.
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Hillside Home School

Date: 1915
Description: Hillside Home School designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1901 and constructed over the next two years. The school was operated by the architect's family.
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Johnson Wax Research Tower

Date: 1949
Description: View of the Johnson Wax Research and Development Tower under construction.
Postcard

Bruemmer's (or Brummer's) Dam and Pond

Date: 1905
Description: View from dam looking down river. A large building is in the background. Caption reads: "Looking Over Brummer's Dam, Algoma, Wis."
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Rocky Roost

Date: 1915
Description: Rocky Roost, west of Governor's Island in Lake Mendota. The structure was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his childhood friend Robert Lamp. The home's ...
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Armory Company G, 2nd Infantry

Date: 1906
Description: Armory Company G, 2nd Infantry.
Postcard

Lover's Lane

Date: 1909
Description: View down Lover's Lane. Caption reads: "Lover's Lane, Appleton, Wis."
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Paper Mill

Date: 1960
Description: A paper and pulp mill in Appleton. The Interlake Pulp & Paper Mill of Appleton was absorbed by Consolidated Paper, Inc. in 1916, becoming their Interlake D...
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Machine Shop

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of a machine shop, with a wagon in the foreground. A body of water is behind the shop, and railroad tracks curve around to the right. A sign ...
Postcard

Flood Conditions

Date: 03 16 1919
Description: View showing the flood conditions on city streets from the 1919 Flood on the Trempealeau River. Four men are surveying the damage. Caption reads: "Highwate...
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Ore Dock

Date: 1929
Description: View of an ore dock on Chequamegon Bay. Buildings on the shore of the bay can be seen, however, not the water.
Postcard

Ore Docks

Date: 1920
Description: Caption reads: "Mammoth Ore Docks, Ashland, Wis." A building and roads are in the foreground. Several ore ships can be seen.
Photograph

Ringling Brothers Circus Winter Quarters

Date: 1915
Description: View of the Ringling Brothers Circus winter quarters, including the print shop and the wardrobe building.
Photograph

Ringling Bros. Circus Winter Quarters

Date: 1918
Description: View of the Ringling Brothers Circus winter quarters from across the Baraboo River, looking due north. The brick building, center, was one of the two "Cat ...
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Ringling Brothers Circus Winter Quarters

Date: 1930
Description: The Ringling Brothers circus stored equipment in these buildings during the winter. Two cars are parked outside an auto repair and moving store.
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Water Street

Date: 1915
Description: View of Water Street, the winter home of the Ringling Brothers Circus. The whole street was circus property.
Map or Atlas

Map of Water Street

Date: 1950
Description: Map showing buildings formerly used as Ringling Brothers Circus winter quarters, along with adjoining buildings.
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Dousman-Dunkel House

Date: 1933
Description: Front view of the former Dousman-Dunkel house with a gasoline pump and a woman sitting on the front porch. The Elmbrook Historical Society currently occupi...
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Luther Hall

Date: 1920
Description: View of Luther Hall, built in about 1850 or 1860.

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