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| Date: | 03 04 1881 |
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| Description: | Several people are standing on a large snow bank on 8th Street, looking north after the big snowstorm of 1881. Signs hanging over the sidewalk attached to ... |
| Date: | 03 04 1881 |
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| Description: | Winter scene from the corner of 7th Street after the "big snow" of 1881, Sheboygan, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 03 04 1881 |
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| Description: | Winter scene of a commercial street after the "big snow" of 1881, Sheboygan, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Winter scene of Sheboygan after a heavy snowfall. Mr. Henry C. Mueller can be seen on the top of the three-story building which he built in 1871. Many peop... |
| Date: | 08 24 1888 |
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| Description: | The George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. Sixteen men were killed by the explosion of a bleacher; the bleacher exploded as the nigh... |
| Date: | 08 24 1888 |
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| Description: | The George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. Men and women are standing near the damaged railroad tracks. Sixteen men were killed by t... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | The Whiting Paper Mills before it was ruined by fire. A group of men and women are posing in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | The George A. Whiting Paper Mills with men posing on switcher engines in front of the buildings. The engines are, (left to right): Chicago and Northwestern... |
| Date: | 08 24 1888 |
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| Description: | The George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. Men are standing near a damaged section of the mill. Sixteen men were killed by the explo... |
| Date: | 08 24 1888 |
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| Description: | The George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. A man is standing to the left of a large damaged metal section of the mill which is resti... |
| Date: | 08 24 1888 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of the George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. Sixteen men were killed by the explosion of a bleacher; the ble... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | The view of Red Cedar River from Meadow Hill. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Stereograph view of Menomonie. A group of people are sitting on a hill in the foreground overlooking the town. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Red Cedar (or Menomonie) River and the Knapp, Stout & Co., mills from the top of present day Meadow Hill Dr. looking Southeast. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | View of unpaved Water Street, featuring a group of patrons standing in the entrance of A. Becker's Saloon. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Wisconsin River shoreline, showing lumber rafts "tied up over Sunday." |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a mill, with several figures and horse-drawn vehicles located around it. Caption reads: "Sauk City Mills." |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Cross in a field marking the area of "Marquette's well." |
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