Date: | 1860 |
---|---|
Description: | College Avenue looking west from the corner of Morrison Street. The building on the left is the Adkins Building, at the right is the Johnston House. This w... |
Date: | 1884 |
---|---|
Description: | View across water of a Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad locomotive (No #33) pulling a pay car across a trestle over the Fox River. Several large... |
Date: | 1954 |
---|---|
Description: | Group of farmers observe and participate in a farm auction. |
Date: | 1886 |
---|---|
Description: | First electric street railway service in Wisconsin. |
Date: | 1955 |
---|---|
Description: | Winter scene with Mark Mueller, the photographer's son standing ankle deep in snow with a dog, and smiling as the snow continues to fall. The family was sl... |
Date: | 1922 |
---|---|
Description: | View across water towards the Atlas Mill. The paper making mill on the Fox River was built in 1878 and proved that paper could be made efficiently from gro... |
Date: | 1882 |
---|---|
Description: | Building housing the very first central electric light station for distribution of incandescent lighting. The sign on the building reads: "Vulcan St." |
Date: | 1882 |
---|---|
Description: | Cutaway view of the building that housed the first electrical station created to distribute incandescent light electricity. |
Date: | 1882 |
---|---|
Description: | A man shows off an incandescent lamp switchboard with bamboo filiament, lamp receptacle with wooden base, current and pressure indicators and controlling d... |
Date: | 1974 |
---|---|
Description: | "Hearthstone," a house built in 1880-1882 by paper mill owner Henry J. Rogers, was the first residence electrified from a centrally located hydroelectric p... |
Date: | |
---|---|
Description: | Original brass chandelier with art glass shades hangs in "Hearthstone," the home built by paper mill owner, Henry J. Rogers. The residence was the first d... |
Date: | |
---|---|
Description: | Original steam radiator, one of many installed throughout "Hearthstone," the home built by paper mill owner, Henry J. Rogers. The residence was the first ... |
Date: | |
---|---|
Description: | Original light switch on the wall at "Hearthstone," the home built by paper mill owner, Henry J. Rogers. The residence was the first dwelling electrified ... |
Date: | |
---|---|
Description: | Plaque describing "Hearthstone," the home built by paper mill owner, Henry J. Rogers. The residence was the first dwelling electrified from a centrally loc... |
Date: | 1930 |
---|---|
Description: | Aerial view of the city and the river. |
Date: | 1960 |
---|---|
Description: | View of a bridge reaching across the Fox River. |
Date: | 1922 |
---|---|
Description: | Appleton Wisconsin Electric Light and Power Plant, 1922. Switchboard equipment of the plant, which began operating in September of 1822, is at the State Hi... |
Date: | 1886 |
---|---|
Description: | The first electric street railway in Wisconsin. |
If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.
Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: