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| Date: | 09 14 1911 |
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| Description: | Calbraith Perry Rodgers in a Wright Model B at Appleton Baseball Park. Cal Rodgers, a member of the famous Perry family, learned to fly at the Wright Flyin... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| 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: | 1974 |
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| 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: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the city and the river. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View down sidewalk on the left with the theatre across the street on the right. Caption reads: "Oneida St. Appleton Theatre, Appleton, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Scene on canal, Fox River, Appleton, Wis." Elevated view from hill looking down towards the river. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Appleton Public Library and City Hall. Caption reads: "City Hall and Public Library, Appleton, Wis." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View across dam on the Fox River, with a bridge further down on the left, and a tall building on the right. Caption reads: "Lower Dam, Appleton, Wis." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View across the lower dam, with a bridge in the distance on the left. Caption reads: "Appleton, Wis. Lower Dam." |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| 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: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View of the Fox River, looking east, from railroad tracks. There is a bridge further down on the right. Buildings line the shoreline on the left, and a lar... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Upper dam on the Fox River. Industrial buildings are on the opposite shoreline, and large houses are among trees on the hill beyond. Caption reads: "Upper ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View from hill looking down towards the Fox river. Caption reads: "Fox River Water Power, Appleton, Wis." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View from hill towards the river, paper mill, and houses on a hill in the distance. Caption reads: "View of Fox River from Riverview Golf Club, Appleton, W... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View from hill looking down towards the Fox River. On the opposite shoreline are industrial buildings. Further down the river on the right are bridges. Cap... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from hill towards the Fox River and an industrial area through trees. A powerline is running across the skyline. Caption reads: "View on Fox ... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking down at the Fox River. On the left is a dam, and on the opposite shoreline is a factory. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View from street towards the Appleton High School. Caption reads: "Appleton High School, Appleton, Wis." |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline toward the bridge. Caption reads: "John Street Bridge, Appleton, Wis." |
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