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Electric Dynamo

Date: 1932
Description: An open wooden structure built over a small mill race supports a vertical water wheel. A large belt runs horizontally from the water wheel to a line shaft ...
Photograph

Sawmill

Date: 1932
Description: A steam tractor provides power for a portable sawmill owned by Jake Karken. The large sawblade is still as men pose for the photographer. There is a team o...
Photograph

Fred Price

Date: 1932
Description: Fred Price poses in a farmyard holding a grain cradle which was made by his father and had been in the family for 55 years. A small granary and another out...
Photograph

Wood Pile

Date: 1932
Description: A conical stack of stovewood owned by Delbert Karns of 9th Street, Menomonie stands beside a house. It contained 55 cords of wood.
Photograph

Farmers Waiting to Load Their Goods

Date: 1898
Description: Farmers with their loads waiting to ship on train number 40 at Colfax, Wisconsin. "An everyday occurrence at 3:50 pm during September and October."
Photograph

View of a Farm

Date: 1898
Description: View from field of farm with a wide view of the surrounding landscape.
Photograph

Railroad Depot

Date: 1900
Description: View across railroad tracks towards passengers, a large group of men and one young girl, waiting on the platform at the train station for the train to arri...
Photograph

Elevated View of Railroad Depot

Date: 08 1902
Description: Elevated view of the railroad depot taken from the wooden shake roof of a building. On the right are railroad tracks, depot buildings, grain storage and a ...
Postcard

Wagon Bridge, Colfax, Wis.

Date: 1914
Description: Black and white photographic postcard looking up river towards the Wagon Bridge. Caption reads: "Wagon Bridge, Colfax, Wis."
Map or Atlas

Plat of Menomonie, Dunn County, Wis.

Date: 1896
Description: This map shows plat of town, local streets, numbered blocks and lots, mill pond, mills, part of the Red Cedar River, and land and property ownership by nam...
Postcard

Bird's-Eye View of Elk Mound

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Description: View of the village and surrounding landscape. Dwellings are in the foreground, and farms are in the distance. Caption reads: "Bird's-Eye View, Elk Mound, ...
Postcard

N.W. Depot

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Description: Black and white postcard view of the depot at Elk Mound, with a train approaching. Men are standing on the platform. Caption reads: "N. W. Depot, Elk Mound...
Postcard

Elk Mound, Wis.

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Description: View across field towards the town of Elk Mound.The mound it's named after is in the far distance. Caption reads: "Elk Mound, Wis."
Postcard

Bird's-Eye View, Menomonie, Wis.

Date: 1909
Description: Birds-eye view of Menominie, dwellings and churches. Caption reads: "Bird's-Eye View, Menomonie, Wis."
Postcard

Lake Menomin

Date: 1957
Description: Elevated view between trees of Lake Menomin and a bridge. There are buildings among trees in the distance. Caption reads: "Lake Menomin, Menomonie, Wis."
Postcard

Indian Burial Grounds in Wakanda Park

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Description: View of burial mounds in a park on the edge of a lake. Caption reads: "Indian Burial Grounds in Wakanda Park, Menomonie, Wis."
Postcard

Red Cedar River Bridge

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Description: Elevated view of a railroad bridge spanning the Red Cedar River. Caption reads: "Red Cedar River Bridge, Menomonie, Wis."
Postcard

U.S. Hwy 12 New Bridge

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Description: View of a highway bridge spanning the Red Cedar River, and a road along the far shoreline. Caption reads: "U.S. Hy 12 New Bridge, Menomonie, Wis."
Map or Atlas

Sand Creek Township

Date: 1915
Description: A plat map of the township of Sand Creek.
Postcard

Family Posing with an Automobile

Date: 1914
Description: Partial label on front reads: "Andrew L." Handwritten on reverse: "Residence of Andrew Lien, Wheeler, Wis." A family poses with their automobile next to th...

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