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Part of Kaukauna Showing Green Bay & Miss. Canal Co's Property

Date: 1891
Description: This blueprint manuscript map shows land owned by Green Bay & Mississippi Canal Co., Meade, Vilas, Patten, and Hewitt. Streets and the Fox River are labele...
Map or Atlas

Lands of the South Kaukauna Water Power Co.

Date: 1891
Description: This blueprint manuscript map shows land owned by Kaukauna Water Power Co., Green Bay & Mississippi Canal Co., A.W. Patten, N.M. Edwards, and M.J. Meade. P...
Photograph

Grignon Mansion

Date: 1947
Description: View from hill looking down across fields at the property of Charles Grignon. Grignon Mansion in the background among trees, and beyond is the Fox River. O...
Photograph

Milwaukee-Downer College Historic Marker

Date: 06 15 1965
Description: Leslie Fishel, Director of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, speaking from the stage at the dedication and unveiling of the Milwaukee-Downer Colle...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Appleton, Wis.

Date: 1874
Description: Birds-eye view of Appleton Wisconsin. In the foreground are people fishing, strolling, and looking over the canal towards the Fox River. Streets and buildi...
Postcard

Main Street Looking West

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Description: Colorized postcard view down center of Main Street, which is lined with businesses. There are horse-drawn vehicles in the street. Caption reads: "Main Stre...
Photograph

Hearthstone

Date: 07 1968
Description: View across lawn towards the historic Hearthstone House. A historic marker is in the foreground on the left, and it reads: "Hearthstone, World's first Elec...
Postcard

Bird's-Eye View of Kaukauna

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Description: Photographic postcard of an elevated view of Kaukauna. There is a water tower in the center, a church on the left, and a smokestack on the right, and the F...
Postcard

Second Street

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Description: View of the businesses lining Second Street. There is a horse and wagon at the curb, and boys are standing in the street. Caption reads: "Second Street, Ka...
Postcard

Looking North from South Side

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Description: Elevated view of Kaukauna's south side, with the north side in the distance. There is a bridge over the Fox River. Caption reads: "Looking North from South...
Postcard

Public Library

Date: 1908
Description: Exterior view of the public library, with a gable above the entrance. Caption reads: "Public Library, Kaukauna, Wis."
Postcard

Grignon Home

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Description: Color postcard of the home of Charles A. Grignon. Built in 1837-38 by descendants of French-Canadian fur trappers.
Postcard

Holy Cross Church

Date: 1913
Description: Exterior view of a gothic-style church with two steeples, and a clock tower in the taller steeple. A rose window is above the entrance. Caption reads: "Hol...
Postcard

Interior of St. Mary's Church

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view towards the nave and the altar of St. Mary's Church. Caption reads: "Interior of St. Mary's Church, South Kaukauna, Wis."
Postcard

Municipal Building and Bridge

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Description: View of the Municipal Building (City Hall), and a bridge lined with street lamps crossing the Fox River. Automobiles are driving along the street. Caption ...
Postcard

Canal Entrance and Dam

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Description: Elevated view of a canal, reservoir and dam on the Fox River. Two men are standing near a boathouse. Caption reads: "Canal Entrance and Dam, Kaukauna, Wis....
Postcard

C. & N. W. R. R. Shops

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Description: Elevated view across the Fox River towards a group of buildings next to the railroad tracks along the far shoreline. Caption reads: "C. & N. W. R. R. Shops...
Postcard

Kaukauna Fibre Co.

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Description: View of a fiber mill by the riverside, with a log jam in the river in the foreground. Caption reads: "Kaukauna Fibre Co., Kaukauna, Wis."
Postcard

At the Bridge

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Description: View across water towards a bridge over the Fox River. A dwelling with a boathouse is on the river bank on the right. Caption reads: "At the Bridge, Kaukau...
Photograph

Fox River

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Description: Elevated view over trees towards the Fox River. A dam is creating a reservoir for hydroelectric power. Former paper mills are on the left shore of the rive...

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