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| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | Building housing the very first central electric light station for distribution of incandescent lighting. The sign on the building reads: "Vulcan St." |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Summertime view of the country club building. Caption reads: "Riverview Country Club, Appleton, Wis." |
| Date: | 06 1898 |
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| Description: | View across road towards what is believed to be the oldest tavern in Little Chute, built in the 1850's. It was later known as Mrs. Benoit's home. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View up dirt road toward Rhoade's House. Caption reads: "Rhoade's House, Medina, Wis." |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a reproduction of the world's first hydroelectric central station. It is located near the site of the original, which began operation on S... |
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| Description: | View over a train stopped at a grain elevator in the foreground. The Hotel Ristau is across a street on the left, and a church building is in the distance ... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Visitors to the historic Charles A. Grignon House (built 1837-1839), probably during the 1940s. The visitors are seated on a corner of the front porch unde... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of Sherman House of Appleton, Wisconsin, with a three-quarter view of the hotel and people standing on the corner, walking on the sidewalk, or d... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | This 1903 map of Outagamie County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities and villages, landownership and acreages, rural ma... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of hydroelectric plants on the Fox River. Caption reads: "Water Power - Looking West. Appleton, Wis." |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Shows landowner's lots, roads, railroads, and Fox River. Also includes certificate of survey text. Includes significant manuscript annotations depicting th... |
| Date: | 01 1940 |
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| Description: | Map shows roads, railroads, the Fox River, parks, schools, and cemeteries and is indexed by street name in the margins. The bottom of the map show the Winn... |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| 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... |
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| Description: | View looking up street towards the businesses along Wisconsin Avenue. There are cable car tracks running up the street, and a bank is on the corner. Pedest... |
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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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| Description: | Exterior and interior view of T. A. Wonder's Club. Text on back reads: "Famous for chicken and steak dinners. Drinks mixed by mixologist. Air Conditioned. ... |
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