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| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | First electric street railway service in Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | WW II scrap metal drive. Scoutmaster Edward G. Shaw and his troop of boy scouts on bicycles and on a trailer loaded with scrap metal. The trailer is hitche... |
| 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: | 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: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from hill of the freight steamer "Cornucopia" loading hides at the Hammond Brothers warehouse, with Lawrence University buildings on the hill... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | View of the front of the art center. Caption reads: "The Worcester Art Center, Lawrence College, Appleton, Wis." |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | The Institute of Paper Chemistry at Lawrence College. |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | The Chicago and Northwestern railroad station. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Sign reads: "Dawn of a New Day". The Grignon house was built (at the later address of 1313 Augustine Street) in 1836 by Charles Grignon. Charles Grignon wa... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the Kaukauna Public Library. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | An inscription over the entrance of the Van Niel house. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | A shrine put up by J.H. Van Niel, who came over with Fr. Van den Broek. Destroyed about 1895. |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Zeeland Mills, built in 1862 by John Verstegen. The flour mill was 36' x 50', four stories and had "two runs of stone." It was still operating in 1911. |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Miller Electic Manufacturing Co. and surrounding area. |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the front entrance of the Appleton Free Public Library and City Hall. Several children are posing on the entrance steps. The City and the ... |
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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: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Kaukauna Public Library. The library opened in 1905 and was funded by Andrew Carnegie with a gift of $12,000. Visible above the main e... |
| Date: | 08 05 1962 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Riverside Paper Corporation mill. On the left is a road along a river, and on the right are railroad tracks along the mill. A sign in the ... |
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