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Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railroad

Date: 1884
Description: View across water of a Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad locomotive (No #33) pulling a pay car across a trestle over the Fox River. Several large...
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Farm of Alex Smith

Date: 1875
Description: View from a distance of a farm in a valley owned by Alex(ander?) Smith. There is a wooden fence in the foreground surrounding the farm.
Map or Atlas

Appleton Outagamie County, Wisconsin

Date: 1867
Description: Birds-eye drawing of Appleton, Outagamie Co., depicting street names and street layout, houses, the Fox River, the court house, jail, school houses, Lawren...
Postcard

Rodgers in Wright Airplane in Wisconsin

Date: 09 14 1911
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...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of the Village of Kaukauna, Wisconsin

Date: 12 21 1882
Description: Bird's-eye map of Kaukauna, from the Appleton Post Annual Review.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Appleton

Date: 1874
Description: Bird's-eye view of Appleton.
Photograph

Atlas Mill

Date: 1922
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...
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"Hearthstone"

Date: 1974
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...
Postcard

Aloah Beach on Lake Winnebago

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Description: Aloah Beach on Lake Winnebago. There is a board sidewalk on the left. A sailboat is out on the lake on the right near the shoreline.
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Aerial View of City Along River

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of the city and the river.
Postcard

Appleton Theatre, Oneida Street

Date: 1910
Description: View down sidewalk on the left with the theatre across the street on the right. Caption reads: "Oneida St. Appleton Theatre, Appleton, Wis."
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Atlas Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Atlas Mill, a Kimberly-Clark Company mill.
Postcard

Canal on the Fox River

Date: 1910
Description: Caption reads: "Scene on canal, Fox River, Appleton, Wis." Elevated view from hill looking down towards the river.
Postcard

Congregational Church

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Description: View across street towards the Congregational church.
Postcard

Lower Dam on the Fox River

Date: 1905
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."
Postcard

Lower Dam

Date: 1905
Description: View across the lower dam, with a bridge in the distance on the left. Caption reads: "Appleton, Wis. Lower Dam."
Photograph

Electric Light & Power Company

Date: 1922
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...
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Electric Street Railway

Date: 1886
Description: The first electric street railway in Wisconsin.
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Freight Steamer "Cornucopia"

Date: 1872
Description: Elevated view from hill of the freight steamer "Cornucopia" loading hides at the Hammond Brothers warehouse, with Lawrence University buildings on the hill...
Postcard

Fox River from Railroad Tracks

Date: 1915
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...

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