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Plastics Workers

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Description: Workers at the Plastics Division of the Consolidated Papers Company of Wisconsin Rapids handling sheets of the paper-based plastic laminate manufactured by...
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Prototype Plastic Glider

Date: 05 07 1943
Description: Floor for a military glider constructed of a paper-based plastic laminate by the Plastics Division of Consolidated Papers of Wisconsin Rapids. This photog...
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Consolidated Papers Factory

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: View of the floor of a Consolidated Papers Company factory, probably its Plastics Division in Wisconsin Rapids.
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Consolidated War Work

Date: 03 03 1944
Description: Ken Nelson, an employee of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Papers Company of Wisconsin Rapids, monitors the performance of the #1 Treater. The machi...
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Potawatomi Family

Date: 1920
Description: Potawatomi family standing in front of a log cabin. Elders identified the woman in the center as Mrs. Frank Young, and the man on the right as community le...
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Auburndale Camp

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Description: Elevated view of logging crew posed outside a log cabin in winter. Several horses are at the back of the group. The foreman, Mike Baltus, is possibly at fr...
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Sunday at the Lumber Camp

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Description: Elevated view of lumberjacks joined by their wives and children on a Sunday at the Auburndale Lumber Camp.
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Dixon Hotel

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Description: Exterior of Dixon Hotel featuring an overhang supported by groups of Ionic columns. Pedestrians walk along the sidewalk around the hotel, and a child stand...
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City Hall

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Description: Exterior view of the city hall, a brick building built in 1817. A man and young boy stand in the main doorway of the building. An automobile is near a smal...
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Swimming Pool

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Description: Adults sit beneath a tent alongside a swimming pool overlooking Stora Enso Dam. The dam was built by the Consolidated Water Power Company in 1903.
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Railroad Station

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Description: View down cobblestone street toward a girl standing on the steps of the front entrance of a railroad station. Railroad cars on the left of the station are ...
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Construction of a Paper Mill

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Description: Elevated view of workers during construction of a paper mill.
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Cranberry Harvest

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Description: Men working in field during Wisconsin cranberry harvest. Crates are stacked up throughout the field.
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Woman Raking Cranberries

Date: 1955
Description: Woman using a cranberry rake to harvest cranberries near Wisconsin Rapids.
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Farm Implement used in Cranberry Fields

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Description: Newell Jasperson of the Whittlesey Cranberry Company with machinery used in cranberry fields. There is snow on the ground, and behind him is a parked autom...
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Asa Bennett Family

Date: 1903
Description: Asa Curtis Bennett family holding cranberry rakes and other manual farm implements. The family is gathered around an owl standing on the ground in front of...
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Farmer Examining Cranberry Plant

Date: 1948
Description: Farmer examining cranberry plant near an irrigation ditch.
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Man with Crated Cranberries

Date: 1948
Description: Man posing with crates of newly harvested cranberries. The cranberries have not been cleaned as there is still plant debris in the crates.
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Two Men Inspecting Cranberry Field

Date: 1948
Description: Two men inspecting cranberry plants, most likely for pests or disease.
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Prisoner of War Working in Cranberry Marsh

Date: 1945
Description: German Prisoner of War stationed in Wisconsin Rapids working on the A.E. Bennett and Sons Cranberry Marsh. He is spraying the cranberry crop with either an...

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