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Bootleg Days

Date: 08 23 1933
Description: Elevated view of six customers celebrating Bootleg Days at Arthur Janik's tavern "The Balcony Inn" at Lincoln and 33rd Streets. Arthur Janik was the propri...
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Allis-Chalmers Company

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Description: Plate Steel Spiral Casing for 70,000 horse-power Niagara Falls hydraulic turbine unit at the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company erecting shop. The castin...
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Lappley Bros. Lumberyard

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Description: Winter view of exterior of Lappley Bros. Lumberyard and Feed Mill.
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Bell Center Depot

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Description: Exterior view of a locomotive at the Bell Center depot. Men stand on the platform.
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Ed Papke's Retirement

Date: 12 11 1954
Description: Herman Kruse (left) and Ed Papke (right) on the occasion of Papke's retirement. Papke was a founding member of Local 7, Amalgamated Lithographers of Americ...
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The "Spirit of St. Louis"

Date: 1928
Description: Charles Lindbergh's airplane, "Spirit of St. Louis," while visiting Madison.
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Arrival of the "Spirit of St. Louis"

Date: 1928
Description: The landing of the "Spirit of St. Louis," carrying Charles Lindbergh.
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Milwaukee Coal Wagon

Date: 1904
Description: Elevated view of wagons hauling coal from the Milwaukee Western Fuel Company holding up street car traffic on a busy Milwaukee street.
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Women Metal Fabricators

Date: 1946
Description: Women workers at Moe Brothers.
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New York Harbor

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view, probably early 20th century New York Harbor.
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Dealership

Date: 1890
Description: Three men posing with a McCormick mower and binder in front of M. Sheehan's McCormick Harvesting Machine Company dealership. A note on the back of the prin...
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U.S. Sugar Company

Date: 1924
Description: Two women standing on path in front of the Garver Feed Mill, which was originally a sugar beet processing factory.
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The Illinois Mine

Date: 1907
Description: Iron mines with railroad tracks three miles south of North Freedom, in La Rue. One the left are buildings with three large smokestacks; on the right is mac...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of the City of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

Date: 1874
Description: Bird's-eye map of Chippewa Falls.
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.
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Farmers' Cooperative

Date: 09 04 1960
Description: Quonset hut-style Wyocena Farmer's Cooperative.
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Horse-Drawn Cart Crosses Bridge

Date: 1889
Description: Elevated view of bridge crossing the wide Fox River, with the paper mill on the far side of the river, and a horse-drawn cart approaching the near side.
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Tractors in front of IH Dealership

Date: 1959
Description: International crawler tractors (TracTracTors) in front of an International Harvester dealership. One of the digging attachments has teeth painted on it.
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Tractors Outside International Harvester Dealership

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Description: Color photograph of Farmall tractors, International utility tractors, and combines lined up outside Otter Sales and Service, an International Harvester dea...
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Marathon Paper Corporation Factory

Date: 09 14 1963
Description: The Marathon Paper Corporation plant along the historic Fox River canal.

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