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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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Paper Mills Meeting

Date: 08 1948
Description: Men and women seated in the audience at a paper mills meeting.
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Wolf River Paper and Fiber Company

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Description: Stacks of logs are in the foreground with a man in a hat near the river. There is a chimney billowing smoke near the factory.
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Paper Mill

Date: 08 05 1962
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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Pepperell Manufacturing Company

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Description: Elevated view of Pepperell Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of sheets, including company town and surrounding countryside. Caption reads: "Bird's-Eye V...
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The Paper Mill

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Description: View from other side of bridge toward the paper mill, with a bridge and road to the left. A horse-drawn vehicle is on the bridge. Caption reads: "Paper Mil...
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Great Northern Paper Company

Date: 1930
Description: Huge piles of four foot sticks of pulp wood at the Great Northern Paper Company, which was incorporated in 1898 and soon became one of the largest American...
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Great Northern Paper Company

Date: 1930
Description: Two men sit on a roller near a large paper machine at Great Northern Paper Company, which was incorporated in 1898 and soon became one of the largest Ameri...
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Columbia Mill

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Description: Columbia Mill, established in 1827, is shown surrounded by a landscape featuring a lake and wooded mountain. The mill is the site where the first successfu...
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Chesapeake Pulp and Paper Mill

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Description: Exterior of the Chesapeake Pulp and Paper Mill, founded in 1918. It began operations as a kraft pulp and paper mill, and has expanded to supplying specialt...
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Papermills

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Description: Elevated view of the Boise-Payette Paper Mill, established in 1913. It was the largest employer in International Falls and became home to the second larges...
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Northwest Paper Company Plant

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Description: An exterior view of the Northwest Paper Company. It was founded in 1898 and manufactured high quality printing, writing, and converting paper. The Cloquet...
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Yellow Pine Paper Mill

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Description: Exterior of the Yellow Pine Paper Mill, known for its experimentation with the caustic soda process. The mill eventually switched to the sulphate method.
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Paper Mills

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Description: Exterior elevated view of the Hawley Pulp and Paper Mill. Caption reads: "Paper Mills, Oregon City, ORE.
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Dells' Paper and Pulp Company

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view looking upriver toward the Dells Paper and Pulp Company factory which stands near a dam on the Chippewa River. A bridge, smokestacks, and sev...
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Consolidated Water Power and Paper Company

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Description: Exterior of the Consolidated Water Power and Paper Company, built in 1918. The view from across the Wisconsin River shows the company building, a dam, as w...
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Consolidated water Power and Paper Company

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Description: Exterior view of the Consolidated Water Power and Paper Company, built in 1918. Outside the brick building stand railroad cars labeled, "Elgin, Joliet and ...
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Consolidated Water Power and Paper Company

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Description: Exterior of the Consolidated Water Power and Paper Company, built in 1918. The view from a bank of the Wisconsin River shows the company building and dam.
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Wisconsin River Pulp and Paper Company Mill

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Description: View taken from the Paper Mill Road toward the Wisconsin River Pulp and Paper Company paper mill. On the bank in the foreground are small boats. The paper ...
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Whiting-Plover Paper Company

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Description: Exterior view of Whiting-Plover Paper Company, founded in 1892. The view features a three-story brick building with automobiles parked in front.

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