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Paper Mill

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Description: Unidentified paper mill. The holding pond for the paper mill is in the foreground.
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Fort Wayne McCormick Dealership

Date: 1899
Description: View from across street of the three-story facade of a large brick building. A group of employees are posing outdoors in front of the McCormick Harvesting ...
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Texas International Truck Dealership

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Description: International Harvester motor truck dealership. Four men are standing on the sidewalk in front of the building. Three International trucks are parked in th...
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Gay Building

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior view of the neoclassical Gay Building, named after Madison developer Leonard W. Gay, at 16 N Carroll Street, one of the first high-rise buildings ...
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Farmall Regular Tractor

Date: 12 22 1927
Description: Farmall Regular tractor.
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company office

Date: 1890
Description: Office of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company at 212 Market St. Two men and a boy are standing outside the office building on left side, while three ...
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Hiawatha Engine

Date: 1939
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway engine #10, the "Hiawatha," built by the company shop in Milwaukee. There are houses in the far background along a ri...
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Milwaukee Railroad Yards

Date: 1940
Description: Elevated view of the Milwaukee rail yards.
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East Washington Avenue from the Capitol

Date: 1954
Description: View looking down East Washington Avenue from the Capitol at Pinckney Street.
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Crowd On East Washington Avenue

Date: 1914
Description: East Washington Avenue crowded with people and horse-drawn vehicles.
Drawing

Milwaukee River Downtown

Date: 1874
Description: Milwaukee River in the downtown area, looking south from the west side of the Wisconsin Avenue Bridge.
Map or Atlas

City Plans for Cornell

Date: 1867
Description: Drawn map showing planned development of Cornell, including a couple of schools, Oakwood cemetery, the public square, and several bridges and dams.
Photograph

Treaty Tamarack

Date: 1940
Description: Tamarack tree located in Florence County marking the beginning of the State Boundary.
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Lake

Date: 1940
Description: View of a lake in Highland State Forest.
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Grandstand Entrance

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Description: Elevated view of crowd outside the entrance to the Grandstand at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Rennebohm's No. 5 at Schenk's Corners

Date: 1955
Description: The Rennebohm Drug Store #5, located at 2000 Atwood Avenue, Schenk's Corners from 1952-1961. It was previously located at 1951 Winnebago Street. This store...
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Levi Vilas House

Date: 1880
Description: Exterior view of the Levi B. Vilas house, built in 1852 at the corner of 521 North Henry and Langdon Streets, as it appeared before remodeling.
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Waelderhaus

Date: 1956
Description: The Waelderhaus a memorial planned for John Michael Kohler the founder of the Kohler Company, by his daughter, Marie Christine Kohler. Waelderhaus is a rep...
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Grand Dad Bluff

Date: 1955
Description: Grand Dad Bluff in La Crosse
Drawing

Important Causes of Death in Wisconsin 1912

Date: 1912
Description: Illustration of a chart listing "important causes of death in Wisconsin". Extra text reads "You Make Life What It Is!" and "What will the Future bring You ...

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