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Mill Pond

Date: 1915
Description: Looking across Mill Pond towards buildings along the shoreline. Caption reads: "Mill Pond, Westfield, Wis."
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Zinc Works

Date: 1915
Description: The zinc works mining operation.
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Portage Canal

Date: 1915
Description: The Portage canal looking east from the Canal Bridge. Boats are lines up along the shoreline on the left near a long building.
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Osborne Works

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of International Harvester's Osborne Works factory (later known as "Auburn Works") and the surrounding neighborhood.
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South Twin Island Fishing Village

Date: 1915
Description: Building, boats, and fish net drying reels on South Twin Island in the Apostle Islands archipelago.
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Man Standing by Generators in Power House

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of a man standing near the generators inside the power house at the Prairie du Sac dam. The base of the generators is marked with the name of...
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Generators in Power House

Date: 1915
Description: A man is standing on a staircase overlooking an operating generator in the power house at the Prairie du Sac dam.
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International Harvester Factory(?) Site

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of men standing around a lumber yard among buildings at an International Harvester factory(?) site, most likely in Illinois. A Chicago, Burli...
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Out-Freight House No. 7

Date: 1915
Description: Horse-drawn and motor freight vehicles at the Out-Freight House No. 7 of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway.
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Man in International Model E Truck

Date: 1915
Description: Man seated in a parked International Model E truck near brick buildings. The truck has a covering that can be raised and lowered over the bed and cab, and ...
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Men with Wagon Outside Brick Building

Date: 1915
Description: Panoramic view of group of men working on and around a flat bed wagon loaded with a large piece of machinery. They are outside a large brick building.
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Cotton Compress with Bales of Cotton

Date: 1915
Description: Thousands of bales of cotton with a water tower and a building with smokestacks in the background. Caption reads: "Ada Compress, 10,000 Bales Cotton In Sig...
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Lime Kiln

Date: 1915
Description: The lime kiln, at right, at Toft Point. Crushed limestone from the nearby quarry was heated in the kiln to make whitewash. Evergreen trees and birches form...

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