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McCormick Harvesting Machinery Advertising Poster

Date: 1915
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick brand farm implements featuring two men paddling a canoe in rough water. Also includes color illustrations of a reaper, ha...
Postcard

Fox River from Railroad Tracks

Date: 1915
Description: View of the Fox River, looking east, from railroad tracks. There is a bridge further down on the right. Buildings line the shoreline on the left, and a lar...
Postcard

Bird's-eye View from the Court House

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view from the Court House. Hills are in the distance. Caption reads: "Bird's-eye View from Court House, showing Main Street and Black River, Black...
Postcard

Locks on the Fox River

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of government locks and factory district on the Fox River. Caption reads: "Government Locks and Factory District, De Pere, Wis."
Photograph

Main Street Bridge

Date: 1915
Description: View across water towards the Main Street Bridge over the Rock River.
Postcard

View from the Rock River

Date: 1915
Description: Distant view of Fort Atkinson from the shoreline of the Rock River. Caption reads: "Fort Atkinson, Wis., from Rock River."
Postcard

St. Croix River

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of the St. Croix River, Northwest Railroad, bridge, and part of the town of Hudson. Caption reads: "Hudson, Wis. Bird's Eye View, showing St....
Photograph

Burkhardt Milling and Electric Power Company

Date: 1915
Description: Burkhardt Milling and Electric Power Co., built in 1914.
Photograph

Burkhardt Milling and Electric Power Company

Date: 1915
Description: Burkhardt Milling and Electric Power Co., built in 1914.
Photograph

Dam on the Rock River

Date: 1915
Description: A dam stretching acrossed the Rock River near the Empire mills, later the Globe mills.
Photograph

Rail Bridge

Date: 1915
Description: View across water towards the railroad bridge on the Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Roaring River

Date: 1915
Description: Five men in suits pose near the Roaring River in a canyon.
Photograph

Covered Bridge over River

Date: 1915
Description: View from shoreline of a covered bridge over Hillobee Creek.
Photograph

Old Mill at Chippewa Falls

Date: 1915
Description: View across river of an "old mill." There is a waterwheel attached to the left side of the mill. A small waterfall and a number of trees and foliage surrou...
Photograph

Dam

Date: 1915
Description: Wooden dam on a river. Trees and hills are in the background.
Postcard

The High Bridge and Dam

Date: 1915
Description: Colorized postcard view of a bridge over a dam on a river. Trees are along both banks. Caption reads: "The High Bridge and Dam, Baraboo, Wis."
Photograph

Rushing River

Date: 1915
Description: Little Eau Pleine river in flood season, with the water rushing over a small dam.
Photograph

A Car on Petenwell Bridge

Date: 1915
Description: An Paige automobile with six people in it is stopped outside the toll house on the Juneau County side at the foot of the rock. There is a lantern and a roc...
Photograph

Sunrise and Fog

Date: 1915
Description: The sunrise through the fog over the Vermillion River.

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