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Rockdale Creamery

Date: 1900
Description: Men and boys with wagonloads of milk at the Rockdale Creamery.
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Taliesin

Date: 1913
Description: Elevated view of Taliesin. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Green.
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Paving Block Cutters

Date: 1910
Description: Paving block cutters at work at the the Montello Granite Company. Two men holding large hammers are posing underneath a tarp which is shading large pieces ...
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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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Soo Round House at Abbottsford

Date: 1909
Description: The Soo line roundhouse. Caption reads: "Soo Round House, Abbottsford, Wis."
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Wisconsin Central Locomotives

Date: 02 02 1988
Description: Two Wisconsin Central Railroad locomotives near the Consolidated Papers pulpmill at Wisconsin Rapids. Snow is on the ground, and heavy smoke is coming out ...
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Atlas Mill

Date: 1922
Description: View across water towards the Atlas Mill. The paper making mill on the Fox River was built in 1878 and proved that paper could be made efficiently from gro...
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Electric Light & Power Company

Date: 1922
Description: Appleton Wisconsin Electric Light and Power Plant, 1922. Switchboard equipment of the plant, which began operating in September of 1822, is at the State Hi...
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Fox River from Riverview Golf Club

Date: 1900
Description: View from hill towards the river, paper mill, and houses on a hill in the distance. Caption reads: "View of Fox River from Riverview Golf Club, Appleton, W...
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River and Industrial Area through Trees

Date: 1906
Description: Elevated view from hill towards the Fox River and an industrial area through trees. A powerline is running across the skyline. Caption reads: "View on Fox ...
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Marathon Paper Mills Company

Date: 1930
Description: View of the Marathon Paper Mills Company in winter. In 1956, Marathon sold the Ashland plant to the American Can Company, before that, the Menasha Company ...
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Memorial Hall

Date: 1930
Description: Memorial Hall at Northland College was built in 1926 of brick in the Tudor Revival style.
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Mill Pond Lake

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of a pond, a stream, and a lake, with a road dividing the pond and stream from the lake. Industrial buildings and a smokestack are in the bac...
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De Pere Bridge with Cars

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of the bridge, with several cars driving on it. On the left and right are streets below the bridge. In the distance are smokestacks and water...
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Replica of Eleazer William's Log Cabin

Date: 1940
Description: Replica of Eleazer William's original log cabin, with trees and a dirt road, five miles south of De Pere on the west bank of the Fox River.
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Sawmill, N.C. Foster

Date: 1905
Description: Sawmill with trees, stumps, and lumber in the snow.
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Northern Transportation Company

Date: 1920
Description: A small cruise ship is anchored in front of Northern Transportation Company's office building along the Fox River.
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View from Fox River

Date: 1906
Description: View from Fox River of chimneys, buildings, and boat. Caption reads: "River Front, Green Bay, Wis."
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Dane County Jail

Date: 1901
Description: The Dane County Jail. To the right is the sheriff's residence.
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Kenosha Harbor

Date: 1940
Description: A view across Kenosha harbor at the large Simmons Company factory building.

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