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Business on Main Street

Date: 1900
Description: View of various businesses on unpaved Main Street, including a drug store on the right side. Caption reads: "Main Street, Grantsburg, Wis."
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Fox River Water Power Plant

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Description: Elevated view across river toward the power plant, along with a bridge, trees, and smokestacks. Caption reads: "Water Power, Fox River, Appleton, Wis."
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Stone Street

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Description: Photographic postcard of Stone Street. A car is parked in front of an auto repair store. Electric power lines run down the street, and a water tower is in ...
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Beloit Dam and Power Plant

Date: 1905
Description: View of the dam and power plant over the river, with smokestacks in the background. Caption reads: "The Dam, Beloit, Wis."
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Lower Main Street

Date: 1895
Description: View of lower Main Street lined with electric power lines and storefronts. Caption reads: "Lower Main Street, Fort Atkinson, Wis."
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Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: View of Main Street when it was a dirt road. A church is in the background, and telephone poles are along the left side of the road. A streetlight is hangi...
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Cedar Street

Date: 1911
Description: View down Cedar Street. Caption reads: "Cedar Street, Sturgeon Bay, Wis."
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Cedar Street

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view of Cedar Street. Caption reads: "Cedar Street, Looking South, Sturgeon Bay, Wis."
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Composite Views of Town

Date: 1909
Description: Composite of views of Muscoda including: Electric Light plant, Smalley House, St. John Catholic Church, Lover's Lane, Muscoda Public School, Wisconsin Aven...
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Fox River Industry

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Fox River with power plants and paper mills. Caption reads: "Water Power Plants, Neenah, Wis."
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Balloon Launch Postcard

Date: 12 21 1973
Description: Postcard that was attached to a balloon and released from Rudolph, Wisconsin by members of the League Against Nuclear Dangers as part of a nuclear power pl...
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Wissota Power House and Dam

Date: 1920
Description: Colorized postcard view of Wissota hydroelectric power house and dam as seen from Lake Wissota upstream side. Wissota dam is east of Chippewa Falls. Captio...
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Nagawicka Lake

Date: 1916
Description: Elevated view from hill looking towards Nagawicka Lake. There is a road and buildings along the shoreline at the bottom of the hill. There are a number of ...
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Power House; City Hall

Date: 1916
Description: View of the power house and city hall in Cedarburg. The power house has a smokestack and the city hall has a bell tower. Caption reads: "Power House; City ...
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Rush River Dam, Ellsworth Electric Light Co.

Date: 1907
Description: View upriver towards the Rush River Dam. A man is standing on a rock in the middle of the river just below the dam; another man is sitting next to the powe...
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Iowa Avenue, Hayward, Wis.

Date: 1910
Description: View down a commercial street lined with businesses. A barber pole is on the left, and a fire hydrant is on the right street corner. Large power poles are ...
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Water Street

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Description: View across street towards businesses. Horse-drawn vehicles are moving down the street, and a group of men are standing in front of a shop on the right. La...
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Wisconsin Avenue

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Description: View looking up street towards the businesses along Wisconsin Avenue. There are cable car tracks running up the street, and a bank is on the corner. Pedest...
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The Crawford Farm

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Description: View towards a farm, with farmhouse and barn. A road is on the left of the farmhouse, and a telephone pole is in the foreground. Caption reads: "'The Crawf...
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U.S. 14 & 61

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Description: Photographic postcard view of a two-lane Interstate highway along railroad tracks. Two automobiles are moving down the road in the right lane, heading towa...

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