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| Date: | 1900 |
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| 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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| 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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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View of the dam and power plant over the river, with smokestacks in the background. Caption reads: "The Dam, Beloit, Wis." |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | View of lower Main Street lined with electric power lines and storefronts. Caption reads: "Lower Main Street, Fort Atkinson, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View down Cedar Street. Caption reads: "Cedar Street, Sturgeon Bay, Wis." |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Cedar Street. Caption reads: "Cedar Street, Looking South, Sturgeon Bay, Wis." |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Composite of views of Muscoda including: Electric Light plant, Smalley House, St. John Catholic Church, Lover's Lane, Muscoda Public School, Wisconsin Aven... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the Fox River with power plants and paper mills. Caption reads: "Water Power Plants, Neenah, Wis." |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| 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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| 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... |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the near east side dominated by the smokestacks of Madison Gas & Electric. Snow is on the rooftops of buildings, and chimneys are spewing ... |
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| Description: | View of Wisconsin Avenue with the Wisconsin State Capitol in the distance. Heavy snow is covering the street, trees, and power lines. Horse-drawn sleighs a... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks towards stone buildings and a smokestack. Caption reads: "Electric Light Plant, Mazomanie, Wis." |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Red Cedar Dam and power plants. Caption reads: "Menomonie, Wis. Bird's Eye View, Water Power and Plants." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | An elevated view of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul train depot at Nashotah. A woman is standing on the wooden sidewalk at left, near a small shelter. ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Power-House and Pumping Station. River Falls, Wis." A hydroelectric station on the Kinnickinnic River. Today there are two dams and p... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Power House at the Dam." Elevated view of the powerhouse, which is a very large brick and concrete structure next to the Prairie du S... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on the front reads: "Residence Scenery, Seymour, Wis." Handwritten on the back: "Residence of Dr. Hittner, about the turn of the century, 1900-1910." ... |
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