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Railroad Depot

Date: 1925
Description: Railroad depot taken as part of a survey by the Wisconsin Power and Light Company to promote economic development by emphasizing available buildings and bu...
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Group of Workers Posing on Flat Cars Loaded with Lumber

Date: 09 21 1914
Description: Group portrait of men posing while standing and sitting on two small flat cars linked to each other. One of the cars is loaded with lumber. Another set of ...
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Oneida Street Power Plant

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Description: The Oneida Street (East Wells) power plant, on the north side of Wells and east of the Milwaukee River. Presently, the building is the Milwaukee Repertory ...
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Catholic Church

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Description: View up a road towards the front of the catholic church, which has a steeple and belfry. The double door entrance has an arched stained glass window, and a...
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310th U.S. Army Engineer Corps Headquarters Building

Date: 1918
Description: The headquarters building of the 310th United States Army Engineer Corps, showing the street intersection and a man wearing a long coat standing in the sno...
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Second Powerhouse

Date: 1910
Description: Outdoor view looking down a hill towards a powerhouse on the river, with town buildings on a hill in the background. Identified as the second powerhouse th...
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Second Powerhouse with High Water

Date: 1905
Description: View across water towards a powerhouse among very high water on the Black River. Identified as the second power house with high water in 1905.
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Winter Scene

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Description: Exterior portrait of men chopping wood on a snow covered-ground with several town structures in the background. The small building in the center was the po...
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Train Derailment

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Description: View down railroad tracks towards a large group of people standing near the wreck of a train. Railroad cars have fallen over to the left of the tracks. Two...
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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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Oil Delivery Trucks

Date: 09 02 1925
Description: Two oil delivery trucks and a tank on a trailer for Home Oil Co. parked in front of oil storage tanks.
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Oil Delivery Trucks

Date: 09 02 1925
Description: Two oil delivery trucks and a tank on a trailer for Home Oil Co. parked in front of oil storage tanks.
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Rural Scene in Minona

Date: 06 25 1924
Description: View down road with towards a railroad crossing. In the background on the right among trees is a brick building, and a house with a front porch.
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Railroad Tracks

Date: 1975
Description: Elevated view of railroad tracks reflecting the light of the sun at either sunrise or sunset. Silhouettes of cranes, power lines and buildings are in the d...
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Railroad Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 08 23 1917
Description: View across multiple sets of railroad tracks towards a factory building. A man is standing on the railroad tracks in the background on the right in front o...
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Electric Power Plant

Date: 1920
Description: Text on front reads: "'On the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway.' Electric Power Plant, Kilbourn, Wis." Completed in 1909, the power plant is still in ...

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