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Flour Mill Fire

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Description: Fire at the elevator of the Atlas Flour Mill. Two men are working a water hose tower in the center, and fire fighters are aiming jets of water at the buil...
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Playground near Grist Mill

Date: 06 04 1961
Description: View of the Honey Creek Rod and Gun Club playground beside Mielke's grist mill.
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Stone Mill

Date: 04 1926
Description: Old stone mill, with a smaller wooden addition on the left. Water is passing through the flume.
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Stone Mill

Date: 06 19 1925
Description: Exterior of stone mill. An automobile of the period is parked under the front portico, and there is a wooden wing in the rear. A sign in front advertises "...
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Farwell's Mills

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Description: City flour mills, on the Catfish River (Yahara River). The mill burned down in the fall of 1873.
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Manure Spreaders in Town

Date: 03 15 1911
Description: Over 15 manure spreaders near railroad cars in small town. They may have been recently transported from Chicago via the Chicago and Northwestern railroad c...
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Campbell's Mill and Water Street Bridge

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Description: A view of Campbell's Mill and the Water Street Bridge in the background on the right. There is a railroad car and several men driving horse-drawn wagons on...
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Meadows Stone Burr Grain Mill

Date: 1920
Description: A Meadows stone burr grain mill powered by an International Harvester engine grinding wheat into flour at what appears to be an outdoor fair or exhibition....
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Town from Overlooking Hill

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Description: View of a town from an overlooking hill. Beyond dwellings, the Russell-Miller Milling Company is visible; it was built in 1906.
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Lewis Factory and Globe Milling Company

Date: 04 29 1900
Description: View of the Globe Milling Company, built in 1848, and the Lewis Factory on the Rock River. In the distance is a dam, bridge, and barbershop.
Map or Atlas

Barron County, State of Wisconsin

Date: 1871
Description: This map of Barron County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities and villages, post offices, dwellings, schools, roads, swa...
Map or Atlas

Map of Wood County, Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: Map showing roads, mills, and rivers. Date conjectured from presence of Ensign’s Mill and Pitt’s Mill and location of Nekoosa.
Map or Atlas

Central Area of the City of Milwaukee: Showing Public Buildings, Business Establishments, Recreational Sites

Date: 05 1958
Description: Photocopy of a map created by the City of Milwaukee Master Plan Program City Planning Division in May of 1958 representing 1870 "THE CENTRAL AREA OF THE CI...
Photograph

Wonewoc Mill Company

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Description: A view of the Wonewoc Mill Company where they manufacture White Swan Flour. Sacks of flour and two men sitting on the loading dock. A woman walking away on...
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map Detail of Catfish Creek Area

Date: 1885
Description: A detail of a Sanborn map including Catfish Creek and Westport Road by Lake Mendota.
Map or Atlas

Map of Darlington

Date: 1855
Description: This map is ink, pen, and watercolor on paper and shows plat of the town, local streets, lots by number, U.S. subdivisions in red lines, Mineral Point Rail...
Postcard

Mill and Dam

Date: 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of an elevated view looking down at the Waterloo Roller Mills and Dam. Caption reads: "Mill and Dam, Waterloo, Wis."
Map or Atlas

Map of the State of Michigan and the Surrounding Country : Exhibiting the Sections and the Latest Surveys

Date: 1851
Description: This map shows townships, villages, Indian villages, railroads, roads, mills, prairies, swamps, and canals. An inset map shows a plat of the copper distric...
Photograph

The Malt House and Yahara River Bridge

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Description: View across lawn and the Yahara River towards the Hausmann Brewing Company's Malt House in the center background. On the right is the Yahara River bridge. ...
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Yahara River Mill

Date: 1850
Description: A grist mill on the Yahara River at the outlet of Lake Mendota. The mill, called Farwell's Madison Mills was built in 1850 by Governor Farwell. The origina...

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