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Manitowoc Railroad Yard

Date: 05 15 1897
Description: Elevated view of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway yards looking northwest. The elevator of the Northern Grain Company is in the middle distance.
Photograph

W.W. Cargill Co. Grain Elevator

Date: 1900
Description: W.W. Cargill Company's grain elevator.
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Harbor and Grain Elevator

Date: 1920
Description: View of the harbor. On the left is a grain elevator and wood pulp on the wharf. In the center background is the Northern Paper Mills and to the right are ...
Postcard

View from Lyon's Grain Elevator

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view of multiple Sawyer buildings from the Lyon's grain elevator.
Photograph

Rosholt Panorama

Date: 11 29 1989
Description: Panoramic view of the Union Street Bridge in the village of Rosholt created by taping three images together.
Photograph

Auburndale Grain Elevator

Date: 01 20 1989
Description: Exterior of grain elevator.
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Grain Building in Auburndale

Date: 01 20 1989
Description: Grain storage building located near the railroad tracks. The wrecker service truck parked near the warehouse bears the slogan, "the happy hooker."
Photograph

Elevated View of Kaukauna

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Description: View over a train stopped at a grain elevator in the foreground. The Hotel Ristau is across a street on the left, and a church building is in the distance ...
Photograph

St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Shops

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad shops. View of train yard where many trains and cars are parked. Caption at top left reads: "Nort...
Photograph

Elevator and Mill Street Bridge

Date: 
Description: A horse-drawn carriage crosses the Mill Street Bridge. Another carriage is parked near the grain elevator.
Postcard

Depot and Elevator

Date: 1910
Description: View down the railroad tracks, with the depot and grain elevator on the right. A bridge is crossing a stream on the left. Caption reads: "Depot & Elevator,...
Photograph

Grain Elevators on Lake Superior

Date: 
Description: View across water towards a cargo ship at dock in front of large grain elevators.
Postcard

C. & N. W. R. R. Depot, Kendall, Wis.

Date: 
Description: View across railroad tracks towards the depot at Kendall. Several boys are standing on the platform. Caption reads: "C. & N. W. R. R. Depot, Kendall, Wis."
Photograph

Ship Channel

Date: 1898
Description: Bird's-eye view of the Manitowoc Harbor facing east from Northern Grain Company's Elevator B. In the foreground, Mathews & Keith's pile driver scow is secu...
Postcard

Train Depot and Elevator

Date: 04 15 1916
Description: Text on front reads: "Depot and Elevator, St. Cloud, Wis." A view up the railroad tracks with the station on the left and grain elevator on the right, with...
Postcard

Depot

Date: 09 24 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Depot, Schleisingerville, Wis." A railroad depot with a train station, grain elevators and other buildings. The sign reads: "Schleisi...
Postcard

Two Seymour Businesses

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Seymour, Wisc." Two photographs, each in a frame on a black background. The "Sunbright Roller Mills" has a group of men standing with...
Postcard

Flood

Date: 06 03 1914
Description: Standing water between buildings and the railroad yard. Handwriting on the back reads: "Flood at Seymoure [sic], June 3-1914." Two men are standing near th...
Postcard

Schreiers Brewery

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Schreiers Brewery, Sheboygan, Wis." The brewery was founded in 1856 by Konrad Schreier. A fire completely destroyed the original brew...
Postcard

Great Northern Elevator

Date: 1932
Description: Text on front reads: "G.N. Elevator, Superior, Wis." The steel and reinforced concrete grain elevator was built by the Great Northern Railroad in Superior ...

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