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| Date: | 08 24 1886 |
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| Description: | View across water of several men steering a lumber raft over the dam at Munger's Mill. A second raft is in the background, in front of railroad bridge. |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye views of various sections of Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 12 21 1882 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Kaukauna, from the Appleton Post Annual Review. |
| Date: | 09 01 1882 |
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| Description: | View looking up towards the special train of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad comprised of 24 freight cars loaded with lumber and other ... |
| Date: | 07 21 1884 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway employees taken outside the railroad's Milwaukee shop. Most of the men appear to be blue collar wor... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Three ships at dock, the "Superior," the "Sandusky," and the "Shawnee," all built in Gibralter, Michigan. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | View of the ore dock of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad. Large logs, buildings and a railroad bridge are in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Washington Street and the Fox River and buildings nearby. |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking north toward the harbor with multiple buildings in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Southwest view of the Fox River and the waterfront. |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of an industrial waterfront along the Fox River. |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | View of the Fox River between Green Bay and Fort Howard. |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | View of Superior, with a large group of men posting in a road in the foreground, and various buildings behind them. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Wisconsin River shoreline, showing lumber rafts "tied up over Sunday." |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Rice Lake. A partially constructed building is in the right foreground. Unpaved roads and a sidewalk lead to commercial buildings and dwel... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Steamboats docked in the Portage Canal, which was hand dug beginning in 1849 and completed in 1851. There are industrial buildings on either side of the ca... |
| Date: | 05 04 1886 |
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| Description: | Lumber yard with boxcars and factory buildings in the back. Made while factory was under protection of the State Militia during the first general labor str... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Reed Street from the corner of South Water Street. This depot served the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, the Wisconsin Central, and the M... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Reed Street from the corner of South Water Street. This depot served the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, the Wisconsin Central, and the ... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Potosi Brewery at about the time Adam Schumacher took over the operation. Children and adults can be seen near a fence and in horse-dr... |
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