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United States Sugar Company Factory

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of the United States Sugar Company factory next to railroad tracks on Atwood Avenue. The building was occupied in 1980 by Garver Feed & Suppl...
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Freight Steamer "Cornucopia"

Date: 1872
Description: Elevated view from hill of the freight steamer "Cornucopia" loading hides at the Hammond Brothers warehouse, with Lawrence University buildings on the hill...
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Duncan's Coal Docks

Date: 1896
Description: View of W.E. Duncan's coal docks.
Postcard

Greetings from Haugen Wisconsin

Date: 1905
Description: Multiple views of Haugen, including a church, a school with a group of students posed outside, and a locomotive at the railroad station, etc. Caption at to...
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Cheese House

Date: 1925
Description: The rear facade of a cheese house. A man is standing in the doorway of the loading dock next to a hand cart.
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The Empire Mill

Date: 1890
Description: View across water towards the Empire Mill. Alongside the building are railroad cars at a loading dock. The signs on the mill read: "Globe", "Globe's Empire...
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Empire Mill

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Empire Mill. There is a loading dock in front of the building.
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Kilbourn Cooperative Creamery

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Description: Exterior view of the Kilbourn Cooperative Creamery on Superior Street.
Postcard

Mill

Date: 1905
Description: Two horse-drawn carts are parked near the mill. One horse-drawn cart is parked near a loading dock under a roof. On the left the road goes over a bridge, w...
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Southern Wisconsin Produce Company

Date: 1937
Description: View of the Southern Wisconsin Produce building and its side loading dock, busy with orders. In addition, there are railroad tracks directly in front of th...
Postcard

Freighters on Menomonee River

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of freighters lined up along the river. Caption reads: "Freighters, Menomonee River, Milwaukee, Wis."
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Leaving Chicago

Date: 1919
Description: Pier and a ship at Chicago, taken from aboard another vessel. Taken by the Richard Lloyd Jones family during their move from Madison to Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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P&H 5-Ton Monorail Hoist on Loading Dock

Date: 1913
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 5-ton monorail hoist with a lumber handling unit preparing to load lumber onto a boat in what is possibly Pensacola, Florida. Two m...
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P&H 5-Ton Monorail Hoist Loading Barge

Date: 1913
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 5-ton monorail hoist with a lumber handling unit, possibly in Pensacola, Florida. The monorail track extends over the dock to permi...
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Brodhead Cheese Factory

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Description: Exterior of the Brodhead Cheese Factory purchased in 1904/5 by Casper Jaggi. The two images show changes made to building after the Casper Jaggi building. ...
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Boathouse and Docks

Date: 1910
Description: Waterside view toward a couple canoeing by a boathouse and docks on the Ohio Canal, with a steel bridge in the left background. Smoke streams across the sk...
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Docks in Mexico

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Description: View across water toward the waterfront and docks in Tampico, Mexico, featuring small boats, people, a road, and a variety of dwellings.
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Loading Naval Stores

Date: 1910
Description: View of a dock, as naval stores are being loaded on a ship. Workers are on board the ship and on the dock, surrounded by cargo. Caption reads: "Loading Nav...
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Freeport Sulphur Company

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Description: The loading dock of Freeport Sulphur Company, founded in 1912 in Freeport, Texas.
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Horse and Carriage at Loading Dock

Date: 1911
Description: View toward a horse and carriage near the loading dock of a building.

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