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Wisconsin Central Railroad Depot

Date: 1891
Description: Elevated view across railroad tracks of the Wisconsin Central Railroad depot. Virtually the entire population of Sherry is thought to be standing on the pl...
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View of Town

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view of the town as it appeared before the fire of 1894.
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Allis Reliance Works

Date: 05 04 1886
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...
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Firetruck Amid Debris

Date: 06 12 1899
Description: A firetruck with its hose hanging into the water is surrounded by debris and other wreckage left from a tornado.
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Horse-Drawn Carriage Amid Tornado Debris

Date: 06 12 1899
Description: Side view of a group of people looking at the debris left by a tornado from a covered horse-drawn carriage. In the foreground the roof of a houselies on th...
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Tornado Relief Effort Operations

Date: 06 12 1899
Description: Elevated view of people working with the relief effort in the aftermath of a tornado. Boxes of supplies are piled near a man in the foreground, and a man h...
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R. Stephenson & Co. Mill

Date: 07 30 1865
Description: An exterior view across water of Robert Stephenson & Company Mill, which was a steam mill.
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At the Mouth of the Menominee River

Date: 1887
Description: A view at the mouth of the Menominee River showing Ludington Wells and Van Schaick's mills.
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Ramsay & Jones Mill Yard

Date: 1887
Description: Mill workers in the yard at Ramsay & Jones Mill.
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Menominee Bay Shore

Date: 1887
Description: The bay shore of Menominee filled with driftwood.
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Locomotive Engine No. 632

Date: 1886
Description: Right side view of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway locomotive engine no. 632.
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Log Loading

Date: 1886
Description: Men loading logs at D.J. Arpin's Crooked Reef camp.
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Men Posing in the New Street

Date: 1889
Description: Elevated view of group gathered and posed on a new street. Behind the group is a large pile of lumber, wooden sidewalks, and what appear to be newly-constr...

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