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| Date: | 1836 |
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| Description: | The shot tower at Tower Hill State Park. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | The top of the shot tower shaft with the entrance. The sign on the railing reads: "Do Not Throw Anything Down This Shaft". |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | The tunnel at the bottom of the shot tower shaft. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A view from a bluff on Tower HIll overlooking the Wisconsin River. A sign on the right reads: "Shot Shaft". |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View across river towards the tunnel leading to the bottom of the shot tower shaft at Tower Hill State Park. There is a rustic bridge on the right leading ... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | View from the bluff at Tower Hill State Park of the Wisconsin River. A sign on the right reads: "Tower Hill State Park Shot Shaft". |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | A marker at the former site of the smelter which stood at the top of the shot tower shaft. The sign reads: "Tower Hill State Park The Old Shot Tower At thi... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Tower Hill State Park trail leading to the top of the shot tower shaft. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Tower Hill State Park trail to the top of the shot tower shaft. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Center panel of the completed mural at the Wisconsin Historical Society. The image depicts wheat farming, one of the state's earliest and largest industrie... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of mining operations. Caption reads: "'A Busy Corner' of Platteville." |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | The Empire zinc and lead mine. Very litle lead is now produced. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Two workers in coveralls and hardhats underground at International Harvester's Hawkins Mine near Hibbing, Minnesota. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Worker in an elevator at International Harvester's Hawkins Mine near Hibbing, Minnesota. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Two workers, both in overalls and hardhats, use tools underground at International Harvester's Hawkins Mine in Hibbing, Minnesota. One man uses a drill wh... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | YMCA building, with Benham Hotel and mountains in thevbackground. Benham was an International Harvester "company town." |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | A young boy standing in front of an International Harvester "company house" in the coal mining town of Benham. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | A family of five posing in front of an International Harvester "company house" in the coal mining town of Benham. |
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