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Jefferson, Wisconsin, Looking North

Date: 1893
Description: Bird's-eye map of Jefferson, looking north. Crayfish River at left and center, Rock River from upper center to bottom center, joins at left of center; thir...
Photograph

Menasha Factory View

Date: 09 29 1963
Description: The Menasha Woodenware plant and water tower on Doty Island from across the Fox River canal, with a small railroad dolly in the foreground.
Postcard

Locks on the Fox River

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of government locks and factory district on the Fox River. Caption reads: "Government Locks and Factory District, De Pere, Wis."
Postcard

Government Locks and Factory District

Date: 1906
Description: Elevated view. Caption reads: "Government Locks & Factory District, De Pere, Wis."
Postcard

Northwestern Manufacturing Company Plant

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the Northwestern Manufacturing Company plant. Caption reads: "Birds-eye View showing Northwestern Mfg. Co.'s Plant, Fort Atkinson, Wis."
Photograph

Indianapolis Branch House

Date: 1917
Description: Exterior view of International Harvester branch house. Signs on the building advertise farm machines, oil tractors, engines, wagons and motor trucks. A lon...
Photograph

Reaper in Factory Yard

Date: 09 03 1912
Description: An experimental reaper(?) in a factory yard. There is a Russian name on the Reaper, and the front is set up on saw-horses. Men are working near a brick fac...
Photograph

North Branch Extension Canal

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Description: Bird's-eye view of the north branch extension canal on the Susquehanna river, surrounded by smaller renderings of structures of interest around the town in...
Postcard

Rock River, looking from Bluff Street

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Description: Colorized postcard view through trees towards the Rock River, with a railroad bridge running across it in the distance. Beyond are factories and commercial...
Postcard

Rock River, N.W. Ry. Bridge and Glimpse of Beloit

Date: 1909
Description: Colorized postcard of an elevated view through trees of the Rock River, with a railroad bridge and a glimpse of Beloit. There are boaters near sandbars in ...
Postcard

Round Bridge

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Description: Colorized postcard of an elevated view of the Round Bridge, part of the C.M. and St. Paul R.R. A factory and dam are in the background and dwellings are on...
Photograph

Building under Construction

Date: 11 11 1911
Description: Men, some wearing suits, and other work clothes, are standing around a building under construction. There are railroad cars on a bridge on the left.
Photograph

Industrial Valley

Date: 02 1951
Description: Elevated view of the Fox River Valley from Memorial Drive bridge, looking East. Snow is on the ground, ice is on the river and the smokestacks are billowin...
Photograph

Hay Stacker at McCormick Works

Date: 05 06 1911
Description: Hay Stacker outdoors in the yard at McCormick Works. In the background a man is standing in front of a small building, and other men are standing near an e...
Photograph

Binder at McCormick Works

Date: 08 08 1911
Description: Binder outdoors in the yard at McCormick Works. In the background are railroad cars on an elevated platform, and a man walking towards the underpass. Brick...
Photograph

McCormick Binder at McCormick Works

Date: 08 1911
Description: Binder outdoors in the yard at McCormick Works. In the background are brick factory buildings, and railroad cars on an elevated platform.
Photograph

Dump Rake at McCormick Works

Date: 11 01 1911
Description: Rear view of a Dump Rake outdoors in the yard at McCormick Works. In the background is other agricultural equipment along the side of a railroad bridge. Bu...
Photograph

Milwaukee Binder No. 10 at McCormick Works

Date: 06 18 1912
Description: Milwaukee Binder outdoors in the yard. In the background is a raised platform for a railroad track, a small, wooden building, and brick buildings beyond.
Photograph

Milwaukee Binder No. 10 at McCormick Works

Date: 06 18 1912
Description: View of a Milwaukee Binder No. 10 outdoors in the yard. In the background are railroad cars on a platform.
Photograph

Milwaukee Binder at McCormick Works

Date: 06 18 1912
Description: Milwaukee Binder outdoors in the yard. In the background are brick factory buildings, and railroad cars on an elevated platform. There are striped awnings ...

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