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Boy Riding Toy Railroad Engine

Date: 09 1925
Description: Kenneth Chipman riding a toy railroad engine on the farm of W.W. Chipman. Worked by footpower and with a working whistle bell, the toy engine follows track...
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Winnebago Street from Yahara River Bridge

Date: 01 09 1946
Description: Winnebago Street from the Yahara River Bridge, scene of accident, near railroad crossing. There is a Victorian house at left, 1628 Winnebago Street, with a...
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Isaac DeForest House

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Description: The Isaac DeForest house, which was owned by Louis Dahl at the time.
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John Doris House

Date: 04 14 1948
Description: Exterior view from across an intersection of the John Doris house, 603-605 West Main Street at South Bedford Street. The home was once a hotel, now home to...
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Madero Lumber Co.

Date: 1912
Description: A distant view of Madero Lumber Company. There are houses and other residential buildings in the foreground, and the lumber works in the background. In the...
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Farmall H Tractor in Woodville Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Helmuth Strobush and his son Jerry haul scrap metal with a Farmall H tractor and a McCormick-Deering farm wagon. The tractor is parked near a co-op service...
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Large Boarding House

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Description: A view of a large two-story boarding house in a company town of Pepperell Manufacturing Company. There are several large trees in front of the building, wh...
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Lumber Yard

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Description: Elevated view across railroad tracks of a lumber yard. A two-story building on the right has a sign that says: "Lovejoy & Ringham". There are fences, a sto...
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Scene at Bangor

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Description: View of railroad tracks near a railroad station on the left and a residential road on the right. There is a row of utility lines leading into the far dista...
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Condensery

Date: 1925
Description: View across railroad tracks of a condensery building. The building features two-stories, a crow-stepping roof, and a tall chimney exhausting smoke. A railr...
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Boston Branch House

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of an International Harvester Company branch building. Large show windows line the first floor along the sidewalk. A large electric sign on t...
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Aerial View of Town

Date: 1932
Description: Aerial view of town looking down from hill lined with trees. In the foreground railroad tracks cross a road. A church building and numerous dwellings are a...
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Airplane View of Cable

Date: 1932
Description: Aerial view of town.
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Hotel May

Date: 1911
Description: View across railroad tracks and road of the front of the Hotel May. The hotel has a wrap-around porch and balcony. Men in suits are relaxing in chairs on t...
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View of De Pere

Date: 1875
Description: View over town looking east from the railroad station.
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Bersch's Resorters' Inn

Date: 1910
Description: View across railroad tracks towards Bersch's Inn, a three-story house with a wrap-around porch, and flat, grassy yard. Trees flank both sides of the Inn. L...
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Corn Binder at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Corn Binder set up outdoors in the yard of McCormick Works. In the background a man is sitting near a small building that my be a guardhouse near railroad ...
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Fuller & Johnson Mfg. Co., Ltd.

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the Fuller & Johnson Mfg. Co., Ltd. The office was at 101-133 North Dickinson St. and these buildings were/are in the 1400 block between E...
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Hay Stacker at McCormick Works

Date: 1908
Description: Hay stacker with arm raised in air outdoors in a yard at McCormick Works. A man is standing on the right, and behind him are railroad cars on railroad trac...
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McCormick Works Yard

Date: 09 03 1912
Description: View from elevated railroad platform towards the yard with brick buildings in the background. An open railroad car on a lower set of tracks is in the foreg...

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