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Croix Twine Mill

Date: 05 1933
Description: International Harvester's Croix Twine Mill at Croix, France.
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Croix Works

Date: 05 28 1923
Description: Elevated view of the buildings of International Harvester's Croix Works (factory) and the accompanying transport railway. Croix was located in France.
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Croix Works

Date: 05 28 1923
Description: Elevated view of the lumberyard and railway at International Harvester's Croix Works in France.
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International Harvester Transfer Agency

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior view of an International Harvester Transfer Agency building with several men standing on a platform surrounding it. Railroad tracks are located on...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Potato-The Kind We Raise in Maine

Date: 1943
Description: Man standing with arms outstretched atop a giant potato, resting on a red flatbed train car. The train car says "B & A 321" on the side in white letters, ...
Photograph

Erecting Pile Driver for Railroad Extension to Dam Site

Date: 1911
Description: Workers erecting a steam driven pile driver while others survey for the railroad extension from the village of Prairie du Sac to the dam site on the Wiscon...
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Pile Driver at Work on Railroad Extension from Prairie du Sac to Dam Site

Date: 04 1911
Description: Workmen pose on a steam-powered pile driver at work at the north end of the slough on the Wisconsin River. The railroad was extended from the village to th...
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Railroad Trestle at Dam Construction

Date: 08 15 1911
Description: Dam site on the Wisconsin river, looking southwest along the unfinished narrow gauge railroad trestle. The coffer dam and two pile drivers are also visible...
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St. Paul Flax Twine Mill

Date: 1906
Description: Men unloading flax straw from railroad cars in front of Storage Building No. 3 at International Harvester's St. Paul Flax and Twine Mill.
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Beginning of High Water at Power Dam

Date: 10 07 1911
Description: Elevated view of the rising waters of the Wisconsin River at the construction site. This view shows the coffer dam, pile drivers, and narrow gauge railroad...
Photograph

High Water at Prairie du Sac Dam

Date: 10 11 1911
Description: Elevated view of high water on the Wisconsin River which has inundated the coffer dam at the construction site. The narrow gauge railroad (curved line in f...
Photograph

Golden Spike Ceremony

Date: 
Description: A crowd gathers as a golden stake is driven as a part of a ceremony to celebrate the completion of the Tanana Valley Railroad. Caption reads: "Driving Gold...
Photograph

Juneau Park

Date: 05 30 1914
Description: Juneau Park looking north from approximately E. Mason Street, with the Chicago and North Western railroad tracks on the right. The Lake Michigan shoreline ...
Photograph

U.S. Government and War Exposition

Date: 09 1918
Description: Elevated view of the U.S. Government War Exposition grounds at Grant Park.
Map or Atlas

State Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1852
Description: Map reads: "The State of Wisconsin- compiled from the latest authorities". In addition, there is a scale which is six miles for every inch, and a profile o...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Western States

Date: 1849
Description: Map reads, "Map of the Western States". Published by Ensign & Thayer. There is a decorative vine border, and in each corner there is an engraving of four c...
Postcard

La Crosse Riverfront

Date: 1910
Description: Caption reads: "Riverfront from Pettibone Park, La Crosse, Wis." There are three steamboats docked on the right in the harbor. A mother and her children ar...
Photograph

Cotton Bale on a Railroad Loading Dock

Date: 1921
Description: A cotton bale sits on a platform next to a train, possibly awaiting shipment.
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Train Load of Tractors from Milwaukee Works

Date: 03 09 1927
Description: A train carrying tractors stopped on its way from Milwaukee Works (factory).
Map or Atlas

Ojibwa, Wisconsin Plat Map

Date: 1919
Description: This is a collection of three hand-colored plat maps. One map is a plat plan and includes annotations and an index that shows public land, business, indust...

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