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Aerial View of City and River

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of city, with Eau Claire River is in the foreground with Milwaukee railroad bridge at left. Gillette Rubber Co. plant is in center with Omaha r...
Photograph

Men Working at Dam

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Description: Men working in a drained reservoir with shovels, probably at the Hatfield Dam.
Photograph

Kilbourn Park Reservoir

Date: 1900
Description: Reservoir, looking South, with pedestrians walking along the edge of the empty reservoir. A team of horses with a cart or wagon can also be seen in the bac...
Photograph

Kilbourn Park Reservoir

Date: 1900
Description: Looking down into the reservoir partially filled with water. A group of men stand at various levels; some with the carriage and horses at top, four on a le...
Photograph

Libourn Park Reservoir

Date: 1900
Description: Several men are standing on top of a square ledge over the reservoir. Other men are working in the reservoir. On the right is a wooden walkway.
Photograph

Wisconsin State Fish Hatchery

Date: 1897
Description: Exterior view of the Wisconsin State Fish Hatchery (aka Nevin Fish Hatchery, 3911 Fish Hatchery Rd). A salt-box house with an additional wing stands next t...
Photograph

Wisconsin State Fish Hatchery Grounds

Date: 1897
Description: A landscape view of the Wisconsin State Fish Hatchery (aka Nevin Fish Hatchery, 3911 Fish Hatchery Rd) grounds. A large reservoir is visible with a small o...
Photograph

Syl at Reservoir

Date: 05 28 1899
Description: View down gravel path towards Syl seated on a bench along the edge of a reservoir on a hill. There is a brick building, perhaps a pumphouse, built over the...
Postcard

American Legion Floral Emblem

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Description: American Legion floral emblem on the east slope of Milwaukee's Kilbourne Park Reservoir. Caption reads: "American Legion Floral Emblem, Kilbourn Park, Milw...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Indian Trails Map

Date: 1930
Description: This map shows Indian trails through Wisconsin counties. The trail are in red ink. Lake Michigan, Green Bay, Lake Superior, and the Wisconsin River are lab...
Photograph

Old Mill

Date: 1924
Description: The Humbird Roller Mill surrounded by rural landscape. A man leads on a porch beam as he poses for the picture.
Photograph

Scenic View on Lower Dam

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Description: Elevated view from hill looking down at a river and reservoir. A railroad train is moving along railroad tracks on the opposite side of the river. Houses a...
Photograph

Construction Crew

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Description: The "O'Dea and Shafer, Engineers and Contractors" construction crew, posing with a piece of equipment. A house and trees are in the background. Bags of cem...
Photograph

Building Site and Crane

Date: 1925
Description: A building site with "O'Dea and Shafer, Engineers and Contractors" construction crew, crane and other equipment. On the photograph album binding on the lef...
Map or Atlas

Map Showing Reservoirs Operated by Wisconsin Valley Improvement Co. : Exhibit "N"

Date: 1987
Description: This map shows reservoirs, drainage areas, and parts of of Lincoln, Langlade, Forest, Oneida, and Vilas counties. Includes 1 inset map of corrections for R...
Map or Atlas

Map of Flambeau Reservoir

Date: 1941
Description: This is map three of a set of three, and shows trails, roads and fire lanes, utilities, resorts, submerged lakes, vegetation, flowage right lands, and timb...
Map or Atlas

Map of the 5th, 8th, 11th, 12th Wards of the City of Milwaukee

Date: 1879
Description: This map shows wards, sections, roads, lot and block numbers, subdivisions, and proposed streets. The inside cover includes hand written annotations that r...
Map or Atlas

Plat of Sections 17-18-19 & 20, T.31N. R.6W., Including the Recorded Plats of Cornell, Being the Property to be Incorporated within the Village of Cornell, Chippewa County, Wisconsin and Containing 2338.94 Acres

Date: 1912
Description: This blueprint manuscript map shows landownership, mills, railroad, churches, public buildings, the old cemetery, and the Chippewa River and Reservoir. The...
Photograph

Elevated View of McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view across river of McCormick Works.
Map or Atlas

Map of Wisconsin River Valley

Date: 1911
Description: This map includes references to reservoirs, industrial sites, and drainage basins.

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