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Soldiers' Grove

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of Soldiers' Grove with a bridge in the foreground.
Map or Atlas

Appleton Outagamie County, Wisconsin

Date: 1867
Description: Birds-eye drawing of Appleton, Outagamie Co., depicting street names and street layout, houses, the Fox River, the court house, jail, school houses, Lawren...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Merrill

Date: 1883
Description: Bird's-eye view of Merrill.
Photograph

Chippewa Falls Riverfront

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Description: Elevated view of the riverfront, railroad tracks, and river, "as viewed from Joseph McGuire's."
Photograph

Town of Moscow From Cornfield

Date: 1875
Description: View, through a cornfield, of people, a store, a sawmill and wagons. Moscow was platted in 1850 by an Englishman, Chauncy Smith, who dammed the Bluemound ...
Postcard

Old Mill of Delavan

Date: 1910
Description: Distant view of the mill, with a stream leading to it, and a road paralleling the stream on the right. Caption reads: "The Old Mill, Delavan, Wis."
Photograph

Buildings at a Logging Camp

Date: 1912
Description: Buildings at a logging camp or sawmill operated by the International Harvester Company. A horse is in the right foreground.
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International PD-80 Diesel Power Unit

Date: 1938
Description: An International PD-80 diesel power unit used to power an A.B. Carroll Lumber Company sawmill. Several men are at work on the site; trees, and what appears...
Photograph

Mill Pond

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Description: A peaceful view of a pond and mill, featuring a small dog sitting in a boat, which rests on the shore.
Photograph

City Park

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Description: Elevated view down hill toward old mill with a small bridge in the foreground, and another arched bridge over a steep-sided stream in City Park. Paths and ...
Photograph

The Old Mill

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Description: A view of the Old Mill on a road lined with trees.
Photograph

Campbell's Mill

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Description: Elevated view of Campbell's Mill, which specialized in lumber. Situated in the midst of the forest are smokestacks, railroad tracks, and several buildings....
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The Brooks Scanlon Co.

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Description: Elevated view of the Brooks Scanlon Company, which specialized in lumber. The complex sits on a river. The lumber is lying out on the tops of roofs and in ...
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Sawmill and Pond, Minden Lumber Co.

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Description: View looking down hill toward the sawmill and logs floating in the pond. Company outbuildings are on the left, with a smokestack and silo. A water tower is...
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Lumber Yard

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Description: Elevated view from hill toward a lumberyard, with small workers' homes on the left. A dirt path and wooden fence surround the lumberyard, which is filled w...
Photograph

Northern Lumber Mill and Railroad Yards

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Description: Elevated view of the railroad tracks, lumberyard, and mill of Northern Lumber Mill. In the foreground is a long line of railroad cars sitting on the tracks...
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Lumber Mill and Dam

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Description: Elevated view of the mill, dam, and railroad tracks, and forests surrounding the area. The lumber mill itself, with main building complex and smokestack is...
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Siler Lumber Co.

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Description: Elevated view across water toward the lumber mill. On the left is a boat, moving away from the loading dock. Smoke and steam emanate from various building ...
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The Assorting Table

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Description: View of lumber transported from the mill and across the assorting table, where it is then moved and sorted into different groups. Men stand on the lumber o...
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Brown's Sawmill and Bridge

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Description: View of Brown's Sawmill and bridge. A man stands in the center of the bridge, and industrial buildings are in the background.

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