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Buckhorn Cheese Company

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Description: Exterior view of the Buckhorn Cheese Company plant. A sign painted on the exterior of the building reads: "Take One Home."
Postcard

Mill Pond

Date: 1905
Description: View of a mill pond with buildings in the background.
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Mining Scene

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Description: Distant view of a mining operation and surrounding desert hills. Caption reads: "Mining Scene, Near Mojave, Cal."
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Franklin Mills

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Description: The Franklin Yextile Mills and T Steven's Company seen from the Winnehesauke River. View includes the factory dam, a smokestack and tall factory buildings.
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Powhatan and Putnam Mills

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Description: View across Quinebaug river of Powhatan and Putnam textile manufacturing mills. Caption reads: "Powhatan and Putnam Mfg. Mills, Putnam, Conn."
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Cayahoga River

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of small falls on the Cayahoga River in a gorge with waterfront buildings.
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Fishing Resort

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Description: Elevated view of the banks along a fishing stream, with a few buildings on the other side of the water. Caption reads: "Great Fishing Resort Near Kirksvill...
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Fox River View

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Description: View of Fox River with buildings and dwellings on either side. Further down the river a bridge spans its width. A factory building is labeled, "C.S. Morris...
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Consolidated Paper Company Offices

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Description: View of the Consolidated Paper Company Offices standing on the bank of the Wisconsin River. The Consolidated Paper Company formed in 1894.
Print

Greetings From The Copper Country

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday card printed on a sheet of copper. It has a scene of log buildings, a stockade fence, and woods in the background. Above is the text "Michigan Copp...
Document

Carter Ice & Fuel Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Carter Ice & Fuel Company, suppliers of ice, fuel, and building products in Menomonie, Wisconsin, with a three-quarter view of a one-stor...
Photograph

Michela Coal & Dock Company

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Description: View from shoreline of dock site towards Lake Superior, showing sulphur pile and a large chute in the background.
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New Motor Boat

Date: 03 11 1928
Description: Covers have been pulled aside to reveal the new motor boat which sits in front of a large shed in Till Stuyvesant's yard in Lake Geneva. There is a large t...
Postcard

The Old Mill

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Description: Hand-colored view of a mill as seen from a foot bridge. Caption reads: "The Old Mill, Delavan, Wis."
Postcard

Parfrey's Mill and Dam

Date: 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Parfrey's Mill and Dam. Richland Ctr. Wis." A grist mill, dam and millpond on the Pine River. More buildings are behind the mill. The...

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