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| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | The Reliance Flooring Mill. Men are posing in front, and another man is on a horse-drawn vehicle near the loading dock. The mill building was physically mo... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | View down unpaved street in Winneconne towards the bridge from the east side of town. Storefronts on the left have signs for "Stoves & Tinware" and "Harnes... |
| Date: | 05 12 1898 |
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| Description: | View down center of street with shops and stores on either side of Main Street. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | The Forest House, a hotel, restaurant and stage office. It was operated by Mr. and Mrs. Chas. A. Dingle and was located on the corner of Third and Forest S... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | An inscription over the entrance of the Van Niel house. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | A shrine put up by J.H. Van Niel, who came over with Fr. Van den Broek. Destroyed about 1895. |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Zeeland Mills, built in 1862 by John Verstegen. The flour mill was 36' x 50', four stories and had "two runs of stone." It was still operating in 1911. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the Empire Mill. Alongside the building are railroad cars at a loading dock. The signs on the mill read: "Globe", "Globe's Empire... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Polish immigrant women at the Market Square wearing traditional, national clothing. In the background are brick buildings. A sign on one building reads: "C... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the intersection of Main and Carroll Streets, showing the home of Nathaniel Dean (where the Inn on the Park Hotel is now located), and St.... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Elevated exterior view of the Isham & Hale Store, with bolts of cloth displayed outside. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks towards the Wisconsin Central railroad station, with people standing on the platform. Caption reads: "Wis. Central Passenger De... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks towards the Wisconsin Central railroad station. Caption reads: "Soo Line Passenger Depot, Stevens Point, Wis." |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Railroad depot with train approaching the station. Caption reads: "Depot Scene, Stanley, Wis." |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Polish immigrant standing near a team of horses eating hay in Market Square. He is wearing work clothes. Large brick buildings are in the background. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Polish immigrants in Market Square with horse-drawn lumber sledges and hay wagons. Commercial buildings are in the background. A sign on o... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | The hardware store opened and run by Joseph Rumenopp located on the corner of Central Avenue and East Second Street. The store was later sold to J.J. Willi... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the First Episcopal Church of the Intercession, erected in 1853. |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the City Hotel with a group of people posed near its entrance. |
| Date: | 03 04 1881 |
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| Description: | Several people are standing on a large snow bank on 8th Street, looking north after the big snowstorm of 1881. Signs hanging over the sidewalk attached to ... |
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