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| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | First electric street railway service in Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | Building housing the very first central electric light station for distribution of incandescent lighting. The sign on the building reads: "Vulcan St." |
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| Description: | Plaque describing "Hearthstone," the home built by paper mill owner, Henry J. Rogers. The residence was the first dwelling electrified from a centrally loc... |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from hill of the freight steamer "Cornucopia" loading hides at the Hammond Brothers warehouse, with Lawrence University buildings on the hill... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | View of the front of the art center. Caption reads: "The Worcester Art Center, Lawrence College, Appleton, Wis." |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | The Institute of Paper Chemistry at Lawrence College. |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the front entrance of the Appleton Free Public Library and City Hall. Several children are posing on the entrance steps. The City and the ... |
| Date: | 02 1989 |
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| Description: | Outdoor gathering of men, women and children cooking cranberries in a large kettle, perhaps at a winter festival. |
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| Description: | Billhead of Star Brewery of Appleton, Wisconsin, with an elevated three-quarter view of the brewery and surrounding streets and buildings. On the right sid... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the George Walter Brewing Company of Appleton, Wisconsin, brewers of Adler Bräu and export beers. On the left is a full-color image of a bott... |
| Date: | 06 15 1965 |
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| Description: | Leslie Fishel, Director of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, speaking from the stage at the dedication and unveiling of the Milwaukee-Downer Colle... |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of a female bowling team named "Hertel Store Lemons." They women are wearing matching peach-colored bowling shirts, and four of the shirts h... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Four uniformed police officers holding guns are posing alongside a car, with two other men. A brick building behind them has a sign on the window that read... |
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