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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over trees of village. In the background is a water tower on a hill with trees. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of workers filing out of the gates of the McCormick Reaper Works at the end of a work day. The factory became part of the International Harve... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Railroad depot taken as part of a survey by the Wisconsin Power and Light Company to promote economic development by emphasizing available buildings and bu... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Deering Works factory seen across the waterfront from Diversey Avenue. In the foreground is a street and sidewalk with the sign "horse vehicles keep to rig... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Long row of men in suits and hats fishing on the breakwater. |
| Date: | 11 16 1922 |
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| Description: | Tractor bearing signs reading "old no. 13; International Harvester Co.; sold in 1906 - used for 16 years still going strong... " and "see me at the Wheat S... |
| Date: | 07 14 1926 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the International Harvester motor truck dealership and service station. |
| Date: | 12 29 1928 |
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| Description: | Two automobile service stations located on opposite sides of the street with stacks of tires, gas pumps and Penzoil signs. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Workers loading and unloading wood at the wood stock yard of the McCormick Reaper Works. Men are working on both sides of the Chicago River. Rail cars and ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | East Washington Avenue from the Capitol Park with a view of the water tower, which stood from 1890 to 1920. |
| Date: | 11 28 1945 |
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| Description: | Ray-O-Vac buildings on 2300 block of Winnebago Street. An office building, production plant, water tower, and two houses at 2327 & 2331 Winnebago Street ca... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Oscar Mayer & Company, 910 Mayer Avenue at Packers Avenue. Shows stock yards, railroad cars and automobile parking lot. Also shows C.E. & P.... |
| Date: | 06 12 1933 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of Capital Times newspaper carriers. In the background is a church building on the left, and a water tower on the right. |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Street scene in Chicago of North Michigan Avenue and Ontario Street looking north. The historic Water Tower is in the background. |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Chicago's Wacker Drive at Clark Street, looking north. Buildings, water towers and railroad boxcars are along the Chicago River waterfront, as well as a Co... |
| Date: | 06 16 1963 |
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| Description: | View across parking lot towards the Kimberly-Clark Paper Company plant. |
| Date: | 09 29 1963 |
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| Description: | The Menasha Woodenware plant and water tower on Doty Island from across the Fox River canal, with a small railroad dolly in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Left side of an elevated panoramic view of a full parking lot at the Wisconsin State Fair, with the grandstand and water towers in the background. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline toward the mill on the opposite shoreline. Caption reads: "Kimberly Pulp and Paper Mill, near Appleton, Wis." |
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