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Train Station with Water Tower

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Description: Train station with several men, including one standing atop a large water tower.
Postcard

Kimberly Pulp and Paper Mill

Date: 1912
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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Janesville's Rock River with Water Tower

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of the Rock River, with a large smokestack and water tower on the left. Richard Lloyd Jones was born in Janesville in 1873 and lived there u...
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P&H 5-Ton Monorail Hoist Loading Lumber onto Barge

Date: 1913
Description: View from water of Pawling & Harnischfeger 5-ton monorail hoist with a lumber handling unit, possibly in Pensacola, Florida. The monorail track extends ove...
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Confiscated Sturgeon

Date: 1942
Description: Warden Kramer and an assistant hold up confiscated sturgeon caught with illegal snag lines.
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Northern Lumber Mill

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Description: View from shoreline across water toward the mill. To the right of the main building are two smaller structures, with a watertower and silo behind. Two smok...
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Dredge Winneconne

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Description: View across water of the dredge "Winneconne" on the Fox River canal. Although undated the photograph was probably taken during the 1940s. The "Winneconne"...
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Municipal Light and Power Plant

Date: 1924
Description: The Municipal Light and Power Plant and water tower seen from across a pond.
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Bridge and Water Tower

Date: 1927
Description: View down middle of metal bridge across the Cornell Flowage. Across the lake, there is the pulpwood stacker on the left and a water tower on the right near...
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Lake La Belle

Date: 06 1900
Description: View across Lake La Belle toward lakeside factories, residences, and churches.
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Panorama of Madison

Date: 1930
Description: Panoramic elevated view to the east from the Capitol Square.
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Harvesting Ice

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Description: View across ice towards a group of men, employees of the Conklin Ice House, which is in the distance, guiding horses pulling ice cutters. The horses are we...
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McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view from shoreline over canal towards McCormick Works.
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Rainy Lake Shore

Date: 1910
Description: A view across water towards the Rainy Lake shoreline, which includes Lyle Mine and Ranier.
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Winter Logging on Rice Lake

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Description: View across water towards logs floating along the lake. Several buildings, including a water tower and a silo, are on the opposite shoreline.
Postcard

Wolf River Paper & Fiber Company

Date: 1904
Description: Text on the front reads: "Wolf River Paper & Fiber Co., Shawano, Wis." Industrial buildings with a millpond in the foreground. The mill was founded in 1894...

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