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Fishing On Breakwater

Date: 1910
Description: Long row of men in suits and hats fishing on the breakwater.
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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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Concrete Locks

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Description: View from shoreline towards oncrete locks on a narrow river in winter. Snow is on the ground, and a water tower and smokestack are on the other side of the...
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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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Rock River from Main Street Bridge

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Description: View of Rock River from the Main Street Bridge. On the right industrial buildings are along the shoreline, and a bridge is in the distance.
Drawing

Hayward Indian Boarding School

Date: 1900
Description: Perspective drawing of the buildings at the Hayward Indian School. There is a man in a boat in the right foreground and an empty boat in the left foregroun...
Photograph

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.
Photograph

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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Beloit, Wisc. Upper Bridge

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Description: East facing view from the Upper Bridge, featuring the Beloit water tower in the distance.
Photograph

Panorama of Madison

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

Cottages on Eagle Springs Lake

Date: 1910
Description: Black and white photographic postcard of three private cottages along the shoreline of Eagle Springs Lake. There is a water tower on the far right. Caption...
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Turning Basin

Date: 12 09 1957
Description: Turning basin, view east from ex-Haas property. There is a water tower on the right, and houses, boathouses and other buildings are along the shoreline to ...
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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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Exploration at Lake Mendota

Date: 03 2014
Description: View along shoreline towards a tree on Lake Mendota. The limbs of the tree have grown close along the ground and out over the lake. The snow has melted rev...

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