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Logging Crew and Railroad

Date: 1888
Description: A logging crew of the Upham Lumber Company, together with the company's locomotive, "Old Vanderbilt," formerly the Wisconsin Central Railroad's Engine No #...
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Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 09 1934
Description: Harvesting cranberries at the Cranberry Lake Lake Development Company in Wood County.
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World War II Worker

Date: 04 26 1944
Description: An unidentified employee of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper Company during World War II.
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Paper-Making Equipment

Date: 06 15 1944
Description: Paper manufacturing equipment of the Consolidated Paper Company.
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Wartime Worker

Date: 1945
Description: Employee of the Consolidated Paper Company, probably its Plastics Division during World War II.
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Plastics Factory

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Factory of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper Company, showing several of the early laminate presses used for its World War II military production...
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Sorting Laminate

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Description: Bill Hardina and Tony Kissner, two employees of the Plastic Division of Consolidated Papers of Wisconsin Rapids, handling large sheets of the paper-based p...
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Plastics Workers

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Description: Employees of the Plastics Division of the Consolidated Papers Company of Wisconsin Rapids and a large sheet of the paper-based plastic laminate manufacture...
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Plastics Workers

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Description: Workers at the Plastics Division of the Consolidated Papers Company of Wisconsin Rapids handling sheets of the paper-based plastic laminate manufactured by...
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Consolidated Papers Factory

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: View of the floor of a Consolidated Papers Company factory, probably its Plastics Division in Wisconsin Rapids.
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Consolidated War Work

Date: 03 03 1944
Description: Ken Nelson, an employee of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Papers Company of Wisconsin Rapids, monitors the performance of the #1 Treater. The machi...
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Auburndale Camp

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Description: Elevated view of logging crew posed outside a log cabin in winter. Several horses are at the back of the group. The foreman, Mike Baltus, is possibly at fr...
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Construction of a Paper Mill

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Description: Elevated view of workers during construction of a paper mill.
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Prisoner of War Working in Cranberry Marsh

Date: 1945
Description: German Prisoner of War stationed in Wisconsin Rapids working on the A.E. Bennett and Sons Cranberry Marsh. He is spraying the cranberry crop with either an...
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Spraying Cranberry Marshes

Date: 1945
Description: Irving R. Bennett, of the A.E. Bennett & Son Cranberry Marsh, spraying cranberry marshes for pest and weed control. The hose was attached to a rig that cou...
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Woman Sorting Cranberries

Date: 10 21 1997
Description: A woman wearing a jacket and hairnet sorts cranberries on a conveyor belt at the Walker Cranberry Company.
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Women Sorting Cranberries

Date: 11 21 1997
Description: Many women sort cranberries on conveyor belts at the Walker Cranberry Company. All are wearing jackets and many wear hairnets.
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Young Men Packaging Cranberries

Date: 11 21 1997
Description: Two young men package cranberries into Ocean Spray bags at the Walker Cranberry Company. The bags can be seen moving on conveyor belts.
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Women Sorting Cranberries

Date: 10 21 1997
Description: Many women sorting cranberries on several conveyor belts at the Walker Cranberry Company. They are wearing jackets and hair nets.
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Dumping Cranberries into Bin

Date: 11 21 1997
Description: A man dumps a box of cranberries into a bin at the Walker Cranberry Company.

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