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| Date: | 05 1998 |
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| Description: | As part of his support for education, Congressman David Obey visited many schools within his district. Here he observed elementary school students in Wisco... |
| Date: | 1992 |
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| Description: | This 1992 map of Wood County, Wisconsin, shows towns, sections, cities and villages, highways and roads, railroads, and lakes and streams. An inset map of ... |
| Origin of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin |
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| Discover the history of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin |
| Discover the overlooked history of Wisconsin's deadly wildfires, including the 1871 disaster that killed 1,500 people. |
| View these images of cranberry harvesting in Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 09 06 1901 |
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| Description: | Emory Bennett and family posed in front of the Bennett home. A young boy sits in a cart pulled by a dog. A seated man holds a harp guitar and another man s... |
| Date: | 09 05 1926 |
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| Description: | Dinner menu for the Hotel Witter, with menu listing, flap, front, and back of self-folding mailer, and tipped-in photographic views of the dining room and ... |
| Date: | 09 05 1926 |
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| Description: | Left interior panel of the Hotel Witter dinner menu, with a tipped-in photographic three-quarter view of the exterior of the hotel, printed in blue ink. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | View of flood damage, showing wrecked buildings along the Wisconsin River waterfront. |
| Date: | 01 31 1950 |
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| Description: | In this large indoor group portrait, C.L. (Neal) Harrington is in the second row, second from the right. The men are attending an operational meeting for t... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View across the water near the shoreline of the municipal swimming pool. The pool may have been along the Wisconsin River with slides and sandy beaches. A ... |
| Date: | 06 02 1962 |
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| Description: | Neil Nash, vice-president of the Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Company, speaking to the crowd at the dedication of the Centralia Pulp and Paper Mill historical mar... |
| Date: | 06 02 1962 |
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| Description: | Participants in the dedication ceremony for the Centralia Pulp and Paper Mill historical marker included, from left to right: Wisconsin Rapids Mayor Nels J... |
| Date: | 04 1938 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the state nursery showing fields, an above ground irrigation system, and blocks of plantings. There are men working in a field on the righ... |
| Date: | 04 1938 |
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| Description: | Two men are pushing an implement between guide ropes at the Central (now Griffith) State Nursery. The description on the reverse of the photograph explains... |
| Date: | 05 20 1965 |
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| Description: | A woman is ladling something from a bowl onto a platter. Caption reads: "MRS. HAROLD G. [Bernice] POMAINVILLE, Wisconsin Rapids, put the creme chantilly on... |
| Community: | Wisconsin Rapids |
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| County: | Wood |
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| Reference Number: | 122046 |
| Community: | Wisconsin Rapids |
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| County: | Wood |
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| Reference Number: | 122047 |
| Community: | Wisconsin Rapids |
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| County: | Wood |
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| Reference Number: | 122048 |
| Community: | Wisconsin Rapids |
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| County: | Wood |
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| Reference Number: | 122049 |
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