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South Twin Island Fishing Village

Date: 1915
Description: Building, boats, and fish net drying reels on South Twin Island in the Apostle Islands archipelago.
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Spring Runoff at Big Bull Falls

Date: 1916
Description: Water churns under a railroad bridge as the spring thaw swells the Wisconsin River.
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Logs in Ashland Harbor

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of logs tugged across Lake Superior to the harbor at Ashland.
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A Forgotten Mill

Date: 1948
Description: Abandoned mill, formerly called the Modena Roller Mills. The first mill was built in 1865 (now torn down).
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Buettner Mill

Date: 1948
Description: Elevated view from shoreline towards the opposite shoreline towards the Buettner mill on the left, and the river with a dam, on the right. In the backgroun...
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Industrial Valley

Date: 02 1951
Description: Elevated view of the Fox River Valley from Memorial Drive bridge, looking East. Snow is on the ground, ice is on the river and the smokestacks are billowin...
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Launching of the Detroit Edison

Date: 09 09 1954
Description: Elevated view of the sideways launching of Hull 418, the Detroit Edison at Manitowoc Shipbuilding, Inc. A group of people are gathered at the wharf ...
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River Line

Date: 1955
Description: Industries along the Milwaukee River, one of which is the Schlitz Brewery.
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Boats in Harbor

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Description: Elevated view of commercial boats in Manitowoc Harbor.
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Woman Gathering Stones near Dam

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Description: A woman gathers stones at the bottom of a falls near a dam, probably the Hatfield Dam.
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Downriver from Grand Avenue Bridge

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Description: Schooners docked on river. The view is downriver from the Grand Avenue Bridge.

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