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Barn Raising

Date: 1895
Description: A large group of men pose on the wooden framework of a barn that they are building.
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Furniture Store Interior

Date: 1895
Description: Interior of a furniture store, with two men posed among the rows of furniture. A group of chairs hangs from the ceiling.
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State Historical Society Under Construction

Date: 1898
Description: Elevated view across Langdon Street of the Wisconsin State Historical Society building under construction in winter with snow on the ground. A group of men...
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Cereal Mills Company

Date: 1898
Description: Slightly elevated view of the Cereal Mills Company. Men are working near a horse-drawn wagon near an entrance to a grain elevator in the lower right. Railr...
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The Leinenkugel Brewery

Date: 1898
Description: Elevated winter view of the Leinenkugel Brewery seen "from top of Mill." Originally called "Spring Brewery," Jacob Leinenkugel opened his brewery in 1867 i...
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Crushing Rock for Road Resurfacing

Date: 1910
Description: A crew of men crushing rock for Senator James H. Stout's improved highway.
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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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Operating Machinery Outdoors

Date: 1915
Description: A young boy in overalls operates a machine, perhaps a pump for water, underneath a windmill. There are overturned buckets in the foreground. An elderly man...
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Wausau Furniture Company

Date: 1939
Description: A winter view of the Wausau Furniture building at 109-111 West Washington Avenue.
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Red Dot Potato Chip Workers

Date: 1939
Description: A group portrait of female workers at the Red Dot Potato Chip Company. Fourth from the left in the top row is Vivian Harrison Matheson, identified by Ellis...
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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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Pioneer Slag Tower and Furnace

Date: 1948
Description: Large brick kiln-like structure in field. Built in 1876, the blast furnace was used to salvage additional lead from the slag of 18 area furnaces operating ...
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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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The Blacksmith

Date: 10 20 1951
Description: A man at the forge in Albert Smith's blacksmith shop. On the right is an Aetna No. 25 stove. Tools are hanging on the edge of the forge.
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Schiltz Brewery

Date: 07 1952
Description: Train cars are parked near a tall building with a fire escape.
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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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Vanishing Ways

Date: 1955
Description: A blacksmith working at his forge. He is wearing a leather apron to protect his clothes from the heat.
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Forgotten Pool

Date: 1956
Description: Pool at an old distillery in Hamilton. On the left are trees and shrubs. On the right is a stone building that is arched over the pool. Above the arch is a...
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Pilgrim Congregational Church

Date: 1971
Description: A crane setting a new steeple on the Pilgrim Congregational Church. People are standing near the crane on the ground, and men are standing on the roof help...
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Railroad Tracks

Date: 1975
Description: Elevated view of railroad tracks reflecting the light of the sun at either sunrise or sunset. Silhouettes of cranes, power lines and buildings are in the d...

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