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Promotional card created to advertize land in northern WisconsinCaption: STREET SCENE IN MEDFORD, TAYLOR COUNTY, WISCONSIN. - This view of one of the business streets of Medford will perhaps serve to give some idea of the commercial importance of this enterprising city. Medford is the county seat of Taylor County, and has a population of something over 2,000, being surrounded by one of the most magnificent farming counties in the State. It will always continue to be a growing business center. Business enterprises of various kinds are being established continuously, There are here a large tannery, a saw mill, stave and heading factory, excelsior factory, roller flour mill, brewery, cheese factory, two state banks, good schools and several churches of various denominations.
1895
Perkins, H. J.
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The Hemlock Bark Industry
1895
Promotional card advertising the hemlock barn industry in northern Wisconsin. The card features an elevated view of a tannery.Caption: THE HEMLOCK BARK INDUSTRY. - It has only been within the past ...
U.S. Leather Company Tannery
The U.S. Leather Co. tannery in Medford. Caption reads: "U.S. Leather Co. Tannery, Medford, Wis."
Rib Lake, Taylor County, Wis.
1895
A promotional card displaying a populated village street near a lake in Northern Wisconsin.The caption bellow the photography reads: "RIB LAKE, TAYLOR COUNTY, WIS. — This thriving village is locate...
Men Clearing Stumps
September 3, 1895
Clearing stumps with a stump machine on the farm of Christopher Paustenbach, three miles east of Medford, Taylor County.
Appleton, Outagamie County, Wisconsin
1867
Birds-eye drawing of Appleton, Outagamie Co., depicting street names and street layout, houses, the Fox River, the court house, jail, school houses, Lawrence University, depot, flouring mills, rake...
