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Aerial View of City Along River

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of the city and the river.
Photograph

Freight Steamer "Cornucopia"

Date: 1872
Description: Elevated view from hill of the freight steamer "Cornucopia" loading hides at the Hammond Brothers warehouse, with Lawrence University buildings on the hill...
Photograph

Fox River with Outcrop

Date: 
Description: Calm river with a rocky island or outcrop in the foreground.
Postcard

Fox River from Riverview Golf Club

Date: 1900
Description: View from hill towards the river, paper mill, and houses on a hill in the distance. Caption reads: "View of Fox River from Riverview Golf Club, Appleton, W...
Photograph

Lawrence College Campus

Date: 1860
Description: Elevated illustration of the Lawrence College Campus with snow on the ground.
Postcard

Lover's Lane

Date: 1909
Description: View down Lover's Lane. Caption reads: "Lover's Lane, Appleton, Wis."
Photograph

Methodist Church

Date: 1860
Description: Stereograph of a Methodist Church with a lawn, trees and a fence.
Postcard

Prospect Street

Date: 1911
Description: View down tree-lined street in a neighborhood. Caption reads: "Prospect Street, Appleton, Wis."
Photograph

Reeve Residence

Date: 1870
Description: View of the Reeve residence on the corner of Lawrence and Onieda Streets.
Photograph

Reeder Smith House and Rickety Fence

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Description: Elevated view across road and fence towards two houses and a yard, bordered by a damaged, white picket fence. The house burned down in 1867.
Photograph

H.W. Tenney House

Date: 1885
Description: This is the H.W. Tenney house built by Charles Patten in the late 1870's, bought by Mr. Tenney in the spring of 1881. The people are, (left to right): Eva ...
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H.W. Tenney House

Date: 1915
Description: The H.W. Tenney house, built by Charles Patten in the late 1870's and bought by Mr. Tenney in the spring of 1881. The house was remodeled in 1906. Snow is ...
Postcard

West Park Drive

Date: 1911
Description: View down center of West Park Drive. There is a man driving an automobile on the bridge. Caption reads: "West Park Drive, Wis."
Photograph

Aerial View of Residential Area

Date: 1955
Description: Aerial view of Valley Fair Mall, with a residential area beyond it on both sides of a river, all surrounded by trees and farmland.
Photograph

Spiegel Family Butchering Chickens

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Description: Six men of the Spiegel family stand outdoors around a long wooden table butchering chickens. The table is covered with large steel pots and pieces of meat....
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Checking on Beehive

Date: 1955
Description: Robert E. Bodoh checks on the condition of a hive by opening it using smoke to calm the bees. Bodoh wears a protective hat with mesh veil. Several other hi...
Postcard

Lovers' Lane

Date: 1906
Description: View looking down tree-lined Lovers' Lane. Caption reads: "Lovers' Lane, Appleton, Wis."
Print

Baldwin & Killen Lands and W.H. Killen & Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Baldwin & Killen Lands and W.H. Killen & Company, dealers of farm, lumber, and mineral lands, from Appleton, Wisconsin, with an image on the ...
Photograph

Apple Cider Making

Date: 1960
Description: Louis Suttner and another man make apple cider outdoors.
Book or Pamphlet

Eagle Farm Tractors

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising Eagle farm tractors featuring a color illustration of a man using a tractor to plow a field in front of a farmhouse.

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