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Farmers at Farm Auction

Date: 1954
Description: Group of farmers observe and participate in a farm auction.
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Blizzards Are Fun

Date: 1955
Description: Winter scene with Mark Mueller, the photographer's son standing ankle deep in snow with a dog, and smiling as the snow continues to fall. The family was sl...
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Atlas Mill

Date: 1922
Description: View across water towards the Atlas Mill. The paper making mill on the Fox River was built in 1878 and proved that paper could be made efficiently from gro...
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"Hearthstone"

Date: 1974
Description: "Hearthstone," a house built in 1880-1882 by paper mill owner Henry J. Rogers, was the first residence electrified from a centrally located hydroelectric p...
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Aerial View of City Along River

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of the city and the river.
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Armory Company G, 2nd Infantry

Date: 1906
Description: Armory Company G, 2nd Infantry.
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Atlas Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Atlas Mill, a Kimberly-Clark Company mill.
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Bridge over the Fox River

Date: 1960
Description: View of a bridge reaching across the Fox River.
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Electric Light & Power Company

Date: 1922
Description: Appleton Wisconsin Electric Light and Power Plant, 1922. Switchboard equipment of the plant, which began operating in September of 1822, is at the State Hi...
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Fox River

Date: 1960
Description: Elevated view looking down at the Fox River. On the left is a dam, and on the opposite shoreline is a factory.
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John Street Bridge

Date: 1960
Description: View looking down at people working on John Street Bridge during the razing. There is a crane on the bridge.
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Lawrence College Memorial Chapel

Date: 1925
Description: Lawrence College, now Lawrence University, Memorial Chapel.
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Lawrence College, Main Hall

Date: 1948
Description: Lawrence College, Main Hall.
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Underwood Observatory

Date: 1930
Description: Underwood Observatory at Lawrence College.
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Fraternity House

Date: 1905
Description: Fraternity house at Lawrence College.
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Institute of Paper Chemistry

Date: 1953
Description: The Institute of Paper Chemistry at Lawrence College.
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Memorial Chapel

Date: 1930
Description: View along columned entrance of Memorial Chapel at Lawrence College.
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Memorial Chapel

Date: 1930
Description: Front view of Memorial Chapel at Lawrence College.
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Paper Mill

Date: 1960
Description: A paper and pulp mill in Appleton. The Interlake Pulp & Paper Mill of Appleton was absorbed by Consolidated Paper, Inc. in 1916, becoming their Interlake D...
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Hearthstone House

Date: 1974
Description: Front view of historic house in the summertime.

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