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Bridge over the Fox River

Date: 1960
Description: View of a bridge reaching across the Fox River.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Valley Iron Works Corporation Buildings

Date: 1962
Description: Valley Iron Works Corporation buildings with alley way between them.
Photograph

Pierce Home

Date: 1960
Description: 625 W. Prospect Avenue. Dining room window overlooking the Fox River. Excerpt from the Appleton Post-Crescent, May 11, 1960. Home built by Henry J....
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Pierce Home

Date: 1960
Description: 625 W. Prospect Avenue, built in 1880 by H.J. Rogers.
Photograph

Miller Electric Manufacturing Company

Date: 1961
Description: Aerial view of the Miller Electic Manufacturing Co. and surrounding area.
Drawing

Model of Miller Electric Manufacturing Company

Date: 1961
Description: Three-dimensional drawing of Miller Electric Manufacturing Co. viewed from above. A small circle is made on the image in pen on the front of the building.
Photograph

Fox River Lock Tender

Date: 08 05 1962
Description: Mr. Ortel, a United States Government lock-keeper at Appleton lock number one on the Fox River canal. Mr. Ortel is opening the sluice gates to allow water ...
Photograph

Paper Mill

Date: 08 05 1962
Description: Exterior view of Riverside Paper Corporation mill. On the left is a road along a river, and on the right are railroad tracks along the mill. A sign in the ...
Photograph

Stokely Van Camp Canning Factory

Date: 1960
Description: A Wisconsin State Canners Truck parked under a chute at Stokely Van Camp canning factory on West College Avenue.
Photograph

Olsen's Mill (Wayne Feeds)

Date: 1960
Description: Exterior of Olsen's Mill (Wayne Feeds) on Hwy 49, just north of Hwy 21.
Photograph

Apple Cider Making

Date: 1960
Description: Louis Suttner and another man making apple cider.
Photograph

Apple Cider Making

Date: 1960
Description: Louis Suttner and another man make apple cider outdoors.
Map or Atlas

City of Appleton : Heart of the Fox River Valley

Date: 1968
Description: This map shows local streets, wards, buildings, parks, and part of the Fox River. The map is also indexed by street name. Ward borders and numbering and th...
Map or Atlas

City of Appleton : Heart of the Fox River Valley

Date: 1960
Description: This map shows local streets, wards, public buildings, parks, and part of the Fox River. The land is shown in white and the water is shown in blue. The map...
Photograph

Milwaukee-Downer College Historic Marker

Date: 06 15 1965
Description: Leslie Fishel, Director of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, speaking from the stage at the dedication and unveiling of the Milwaukee-Downer Colle...
Photograph

Hearthstone

Date: 07 1968
Description: View across lawn towards the historic Hearthstone House. A historic marker is in the foreground on the left, and it reads: "Hearthstone, World's first Elec...
Photograph

Lawrence University

Date: 10 1969
Description: A football player is leaping to avoid a tackle at Lawrence University. Two people are watching from the hillside in the background.

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