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Photograph

Whiting Paper Mill Ruins

Date: 08 24 1888
Description: The George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. Men are standing near a damaged section of the mill. Sixteen men were killed by the explo...
Photograph

Elisha D. Smith Library

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Description: Exterior view from road of the Elisha D. Smith Library. The library opened in 1898 funded with a gift of $20,000 from E.D. Smith. Over the main entrance, a...
Photograph

Locomotive Engine No. 901

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Description: Left side view of Chicago,Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway locomotive engine no. 901, class J2, built by Borrks Locomotive Works in 1887. Engineer Jake Rhyner ...
Painting

Menasha Painting

Date: 1856
Description: ". . . The upper Grand Chute was the last of the 'improvements' paintings signed by Brookes and Stevenson. Yet there were two more vital links in the Fox R...
Print

Uncle Sam Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1919
Description: An illustration of Uncle Sam points to a U.S. Tractor & Machinery Company Uncle Sam tractor beneath a headline reading: "Speed when you want it. Power all ...
Postcard

Dam & Island Paper Mill

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Description: View of a dam on the Fox River and a paper mill on the far bank. Two men are in boat in the foreground. Caption reads: "Dam & Island Paper Mill, Menasha, W...

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