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| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of City Square, where the Bank of Menasha is seen on the corner and Little Lake Butte des Mortes is in the distance. |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the Congregational Church on the corner of Broad and Milwaukee Streets. |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the town square and Main Street. The three-story building in the center was operated as the National Hotel. It was later burned down and was... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Main Street looking east toward the Fox River and the boat landing. Lake Winnebago is in the distance. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | The corner of unpaved Main Street and Tayco Street looking south towards Doty Island. The slanting timbers controlled the primitive draw bridge across the ... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | The National Hotel on town square off of Main Street. A group of people and horse-drawn vehicles are in front of the hotel. |
| Date: | 08 24 1888 |
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| Description: | The George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. Sixteen men were killed by the explosion of a bleacher; the bleacher exploded as the nigh... |
| Date: | 08 24 1888 |
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| Description: | The George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. Men and women are standing near the damaged railroad tracks. Sixteen men were killed by t... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | The George A. Whiting Paper Mills with men posing on switcher engines in front of the buildings. The engines are, (left to right): Chicago and Northwestern... |
| Date: | 08 24 1888 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of the George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. Sixteen men were killed by the explosion of a bleacher; the ble... |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | A stereograph of the town square and Main Street. The three-story building visible in the center of the photograph was operated as the National Hotel. It w... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | Ink, watercolor, and pencil on paper. Top of the map reads: "NORTHERN OUTLET MENASHA MEANDER LINES Scale 132ft 1 INCH Var S.E. Survey Completed Spet. 23 18... |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Shows landowners, buildings, lot numbers, roads and railroads. Includes Menasha business directory. |
| Date: | 08 24 1899 |
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| Description: | Pen-and-ink and color on paper. Also shows probable routes of the French explorers Constant le Marchand de Lignery in 1728 and Louis de la Porte de Louvign... |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | This map is pen and ink on paper and shows part of the city of Menasha, local streets, Dendo Island, part of Lake Winnebago, and part of Little Lake Butte ... |
| Date: | 07 21 1835 |
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| Description: | This map is ink and watercolor on tracing paper and shows township lines surveyed by Mullett and Brink, subdivision lines surveyed by A.G. Ellis, and part ... |
| Date: | 12 1886 |
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| Description: | This map is ink and pen on tracing cloth and shows land ownership by name, canals, local streets, section lines, and original low water lines in blue. The ... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the George Whiting Paper Mill on the Lawson Canal. |
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