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Hooping the Curd

Date: 1914
Description: Workers hooping the curd to make cheddar cheese at the Plymouth Cheese factory.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Sheboygan

Date: 1885
Description: Bird's-eye view of Sheboygan, with inset of J.J. Volrath Manufacturing Company.
Photograph

Aerial View of Power Plant

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of the construction of the Wisconsin Power and Light Company power plant on the shore of Lake Michigan.
Photograph

Reiss Oil Company

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Description: Reiss Oil Company yard, with large tank, at the end of East Water Street.
Postcard

Adell Pea-Canning Company

Date: 06 30 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of the Adell Canning Company, used for canning peas. View of canning buildings with an open field in the foreground. Caption reads: "...
Photograph

Manufacturing Enameled Metalware

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Description: Several men dip pitchers and pails to apply metal at Vollrath Company.
Photograph

Wagons at Herrling Sawmill

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Description: View from roof of wagons lined up by the Herrling sawmill.
Photograph

Herrling Sawmill and Farm

Date: 1890
Description: A view of Rudolph Herrling's sawmill and log yard in front of the Herling farm.
Photograph

Rudolf Herrling Farm

Date: 1903
Description: Rudolf Herrling farm looking west from the sawmill platform. Three men are near horses and carts in a fenced-in area. In the background is the farmhouse.
Photograph

Herrling Sawmill

Date: 1890
Description: A view from the west of the Herrling sawmill.
Print

M. Winter Lumber Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the M. Winter Lumber Company of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, manufacturers of "'High Grade Commercial Furniture'" (prominently printed in red ink) a...
Print

Cream City Tobacco Works Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Louis Ballschmider of the Cream City Tobacco Works of Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, manufacturer of and dealer in various tobacco products. On ...
Photograph

Herbert V. Kohler, Jr.

Date: 06 16 2001
Description: Herbert V. Kohler, Jr. presented with an oversized wooden mallet at the grand opening of the rebuilt Herrling Sawmill. He is wearing a suit with a boutonni...
Photograph

Pupils of Rhine Center School

Date: 1931
Description: The students of the Rhine Center School, District No. 6, pose for their photograph in the schoolyard. The girls are wearing good dresses; the boys wear kni...
Photograph

Herling Saw Mill and Dam

Date: 1890
Description: Herling Saw Mill and Dam Southeast elevation.
Print

Say It — Sheboygan Makes It

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Description: Stamp advertising the city of Sheboygan, specifically its many industries. In addition to the stamp title, the stamp includes an illustration of factories,...
Postcard

Log Sawing Operation

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Description: A group of men are sawing logs using a horse sweep process. There are four teams of two horses each walking in a circle.
Postcard

Old Wade House; Blacksmith Shop

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Description: Ektachrome postcard of the blacksmith shop next to a stream. Text on reverse reads: "The Blacksmith Shop was Sylvanus Wade's first venture in Greenbush....
Postcard

Old Wade House; Smokehouse

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Description: Ektachrome postcard of a group of people standing near the smokehouse and water pump. Text on reverse reads: "Outside the summer kitchen stands the old ...
Postcard

Bird's-Eye View of Kohler Plant

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Description: Elevated view of the expansive Kohler Plant and surrounding landscape. Caption reads: "Bird's-Eye View of Kohler Plant, Kohler, Wis."

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