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Little Pig Sausage Factory

Date: 1910
Description: View towards the factory, which has a roof over the long loading dock. Caption reads: "The Home of the Jones' 'Little Pig Sausages,' Ft. Atkinson, Wis.
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Elevated View of East Green Bay

Date: 1906
Description: Elevated view of East Green Bay, Fox River, and various buildings belonging to the manufacturing industry. Caption reads: "East Green Bay, Wis."
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Greetings from Haugen Wisconsin

Date: 1905
Description: Multiple views of Haugen, including a church, a school with a group of students posed outside, and a locomotive at the railroad station, etc. Caption at to...
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Van Camp Condensed Milk Factory

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Van Camp Condensed Milk Factory. A driveway on the right leads up a small hill to the right side of the factory. Caption reads: "Van Camp Conde...
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Freighters on Menomonee River

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of freighters lined up along the river. Caption reads: "Freighters, Menomonee River, Milwaukee, Wis."
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Lakeside Scenes

Date: 09 19 1932
Description: Four views near Lake Superior, including two scenes of boats and docks near the ore docks, a bathing scene showing a group of people swimming in the lake a...
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Stolte, Dangel & Foss Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Stolte, Dangel & Foss Company of Reedsburg, Wisconsin, dealers in "Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing, Carpets, Ladies and Gents Furnishings, Shoes...
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Ambrosia Chocolate Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Ambrosia Chocolate Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, manufacturers of chocolate confectionery and cocoa, with an elevated view of the comp...
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Atlas Paper Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Atlas Paper Company of Appleton, Wisconsin, a paper company established in 1878. On the left is a scroll embellished with a spray of flow...
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Milwaukee Dry Dock Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Milwaukee Dry Dock Company, which operated two docks, with a view of a dock with ships, planks of wood, buildings, and the slogan, "Electri...
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Murphy Products Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Murphy Products Company, with a three-quarter view of the company building and trucks, automobiles, and a train nearby, flanked on either...
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Map of Sawyer County, Wisconsin

Date: 1926
Description: This 1926 map of Sawyer County, Wisconsin, the township and range system, towns, sections, cities and villages, railroads, highways and roads, and lakes an...
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Racine Feet Knitting Company

Date: 1910
Description: Colorized postcard view of a textile factory with large windows and a loading dock on the side. Caption reads: "Racine Feet Knitting Company, Beloit, Wis."
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View from Top of Court-House

Date: 1915
Description: Text at top reads: "Racine, Wis. View from Top of Court-House." An elevated view of Racine including the harbor. Buildings, rooftops, signs, the gas works ...
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Two Seymour Businesses

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Seymour, Wisc." Two photographs, each in a frame on a black background. The "Sunbright Roller Mills" has a group of men standing with...
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Ore Docks

Date: 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "Ore Docks, Superior, Wis." Elevated view of an ore carrying ship that is within the ore docks on Lake Superior.
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Steamship William E. Corey

Date: 03 23 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "Steamship William E. Corey, entering Duluth and Superior Harbor, Wis." A steamship entering the harbor under the Aerial Lift Bridge, ...
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Steamer Harry Wm. Hosford

Date: 1936
Description: Text on front reads: "Superior, Wisconsin." On reverse: "Harry Wm. Hosford. This view was taken from the Arrowhead Bridge. It just unloaded its cargo of co...
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Greetings from Superior

Date: 08 16 1946
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Superior, Wis." Large Letter style postcard with a scene in the background of a fisherman on a Northern Wisconsin lake...
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Philadelphia and Reading Coal Docks

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Philadelphia and Reading Coal Docks, Superior, Wis." View across the water towards a cargo ship docked for loading or unloading.

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