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Homecoming Parade in Eau Claire

Date: 1918
Description: Uniformed soldiers marching in a World War I homecoming parade. Many men are carrying flags, and the street is heavily decorated with U.S. flags. The soldi...
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Carson Park, Road

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Description: View down a road in the park, leading to a river and a bridge.
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Industrial Chippewa River

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Description: Elevated view of the river with multiple bridges across it, including at least two railroad bridges. There is a factory on the left bank with smokestacks, ...
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Madison Street Bridge

Date: 1930
Description: Madison Street Bridge, built in about 1925. View from shoreline across river with the bridge on the right.
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Madison Street Bridge

Date: 1920
Description: Madison Street Bridge, looking east. There is a building in p the right foreground, and an industrial building in the background on the left behind the br...
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View up the Eau Claire River

Date: 1900
Description: View up the Eau Claire River from the Dewey Street Bridge. The view shows the dam and linen mill and the site of the lower sawmill (called the "steam mill"...
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Dells' Paper and Pulp Company

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view looking upriver toward the Dells Paper and Pulp Company factory which stands near a dam on the Chippewa River. A bridge, smokestacks, and sev...
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Water Street Bridge

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Description: View from shoreline toward the Water Street Bridge, connecting Summit Avenue to Water Street. The structure of the bridge is made up of small and large arc...
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Chippewa River Bridge

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Description: View of the Chippewa River Bridge, featuring large and small arches. Behind the bridge is the older Chicago, Saint Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha Railroad B...
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Aerial View of United States Rubber Company

Date: 1964
Description: An aerial view of the U.S. Rubber Company plant and surrounding environment.
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Aerial View of United States Rubber Company

Date: 1964
Description: An aerial view of the U.S. Rubber Company plant and surrounding environment.
Postcard

Otter Creek Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: A colored photographic view from shoreline towards a truss bridge over the Otter Creek bridge. A horse and buggy are traveling on the bridge, and a woman a...
Postcard

Eau Claire River

Date: 1910
Description: Color photograph of the Eau Claire river, with a railroad bridge in the distance. Caption reads: "Eau Claire River, Eau Claire, Wis."
Postcard

Shawtown Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: A colorized photographic view of the Shawtown truss bridge. Houses are in the distance, and beyond is a bluff. Caption reads: "Shawtown Bridge, Eau Claire,...
Postcard

Grand Avenue Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: View across river towards a crowd lining the steel truss Grand Avenue Bridge over the Chippewa River. A few rowboats and canoes are on the river. Caption r...
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Eau Claire River

Date: 09 09 1905
Description: In the foreground is a dam with the river cascading over it. On the right side of the dam is a mill consisting of four closely spaced buildings. "Eau Clair...
Postcard

New Barstow Street Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: Color enhanced photographic postcard view of the "new" Barstow Street concrete arch bridge over the Eau Claire River. A street car is crossing the bridge. ...
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Grand Avenue Bridge

Date: 1912
Description: Black and white photographic postcard view of the Grand Avenue bridge across the Chippewa river, looking through the trusses along the streetcar tracks. Ca...
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Barstow Street Bridge

Date: 1908
Description: View of the Barstow Street Bridge in downtown Eau Claire. Caption reads: "Barstow Street Bridge, Eau Claire, Wis."
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Shawtown Bridge

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Description: View looking down the Shawtown Bridge. Caption reads: "Shawtown Bridge, Eau Claire, Wis."

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