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Peshtigo Smoke Stack Ruins

Date: 1871
Description: Ruins of building showing smokestack still standing after the Peshtigo fire. A group of men are standing on the left.
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Blumer Brewery

Date: 04 09 1931
Description: Exterior view of the Blumer Brewery building. Two men are standing in the left background at the corner of the building. The porch of a building is on the ...
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Clayton Lodge

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Description: Exterior view of Clayton Lodge.
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Men on Chimneys

Date: 1874
Description: A unusual scene on an unidentified farmstead probably located near Pleasant Springs, Wisconsin. A family is posed in the yard of a frame house, as is usual...
Postcard

John Street Bridge

Date: 09 18 1907
Description: John Street Bridge crossing the river on the left, with industrial buildings and smokestacks in the distance on the opposite shoreline. Caption reads: "Joh...
Postcard

Beloit Dam and Power Plant

Date: 1905
Description: View of the dam and power plant over the river, with smokestacks in the background. Caption reads: "The Dam, Beloit, Wis."
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House in Cassville

Date: 1950
Description: Single-story house with a wrap-around porch and a yard. There is a larger building on the right, and a hill is in the background.
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Dry Milk Plant in Columbus

Date: 1926
Description: Dry milk plant with a very tall smokestack. Some trucks are parked on the left.
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Flour Mills and Dam in Columbus

Date: 1910
Description: Flour mills and dam.
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Bridge and Dam

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Description: Bridge and dam, with buildings on the far shoreline.
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Replica of Eleazer William's Log Cabin

Date: 1940
Description: Replica of Eleazer William's original log cabin, with trees and a dirt road, five miles south of De Pere on the west bank of the Fox River.
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First Presbyterian Church with Sign

Date: 1960
Description: View of the church from the front, with the sign in the yard. The chimney on the right has a cross on it.
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Gallery Covered in Ivy

Date: 
Description: Small building completely covered in ivy, with a chimney projecting at the top left side of the roof.
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Fort Howard Hospital

Date: 1934
Description: Fort Howard Hospital. There is a chimney on the right side of the building, and a stone wall is along the sidewalk.
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Fox River

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view over rooftops towards the Fox River looking south, with factories and a smokestack in the foreground.
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Green Bay Paper and Fibre Company

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Green Bay (later Hoberg) Paper and Fibre Company, from the back. Stacks of logs are in the foreground near water.
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View from Fox River

Date: 1906
Description: View from Fox River of chimneys, buildings, and boat. Caption reads: "River Front, Green Bay, Wis."
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Reliance Flooring Mill

Date: 1879
Description: The Reliance Flooring Mill. Men are posing in front, and another man is on a horse-drawn vehicle near the loading dock. The mill building was physically mo...
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Wausau Paper Mills

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of the Wausau paper mills, with smokestacks in the center, and trees and water in the foreground.
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Bridge Over Wisconsin River

Date: 1918
Description: View of the bridge over the Wisconsin River at Big Bull Falls, seen at low water.

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