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Rockdale Mill

Date: 1885
Description: View of the Rockdale mill, a grist and sawmill built in 1847 by Thomas and Nathan Van Horn. A group of people are standing on a sidewalk or loading dock on...
Postcard

Bridge at Foot of Mirror Lake

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard of the bridge near a mill. Caption reads: "Bridge at Foot of Mirror Lake, Delton, Wis."
Photograph

Hull Mill

Date: 1880
Description: View across water towards the Hull mill (right), showing Merlin Hull's ancestral home at left.
Photograph

Farwell's Madison Mills

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Description: Farwell's Mill on the Yahara River at Lake Mendota.
Photograph

Mill During Flood

Date: 10 13 1911
Description: Elevated view of a mill during a flood, with a man standing on the left between a bridge and the mill. A house is on the side of a tree-covered hill on the...
Photograph

Cold Stone Mill

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Description: Waterside view of mill buildings including diverted water stream.
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The Mill at New Ashford

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Description: View from below of the mill at New Ashford with the waterfall below. Caption reads: "Mill at New Ashford from Williamstown, Mass."
Photograph

"Ye Auld Grist Mill"

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Description: Elevated view of "Ye Auld Grist Mill," a house with a mill in a pastoral Cape Cod setting.
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Mills with Waterfall

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Description: A view of a grist mill and sawmill with a waterfall between them. Caption reads: "Grist and Saw Mill."
Photograph

Portrait of Man and Women at Waterfall and Old Mill

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Description: A portrait of two women and one man who are sitting on rocks near the waterfall. There is an old mill above them on the right.
Photograph

Grist Mill

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Description: View from road with a stone wall toward a small stone building housing a grist mill, with a large water wheel on the right side. Surrounding the grist mill...
Photograph

Mill Pond Plantation

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Description: A view of the old mill at the Mill Pond Plantation, with a man standing on a stool with a full bag over his shoulder and a horse and wagon in front of the ...
Photograph

State Mills Lake

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Description: Elevated view of the old mill at State Mills Lake. A man, an automobile, and a horse and carriage are on the road in front of the mill.
Photograph

Parkers Mill

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Description: View across water with rocky shoreline toward the Parkers Mill. There is a rocky cliff in the background on the left. Caption reads: "Parker's Mill, Mason ...
Print

Old Hollander, Beer Label

Date: 1934
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Old Hollander beer, brewed by the Oconomowoc Brewing Company. On the label the beer i...
Photograph

Jeffry's Mill

Date: 01 22 1932
Description: Two men fish from a diving platform while a third fishes from the shore at Jeffry's Mill. The tall, wood frame mill building is in the background, with an ...
Postcard

Back of Mills

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard of elevated view of the back of mills lining the bridge. Coal kilns are below the hand-drawn arrow at top right. "Sawmills, gristmill...
Postcard

Old Mill, Glen Loch, Irvine Park

Date: 1910
Description: View from opposite shoreline through trees toward the Glen Loch dam and mill in Irvine Park. Caption reads: "Old Mill, Glen Loch, Irvine Park, Chippewa Fal...
Postcard

Glen Lock Dam and Mill

Date: 1909
Description: View across river toward the mill and dam. Caption reads: "Glen Lock Dam and Mill, Chippewa Falls, Wis."
Map or Atlas

Town of Milltown, Polk County

Date: 1900
Description: This photocopy map shows landownership and mills in T35N, R17W as it appeared in 1885. Rice Lake, Little Balsam Lake, and Half Moon Lake are labeled.

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