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Concordia Mills

Date: 1934
Description: Exterior of Concordia Mills, once a grain/grist mill.
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Davidson Feed Mill

Date: 1930
Description: View of the Davidson Feed Mill near the Amnicon River.
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Davidson Feed Mill

Date: 1935
Description: Davidson Feed Mill near the Amnicon River.
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Mill Dam on Dell Creek

Date: 1930
Description: View of the mill dam on Dell Creek that creates Mirror Lake in Mirror Lake State Park (although the photograph was taken before the site was designated as ...
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Field Mill

Date: 1938
Description: Field mill powered by an International PD-40 power unit. The power unit was owned by Walter Brown; a bridge and a body of water are to the right of the bui...
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International PD-40 at Mill

Date: 1938
Description: International PD-40 power unit in use at a mill owned by Asa Shait & Son Milling Company. A waterfall is in the background near the mill.
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Timme Mill

Date: 1930
Description: A view of the Timme Mill and its reflection in Dell Creek at Mirror Lake. There is a bridge on the right; a wooden building with cupola stands in the backg...
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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...
Drawing

McCormick Grist Mill Blueprint

Date: 1938
Description: Blueprint for a restored grist mill at Walnut Grove, the McCormick farm in Virginia. The text at bottom right reads, "Grist Mill for Mr. Harold F. McCormic...
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 ...
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Fishing in the Mill Stream

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of a man standing on a bank on the right, and two boys standing on a log on the left, are fishing in the mill stream below an old mill. Two b...
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Team of Colony Horses

Date: 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "A team of colony horses, feeding at a grain drill against a giant pile of baled hay."
Postcard

Old Mill and Water Wheel

Date: 1935
Description: View of a wooden water wheel and mill. There is no water flowing under the wheel.
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McCormick Mill Restoration Project

Date: 08 1937
Description: View of the front of the McCormick Mill at Walnut Grove, with a wooden walkway up to the open door or window on the right. An exterior chimney is to the le...
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McCormick Mill at Walnut Grove Restoration Project

Date: 09 15 1937
Description: View looking up towards the back of the log mill building, which is built into the side of a hill. There are three small window openings. Two wheelbarrows ...
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McCormick Mill Restoration Project

Date: 09 1937
Description: View of side of the McCormick Mill, built into the side of a hill on the right. There are small windows, one on the lower level, and another on the upper l...
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McCormick Mill Restoration Project

Date: 09 1937
Description: View of side of the log McCormick Mill, built into the side of a hill on the left. On the ground level is a doorway near the corner on the left, and a smal...
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McCormick Mill Restoration Project

Date: 09 1937
Description: View looking up towards the back of the log mill building, which is built into the side of a hill. There are three small horizontal openings in the log wal...
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Mill Wheel at Walnut Grove

Date: 11 1937
Description: Handwritten on back: "Excavation in pit at end of mill building showing portion of old water wheel after back boards had been removed."
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Mill at Walnut Grove

Date: 10 1937
Description: Handwritten on back: "Excavation in water wheel pit back of old mill building. Note three logs used as support for stone pillar to hold outer end of water ...

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