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Mirror Lake Mill

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Description: Elevated view of Mirror Lake Mill with bridge in foreground. Two women are standing on the bridge looking down at the river.
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Logs in Ashland Harbor

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of logs tugged across Lake Superior to the harbor at Ashland.
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Conklin Ice House

Date: 1912
Description: Men harvesting ice at the Conklin Ice House on Lake Mendota. The men are using pike poles to slide the blocks to the conveyor and U-shaped tools to split p...
Map or Atlas

Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Looking West

Date: 1891
Description: Bird's-eye view of Eau Claire.
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Fauerbach Brewing Co. Buildings

Date: 04 01 1938
Description: Two men are standing next in front of two automobiles parked at the rear of the Fauerbach Brewing Co., 651-653 Williamson Street. The Lake Monona shoreline...
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Fauerbach Brewing Co. Buildings

Date: 04 01 1938
Description: Two men standing against a wall, behind the Fauerbach Brewing Co. Railroad tracks are in the foreground, and Lake Monona is in the background.
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Madison Industrial District

Date: 12 14 1931
Description: Aerial view of Madison industrial district taken from the top of the Madison Gas and Electric Co. gas tank looking south west down the 600 and 700 blocks o...
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Mill Pond

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Description: Caption reads: "Mill Pond, Augusta, Wis." View across water towards a large building on the far shoreline. Tree-lined shore on the left.
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Kilbourn Hydroelectric Plant

Date: 1959
Description: The Kilbourn Hydroelectric Plant of the Wisconsin Power and Light Company.
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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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Government Pier

Date: 1909
Description: View down Government Pier. In the distance are industrial buildings along the shoreline. Caption reads: "Gov't Pier Port Washington, Wis."
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Sawmill near Lake Winnebago

Date: 1871
Description: Stereograph of a sawmill area and Lake Winnebago in the foreground. The square building with the "cupola" was the Revere House. A manuscript notation, very...
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Lumbering on Fox River

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph of an elevated view of the lumbering industry on the Fox River. Lake Winnebago is in the background.
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International Model F Ice Truck

Date: 1917
Description: Man loading ice from loading dock with an International Model F (or 31) truck. The truck was operated by the Hudson/Willow River Ice Company. There is a la...
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Jones Island

Date: 1912
Description: A fishing settlement. Two piers at the shoreline with a sandy beach, one with a ramp next to it. There are several buildings in the background. Two tugbo...
Postcard

Life-Saving Station and Garbage Crematory

Date: 1911
Description: View across water toward several buildings on shoreline, two with large smokestacks. A man is standing on the shore, and two people are in a boat on the ri...
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Swimmers Standing in Lake

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Description: A large group of men, women, and children, wearing swimming attire, standing in a lake. Industrial buildings are in the distance along the shoreline.
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Aerial View of Town near Lake

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Description: Aerial view of lake, in the upper left. A town with dwellings and other buildings are along the shoreline. Part of the airplane is on the right.
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Aerial View of Wisconsin Steel Works

Date: 1970
Description: Aerial view of International Harvester's Wisconsin Steel Works (factory).
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Fishermen on Pier

Date: 1898
Description: Fishermen fishing off of a long pier. Industrial buildings are across the water in the background.

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