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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Exterior of warehouse, which was formerly a five story grain elevator. This building stood downstream from the Diamond Jo warehouse. A section of the Missi... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Exterior of warehouse, said to be the remains of a five story grain elevator. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | The Nekoosa-Edwards Paper company. Established about 1896 by John Edwards. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The Portage Canal, dug by hand in 1849 and completed in 1851. It was renovated by the Army Corps of Engineers after the Civil War. |
| Date: | 02 05 1928 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of the Portage Canal, looking east from the canal bridge. A man is standing on a large platform on the left side of the canal near a... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the Mullet River, with an bridge and an industrial building in the background. A sign reads, in part: "MFG. CO." |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | A straw lead furnace, an open hearth furnace where lead sulphite (Galena) was roasted. Located on the Rountree branch of the Little Platte River, Richard S... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | The Empire zinc and lead mine. Very litle lead is now produced. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Footbridge on river. Caption reads: "The Foot Bridge at Oconto, Wis., That went down with the Oconto Freshman Class." |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of an elevated view of the lumbering industry on the Fox River. Lake Winnebago is in the background. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a view along the Fox River. A pier with pilings is along the right, with industrial buildings. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of Paine Lumber Company from across the Fox River. Pilings are in the foreground. Founded in 1853 by Edward L. Paine, located on the east bank of the ... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of an elevated view of the Main Street bridge, looking toward a section of the city known locally as Brooklyn. |
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| Description: | Panoramic view of a lumber yard. Sign in lower left corner reads, "Look Out for the Cars." |
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| Description: | Dock with two steamboats and fishing implements in harbor. |
| Date: | 05 07 1969 |
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| Description: | Marine gear unit ready to be shipped. This particular gear unit, a component of a Great Lakes Ore Carrier was purchased by General Motors-Electro Motive Di... |
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| Description: | A wintery view of the Southern Wisconsin Railway Company car barn. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of industrial buildings identified as smelting furnaces. A railroad train and railroad track runs the length of the foreground of the image a... |
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