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Iron Works

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Description: Elevated view of York Iron works. Large group of men posing in yard. The boardinghouse is on a hill in the far background. Early iron was mined at Mayville...
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Bell Center Depot

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Description: Exterior view of a locomotive at the Bell Center depot. Men stand on the platform.
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Loading Rock from Quarry

Date: 1894
Description: Men loading rock from Saddle Mound quarry onto a St. Paul Railroad flat car.
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Chippewa Falls from the South Side

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Description: Elevated view from south side of the Chippewa River, with a bridge crossing it and buildings on both sides of the river. A bluff rises on the far side of t...
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The Keokuk at the Winona, Minnesota Levee

Date: 1858
Description: Elevated view of the sidewheel packet, Keokuk, at the Winona, Minnesota levee between 1858 and 1866. A barge and railway cars are in the foreground.
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Schlitz Grain Elevator

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Description: Grain elevator with large Schlitz sign. There are railroad cars on a railroad track in the foreground.
Postcard

Scene at Mine Disaster

Date: 11 13 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of an elevated view of people walking to the mine (in the distance) after a disaster. Caption reads: "Scene at Mine Disaster, Cherry,...
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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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Wyocena Farmers' Cooperative

Date: 09 04 1960
Description: The Wyocena Farmers' Cooperative, a feed mill with railroad tracks along the side of the building.
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The Illinois Mine

Date: 1907
Description: Iron mines with railroad tracks three miles south of North Freedom, in La Rue. One the left are buildings with three large smokestacks; on the right is mac...
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Experimental 15-30 Tractor

Date: 04 04 1924
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental McCormick-Deering 15-30 tractor taken in a factory rail yard. A man in a suit and hat is sitting at the wheel of ...
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Fauerbach Brewing Co. Buildings

Date: 04 01 1938
Description: Two men are standing next to a railroad car at the rear of the Fauerbach Brewing Company at 651-653 Williamson Street.
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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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Damaged Truck

Date: 06 22 1935
Description: A Keystone Fuel & Material Co. truck after it was crushed by a Milwaukee Road train near the Brittingham Park crossing, Greenbush. Thomas Haney, truck driv...
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Fauerbach Brewery

Date: 08 12 1931
Description: View towards the back side of the Fauerbach Brewery Building, 651-653 Williamson Street. Railroad tracks are in the foreground.
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Fauerbach Brewery

Date: 08 12 1931
Description: View towards the back side of the Fauerbach Brewery Building, 651-653 Williamson Street, showing railroad railroad tracks and siding.
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Fauerbach Brewery

Date: 08 12 1931
Description: View across railroad tracks towards the back side of the Fauerbach Brewery Building, 651-653 Williamson Street. A man is standing just inside a doorway at ...
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Texaco Bulk Station

Date: 07 11 1930
Description: View of a Texaco bulk station and storage tanks from across the railroad tracks at 919 E. Main Street.
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Pyrofax Plant

Date: 09 25 1929
Description: Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Co. Pyrofax plant under construction, 130 Fair Oaks Avenue, looking towards a chain link fence and gate surrounding the plant. R...
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Capitol Oil Company

Date: 04 03 1929
Description: A railroad tanker car is sitting on tracks next to fuel storage tanks at the Capitol Oil Company, 919 East Main Street.

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