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Scott Street Bridge

Date: 10 18 1968
Description: View looking north under Wausau's Scott Street (also State Highway H 29 and Business 51) Bridge, with a railroad bridge in the foreground and the warehouse...
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University of Wisconsin Crew Rowing

Date: 02 23 1953
Description: University of Wisconsin crew rowing down the Yahara River. View looking south toward railroad bridge in the 100 block of North Thornton Avenue.
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Wausau Railroad Station

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of the railroad station looking west. A bridge over the river is in the foreground, and a large water tower is across the railroad tracks on ...
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Wausau

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of Wausau.
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Rail Bridge

Date: 1915
Description: View across water towards the railroad bridge on the Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway.
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Log Running on the Chippewa River

Date: 1904
Description: Logs floating down the river beneath the bridge on the Chippewa River. On the far shoreline are billboards. One advertises for "J.R. Sharp Hardware." Men a...
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Aerial View of Town

Date: 1950
Description: An aerial view of town, showing a major industrial area.
Postcard

Rhinelander Paper Mill

Date: 1910
Description: View from bridge looking towards the paper mill and railroad bridge on the Wisconsin River outside of Rhinelander. Caption reads: "Wisconsin River and Pape...
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Elevated View of Town

Date: 1905
Description: Caption reads: Panoramic View of Minocqua, Wis." A railroad bridge is in the foreground.
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View of Minocqua from Boxcar

Date: 1916
Description: Elevated view of the town from a boxcar. A railroad train is headed towards a bridge over the lake. Caption reads: The ideal fishing resort of the One Thou...
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Merrimac Ferry

Date: 1925
Description: Car ferry on the Wisconsin River at Merrimac. A ferry has operated at this site since the 1840's. In 1924 the privately owned ferry was replaced by this wo...
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Out for a Spin

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard showing a man driving an early open automobile with a railroad overpass behind him. Caption reads: "Out for a Spin, Bonduel, Wis."
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North Western Rail Road Bridge over Chippewa River

Date: 1905
Description: A day passenger train crossing the high North Western railroad bridge over the Chippewa River. Railroad tracks are along the shoreline in the foreground.
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Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Pontoon Bridge

Date: 1900
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad pontoon bridge between Marquette, Iowa, and Prairie du Chien.
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Pontoon Bridge

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of Pontoon Bridge. Caption reads: "Largest Pontoon Bridge in the U.S. Scene at the Tri Cities, North and South McGergor and Prairie du Chien....
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Pontoon Railway Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: Slightly elevated view of the pontoon bridge construction. People are standing on and near the railroad tracks in the foreground.
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Roundy Coughlin and Two Men in Motorboat

Date: 10 10 1946
Description: Joseph L. "Roundy" Coughlin, sports writer for the "Wisconsin State Journal," and two other men in a Larson Falls Flyer motorboat on a lake.
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Indianapolis Branch House

Date: 1917
Description: Exterior view of International Harvester branch house. Signs on the building advertise farm machines, oil tractors, engines, wagons and motor trucks. A lon...
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Narrow Gauge Trestle and Pile Drivers at Prairie du Sac Dam Site

Date: 06 19 1911
Description: Looking west over the Wisconsin River at the unfinished narrow gauge railroad trestle built for construction of the dam. Two pile drivers are seen in the a...
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Narrow Gauge Trestle and Coffer Dam Under Construction

Date: 06 21 1911
Description: Looking east over the Wisconsin River showing the unfinished narrow gauge railroad trestle. Two steam-driven pile drivers on barges with construction worke...

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