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White Bass Run

Date: 1942
Description: People fishing for bass off dock.
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Town View near Bridge

Date: 1907
Description: Buildings and storefronts in town near bridge and river.
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Canal at Portage

Date: 1910
Description: View down the canal, with buildings along the shoreline, and a boat coming down the canal.
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Soldiers' Grove

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of Soldiers' Grove with a bridge in the foreground.
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Building and River

Date: 1920
Description: A large building, possibly a mill, next to a river.
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The "Thistle" Behind a Building

Date: 1900
Description: The sternwheel excursion, "Thistle" on the river behind a building. Previously named J.H. Crawford. The "Thistle" ran between Oshkosh and Omro, via Butte d...
Map or Atlas

Dane County Rural Delivery

Date: 1910
Description: Map of Dane County rural delivery in Madison and the town of Westport.
Map or Atlas

Four Lakes District Plan

Date: 1910
Description: Map of the general plan of the district of the Four Lakes.
Map or Atlas

Rhinelander Airport Map

Date: 1923
Description: Map of Oneida County-Rhinelander Airport which was laid out at the county fairgrounds. The map appears on the reverse side of a letter Roy Larson received ...
Postcard

Manitowoc, The Gateway between the East and the West

Date: 1905
Description: Bird's-eye view of Manitowoc on the shores of Lake Michigan. A map of the northeastern part of the United States at the top indicates Manitowoc's location ...
Photograph

Russell Jones, ABC News

Date: 1964
Description: Foreign correspondent, Russell Jones, on assignement. Jones worked for ABC News, and is being filmed for an evening news segment on political events in Bud...
Photograph

Atlas Mill

Date: 1922
Description: View across water towards the Atlas Mill. The paper making mill on the Fox River was built in 1878 and proved that paper could be made efficiently from gro...
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Aerial View of Mississippi River

Date: 1907
Description: Aerial view of the Mississippi River with log rafts.
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Mississippi River View of Alma

Date: 1905
Description: View from across the Mississippi River of Alma, looking north.
Postcard

River View of Alma

Date: 1905
Description: River view of Alma. Caption reads: "Alma, Wis."
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Aerial View of City Along River

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of the city and the river.
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Atlas Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Atlas Mill, a Kimberly-Clark Company mill.
Postcard

Lower Dam on the Fox River

Date: 1905
Description: View across dam on the Fox River, with a bridge further down on the left, and a tall building on the right. Caption reads: "Lower Dam, Appleton, Wis."
Postcard

Lower Dam

Date: 1905
Description: View across the lower dam, with a bridge in the distance on the left. Caption reads: "Appleton, Wis. Lower Dam."
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Electric Light & Power Company

Date: 1922
Description: Appleton Wisconsin Electric Light and Power Plant, 1922. Switchboard equipment of the plant, which began operating in September of 1822, is at the State Hi...

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