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Filter: Year of 1950-1959
| Date: | 01 1950 |
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| Description: | Winter image of the Interlake Pulp Mill in the Fox River Valley. The buildings are surrounded by large stacks of logs. The Fox River can be seen behind and... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Industries along the Milwaukee River, one of which is the Schlitz Brewery. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from shoreline towards two men motoring out onto the Menomonee River in the spring. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | A sunbeam highlights a torrent of water, below the the falls, on the Amnicon River during the spring thaw. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Snow is mounded on top of pilings on the edge of the Milwaukee River. |
| Date: | 07 1955 |
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| Description: | A tree-shaded bridge over a river, probably in a park. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Water cascades beneath a footbridge and over boulders on a river. A canopy of trees is overhead. |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Dells commercial photographer, John Trumble, with his Hasselblad. He is standing in front of Hurlbut Creek, probably in spring. Jack Grey, head o... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Paddlers in a canoe on their way down the Namekagon river. The shoreline on the left is tree-covered. |
| Date: | 02 1951 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Fox River Valley from Memorial Drive bridge, looking East. Snow is on the ground, ice is on the river and the smokestacks are billowin... |
| Date: | 01 05 1955 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of two people breaking ice with an ax and an ice breaking pole [a gaff?]; other people in the background are standing in a boat pushing poles... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Calumet Harbor in Columbia County Park, best known for its boating facilities. In the foreground are the docking facilities, with one boat tied up in the d... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Black River, with rock outcroppings, sand bars and trees. It is approximately 190 miles long and is a tributary of the Mississippi Riv... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Fresh snow on the wooded banks of the Fox River. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Copper Falls plunging over rocks on the Bad River in Copper Falls State Park. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Mary Griggs is sitting in the stern of a canoe paddling the Namakagon River with a male friend sitting in the bow. Mary is wearing shorts and a white blous... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Mary Livingston Griggs is sitting in the bow of a canoe as a young male companion paddles them on the Namakagon River. Mary is wearing a white blouse and h... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Horseshoe Curve At Rock Springs, Wis." A road and a railroad track, with bridges over the Baraboo River, make a double curve in an el... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Greetings from Sheboygan, Wisconsin. She-Boy-Again." Large Letter style postcard with a scene of an Indian village along a lake or ri... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "'Rock Ledge' Wisconsin's most picturesque gift shop located on the historical site at the Falls of the Sheboygan River, Sheboygan F... |
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