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Blizzards Are Fun

Date: 1955
Description: Winter scene with Mark Mueller, the photographer's son standing ankle deep in snow with a dog, and smiling as the snow continues to fall. The family was sl...
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First Central Station

Date: 1882
Description: Building housing the very first central electric light station for distribution of incandescent lighting. The sign on the building reads: "Vulcan St."
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Lawrence College Campus

Date: 1860
Description: Elevated illustration of the Lawrence College Campus with snow on the ground.
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H.W. Tenney House

Date: 1915
Description: The H.W. Tenney house, built by Charles Patten in the late 1870's and bought by Mr. Tenney in the spring of 1881. The house was remodeled in 1906. Snow is ...
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Methodist Church

Date: 1903
Description: Methodist church in Kaukauna.
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Consolidated Paper

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Description: Smoke billowing from smokestacks at the Consolidated Paper plant. The river appears to be partially frozen, and snow is on the ground. Piles of logs, on th...
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Harvey Blue Drilling Hole for Maple Syrup

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Description: Harvey Blue standing in the snow and drilling a hole in a tree for maple syrup using a hand-drill. There is an axe resting in the snow next to him. Image t...
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Successful Fox Hunt

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Description: A hunter poses with his gun and a dead fox after a successful winter hunt. Three other foxes hang from the eaves of a house. Snow covers the ground behind ...
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Sleigh Ride in Outagamie County

Date: 1953
Description: Winter scene with a farmer driving a team of horses pulling a large wooden sled on a snow-covered road. Standing to his side, from left to right, is Marge ...
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Cranberry Cooking

Date: 02 1989
Description: Outdoor gathering of men, women and children cooking cranberries in a large kettle, perhaps at a winter festival.
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Stokely Van Camp Canning Factory

Date: 1960
Description: A Wisconsin State Canners Truck parked under a chute at Stokely Van Camp canning factory on West College Avenue.
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Lawrence University Campus

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Description: View of Lawrence University campus. Two men stand on the sidewalk in the foreground. Caption reads: "Lawrence University Campus, Appleton, Wis."
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Deer Friend

Date: 1950
Description: A deer is standing next to a man as he is boiling maple sap over a fire pit in the woods at Blue Farm. Steam and smoke are rising up into the air. On the r...
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After the Storm

Date: 01 1952
Description: Snow scene along County Trunk Highway A after a snow storm. The snow has drifted alongside a wooden fence in the foreground. There are power poles and a sn...
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Industrial Valley

Date: 02 1951
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...
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White Christmas

Date: 12 1970
Description: Fresh snow covers everything on a city street at Christmas time.
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1935 Buick Armored Car and Armed Officers

Date: 1935
Description: Four uniformed police officers holding guns are posing alongside a car, with two other men. A brick building behind them has a sign on the window that read...
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Lutheran Church

Date: 01 13 1916
Description: Text on front reads: "Lutheran Church, Seymour, Wis." The Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church was built in 1915 of brick in the Gothic Revival style. Ther...

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