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| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view toward the Chippewa Shoe Manufacturing Company building, Bay Street & River Street, looking north. Caption reads: "Chippewa Shoe Mfg... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Fort Atkinson, including the North Western Manufacturing Company plant along the river. Caption reads: "Birds Eye View, Ft. Atkinson, Wis.... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the brewery with the Mississippi River in the background. Caption reads: "G. Heileman Brewing Co., La Crosse, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the Van Camp Condensed Milk Factory. A driveway on the right leads up a small hill to the right side of the factory. Caption reads: "Van Camp Conde... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the J. I. Case Plow Works. Caption reads: "The J. I. Case Plant, Racine, Wis." |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Five men and one woman, possibly employees of the Kirkpatrick Cheese Factory, gathered in front of the factory building. A car is parked along the curb in ... |
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| Description: | Color postcard of an elevated view of the Nestle Chocolate Factory. Text on back reads: "This ultramodern plant was opened in 1966 to supply Nestle Chocola... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the Kissel Motor Car Company. The elevated view shows the factory buildings, water towers, railroad cars and track. A dirigib... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view down curving road and fields toward the works. Caption reads: "Milwaukee Vinegar Works And Red Star Yeast Company, Cudahy, Wis." |
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| Description: | View across field towards a factory where band instruments are manufactured. A water tower with "Holton Band Instruments" painted on it is in the backgroun... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | View toward the mills with a water tower on the right. Caption reads: "The Badger Woolen Mills, Grafton, Wis." |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Green Bay from the bay. Commercial and industrial buildings are in the foreground. Waterfront businesses include F. Hurlbut Cement and W.W. ... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Kissel auto plant in between the railroad and the river. A dirigible and bi-plane have been cut and pasted onto the image. Caption rea... |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the mills. Caption reads: "La Crosse Rubber Mills Co., Home Office and Factory, La Crosse, Wis." Text on reverse reads: "NOTE: This is an ae... |
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| Description: | Elevated view from the Court House of central La Crosse. The depot is in the foreground, and a Carriage and Buggy manufacturer is in the background. Captio... |
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| Description: | Zeeland Mills on the Fox River. Little Chute is across the river on the hill. A bridge and a dam are in the river, with industrial buildings on the far sho... |
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| Description: | View of factories along the Fox River. The building on the left has a sign painted on it that reads: "Valley Knitting Co." Caption reads: "Manufacturing Di... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Text on the front reads: "Wolf River Paper & Fiber Co., Shawano, Wis." Industrial buildings with a millpond in the foreground. The mill was founded in 1894... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Oconomowoc Canning Co. Sun Prairie, Wis." A group of buildings at a canning factory. A sign on the right reads: "Oconomowoc Canning C... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Canning Co. Assn. Waterloo, Wis." Buildings, wagons and automobiles surround a canning factory. Founded in 1900, it was later purchas... |
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