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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: | 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: | 06 28 1915 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the exterior of the three-story Commercial Hotel. The building has a false front. Two women stand on the balcony and two men stand... |
| 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." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of elevated view of the Wilcox Stone Mill, and part of Broadway showing the rear view of B.F. Smith's store below the hand-drawn arro... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A view, looking east, of the grounds and buildings of the Montello Granite Company. On the left, a train car with "Detroit Southern" painted on it stands o... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2) fuselage in profile. The fuselage is carried by a truck, with a man sitting in the driver's se... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View of a street with a lumber office and a church on the left, and dwellings on the right. A man and a dog are on the sidewalk. A tree-covered hill is in ... |
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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... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View across tracks towards a small railroad depot, with people gathered on the platform. A locomotive belching smoke is approaching the depot. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the warehouse and cold storage building of the Northern Wisconsin Produce Company at 1310 Clark Street. Two workmen are icing th... |
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| Description: | View of the fox kennels at a fur farm. The main office is in the center of the fenced-in area. Caption reads: "Lemmer Fox and Fur Co., Marathon, Wis. U.S.A... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Text at top reads: "Racine, Wis. View from Top of Court-House." An elevated view of Racine including the harbor. Buildings, rooftops, signs, the gas works ... |
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