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Jones' Little Pig Sausage Factory

Date: 1910
Description: View of Jones' sausage factory with train car on railroad tracks in front. Caption reads: "'Jones Little Pig Sausage Factory' Ft. Atkinson, Wis."
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John Gund Brewing Company

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated view of the John Gund Brewing Company buildings, with the Mississippi River in the background. Caption reads: "John Gund Brewing Co., La Crosse, W...
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Sullivan Condensed Milk Company

Date: 1919
Description: View across railroad tracks towards the Sullivan Condensed Milk Company. There is a train in front of the factory building. Caption reads: "Sullivan Conden...
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Cheese Row

Date: 1945
Description: View across railroad tracks towards Cheese Row. Automobiles and trucks are parked near the buildings. Caption reads: "Cheese Row, Monroe, Wis."
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Tall-tale Postcard: Giant Cucumber

Date: 1934
Description: Photomontage of a giant cucumber on a flatbed railway car. The railroad is right on the side of a lake. Red text in the upper left corner reads, "The kind ...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Mammoth Strawberries

Date: 1910
Description: Photomontage of two giant strawberries on a flatbed railroad car. Fields and mountains fill the background. Red text in the upper portion of the image rea...
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Tall-tale Postcard: A Carload of Fish

Date: 1912
Description: Photomontage of a giant fish resting on a single flatbed railroad car, next to a lake. Black text above the image field reads, "A Carload of Fish."
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Stork's Brewery

Date: 1910
Description: Postcard of the Stork Brewery facilities. The image includes the brewery buildings along a hillside and railroad tracks in the foreground. There is a sign ...
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Storck Brewery

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Description: Colorized postcard view of the Storck Brewery in Schleisingerville (now Slinger). The brewery buildings are along a hillside, and railroad tracks are in th...
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Rear of Plant

Date: 1920
Description: Postcard with of two views for the Cudahy Bros. Meat Packing Co. The top is of a billboard with a peacock in a tree, and the words: "The Home of the Peaco...
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Wagon Bridge and C.L. & B. Co.'s Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view looking east and upstream from the shoreline towards the wide Chippewa River. The water level is nearly up to the railroad tracks in the fore...
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Buildings and Depot Signs Panorama

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Description: Panoramic photographic postcard view of a railroad depot, with assorted buildings, with barrels on the top of the roofs. Signs on sawhorses on the left rea...
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Creamery Package Mfg. Co.

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Description: Elevated view of a creamery, with curving railroad tracks running along the right side, and two box cars near a side door. A Model T is parked on the road ...
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Schreiers Brewery

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Schreiers Brewery, Sheboygan, Wis." The brewery was founded in 1856 by Konrad Schreier. A fire completely destroyed the original brew...

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