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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View from hill towards the river, paper mill, and houses on a hill in the distance. Caption reads: "View of Fox River from Riverview Golf Club, Appleton, W... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Little Niagara River, with multiple buildings in the background. Caption reads: "Little Niagara, Eau Claire, Wisc." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View looking down at the lock. Caption reads: "Fox River Near Little Chute, Wis." |
| Date: | 1842 |
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| Description: | View across the river towards several residences on the opposite shoreline. Caption reads: "Watertown in 1842." |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of the Cow Bridge. A farm is on the shoreline on the right. A man is standing on the bridge. Text in the lower right corner reads: ... |
| Date: | 07 15 1907 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the river valley from the bluffs near Alma. A small portion of the river is visible between the bluffs and somewhat obscured by lo... |
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| Description: | Hand-colored postcard view of the lighthouse and boathouse at Bray's Point. Caption reads: "Bray's Point and Light, Junction of Fox River with Lake Winneba... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of an elevated view of a river with a dam in the distance. Caption reads: "Beaver Dam, Wis. Birds-eye View of River Below the Dam." |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view along the bank of the Fox River. There is a boat tied up at the shore. Caption reads: "Along the River Bank, Berlin, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of a river with a dam waterfall. A road runs along the far side of the river, and a large barn is across the road on the right. Caption reads: "Scenic... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the town with snow on the ground. Houses are near an intersection in the foreground, and homes and commercial buildings are along the shor... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the Linen Mill along the banks of the Eau Claire River. Caption reads: "Eau Claire, Wis." and "Linen Mill." |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Trees are reflected in the calm waters of the Fox River just below the lock and dam at Montello. Fences are on each side of the river. The printed inscript... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a river with grassy and tree-lined banks. The Wisconsin School for the Deaf is on a hill in the far distance beyond a bridge over the rive... |
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| Description: | Elevated view across the Rubicon River towards the factory on the far shoreline. Caption reads: "West Bend Aluminum Co., Hartford Division, Hartford, Wis." |
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| Description: | View through barbed-wire fence towards a dam on the Chippewa River near Holcombe. The river is partially frozen, and snow is on the ground. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline toward a bridge over the Rock River. A boat with three men is passing underneath the bridge. Caption reads: "'Wood's' Bridge South of H... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of an elevated view of Kaukauna. There is a water tower in the center, a church on the left, and a smokestack on the right, and the F... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View across field towards a bend in the Shullsburg Branch, which runs from the Galena River near the town of Lead Mine to the town of Shullsburg. A farm is... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View of the Upper Dam on the Rock River near Mayville. A church is on the hill on the left. Caption reads: "Upper Dam, Mayville, Wis." |
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