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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Colorized view of King Street, looking east, with a streetcar. Lake Monona is in the background. Caption reads: "King Street, looking East, Madison, Wis." |
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| Description: | The screw passenger and freight vessel, America, docked. Sign on boat reads: "United States and Dominion Transportation Company, Booth Line, U.S. Ma... |
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| Description: | The sidewheel excursion, "Saint Paul" of the Jo Packet Line, near the Dousman House, the "Senator". Caption reads: "Steamer near Dousman House, Prairie du ... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the sidewheel excursion, Saint Paul, on the Mississippi River taken in 1909. St. Paul, Minnesota is seen in the background. Later n... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | The screw rail ferry, Pere Marquette 18. Flags are flying, including one with her name and the American flag. This was Chicago's largest excursion b... |
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| Description: | Chief Whirling Thunder, standing at the front of an excursion boat named "Black Hawk," which appears to be near the Wisconsin Dells. Caption reads: "Chief ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across water towards Lake Lawn. Two turrets or towers are above the trees. The word "LAWN" is spelled out on the shorelineon the left. Caption reads: ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the bridge near a mill. Caption reads: "Bridge at Foot of Mirror Lake, Delton, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View towards a dam in Jefferson. Two men are fishing from the shoreline in the foreground. The Woolen Mills are on the opposite shoreline. Caption reads: "... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | The Rock River Dam with the Woolen Mills building in the background. Caption reads: "Rock River Dam, Jefferson, 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: | 1948 |
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| Description: | View from left side of road towards several buildings and a lake on the right. Down the road automobiles are parked outside of a building with a sign that ... |
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| Description: | View from shoreline towards a passenger train crossing a bridge near the Sheboygan Mineral Water Company Bottling Works building. Caption reads: Passenger ... |
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| Description: | Storefronts and pedestrians on Main Street, with Buffalo Lake in the background. The Montello State Bank is on the left street corner. The City Market is f... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Industrial area with view of Kimberly Clark Mill, and other unidentified mills. Caption reads: "Water Power, Neenah, Wis." |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over town towards the lake. Signs on some of the buildings read: "Old Partner Tobacco"; "Wisconsin Bag & Burlap Co."; "M. Burstein [?] and As... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the Mullet River, with an bridge and an industrial building in the background. A sign reads, in part: "MFG. CO." |
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| Description: | View across water towards the Badger Paper Mills, founded by E.A. Meyer. Caption reads: "Badger Paper Mills, Peshtigo, Wis." |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View towards the front of the excursion boat "Thistle" loaded with riders on the Fox River. Two people are standing on the right above the pilings near a b... |
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| Description: | Color postcard of a bathing place on the water. A hill is behind the building, and there are a signs for a swimming school and the Wm. Bechstein Co. Severa... |
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