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| Description: | View of a man standing in a field holding a sheaf of grain. In the background is a water tower near a building and a smokestack. |
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| Description: | View across field towards a cheese factory and a water tower. Caption reads: "Wisconsin Butter & Cheese Co., Elkhorn, 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: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from hill towards the Fox River, with a farm in the foreground. The farm has a windmill with a sign on it that reads: "Kilbourn Steel Mill," ... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Fish Creek and Green Bay. Dwellings are in the foreground. The Peninsula State Park is across the bay. Caption reads: "Fish Creek, Wis. Fr... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Glidden. The lumber mill is in the foreground. A church and a water tower are on the horizon. |
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| Description: | View toward the factory with a water tower and an elevated walkway connecting the buildings. Caption reads: "Northern Chair Co., Grafton, Wis." |
| 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." |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline towards a stone pedestrian bridge on a river. The city skyline is in the distance. Caption reads: "Strollers Bridge, Grand Rapids, Wis.... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of a paper factory beside a railroad track. Caption reads: "Hoberg Paper and Fibre Division, Green Bay, Wis." |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | View of the Northern Paper Mill on the banks of the Fox River. Caption reads: "Northern Paper Mills, Green Bay, Wis." |
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| Description: | View of the mill just beyond railroad tracks, with smokestacks and a water tower. Caption reads: "Fibre Mills, Green Bay, Wis." |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | View of the water tower. A stable is to the right at the base of the tower on the right. Other buildings are in the background on the left. Caption reads: ... |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards the Hotel Interlocken. There are chairs on the porch, and a water tower, obscured by a tree, is on a platform just above the roofl... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait of a Native American Woman (Ojibwa) wearing traditional dress. Caption reads: "Chippewa Indian Squaw, Hayward, Wis." |
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| Description: | View of a concrete arch bridge crossing the Rock River in downtown Janesville. |
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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... |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Wisconsin Veterans' Home campus beside Chain O' Lakes and the village of King. Text on reverse reads: "Founded in 1887 by The Grand A... |
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| Description: | Sepia-toned photographic postcard view from hill looking down towards men standing on the pier at the Veterans' Home. A water tower is across the water. Ca... |
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