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| Description: | Colorized view depicting the Wisconsin Central Railroad bridge at Stevens Point, with several men standing on top of the bridge painting the structure. Cap... |
| Date: | 05 28 1911 |
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| Description: | Men posing on a barge carrying a steam powered pile driver at work on the coffer dam for the construction of the powerhouse. Caption reads: "Driving Sheet ... |
| Date: | 10 02 1907 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view looking up at twelve workers wearing hats posing on top of the Dells Dam on the Wolf River. Water is flowing through the dam at ... |
| Date: | 05 03 1908 |
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| Description: | Photographic view of the Yellow River Bridge. A horse-drawn wagon full of hay is crossing the bridge. Houses and trees can be seen on the far side of the r... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of Trout Lake of a group of six men posed with the pilot, possibly Jack Vilas, on an early seaplane or flying boat floating in the wate... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View across water towards a man holding a long pole posing on the stern of a launch near the Montello River bridge. The launch has a canopy with a scallope... |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Filling an ice house on Lake Wingra--Wisconsin." A large scaffold holds up the conveyor into the ice house, and a group of men are standing... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | A group of men driving logs down the Brule. Caption reads: "Log Drive on Brule River, Near Florence, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View from the Oconto River of the Holt Lumber Company. A man is standing on a log boom and guiding logs to the sawmill. Writing on the postcard reads: "Hol... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Wisconsin's North Coast." A man is standing on the side deck of a boat, and in the distance is the Raspberry Island Lighthouse with a... |
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| Description: | Friendship postcard with a summer scene of a man in a rowboat, moored to a post, fishing. Trees are on a rise in the background and foliage is growing in t... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Power House at the Dam." Elevated view of the powerhouse, which is a very large brick and concrete structure next to the Prairie du S... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Hygiea Mineral Spring, Waukesha, Wis." The spring is shown inside a pavilion and surrounded by stone walls and balustrades. There is ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Handwriting on front reads: "Greetings from Prairie Du Sac, Wis." and "Merry Christmas". A scene of a man on the shoreline of a river with a small boat. Sw... |
| Date: | 09 19 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Scene on Buck Creek, Westfield, Wis." A seated man and a standing boy pose on a wooden bridge over Buck Creek. The bridge has railing... |
| Date: | 09 08 1960 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse: "Greetings, White Lake, Wis. First Cast of the Day." Two fisherman, facing in opposite directions, cast their lines into the water from a ... |
| Date: | 07 17 1919 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Silver Lake, Wild Rose, Wis." View from shoreline towards three men standing on an earthen pier, two fishing and one watching. Anothe... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Wild Rose, Wis." View from bridge, with a railing in the foreground. There are two horse-drawn wagons standing next to a mill on the ... |
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