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Industrial Sector

Date: 1905
Description: Caption reads: "Birds Eye View, from cotton mill tower, Beaver Dam, Wis." Two churches are in the background, and there are smokestacks and a water tower n...
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Mayville Iron Company

Date: 1930
Description: The Mayville Iron Co.
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View of Mayville

Date: 1900
Description: View of Mayville across river.
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Frozen River Outside of Mayville

Date: 1900
Description: View of Mayville behind the frozen, snow-covered river.
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Foundry

Date: 05 05 1962
Description: An industrial scene of a foundry with piles of material in a side yard.
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John Deere Farm Machinery Manufacturing Plant

Date: 05 05 1962
Description: The John Deere farm machinery manufacturing plant. "Bascule" passage between buildings which is raised to let freight cars pass on railroad tracks.
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Rear View of Don's Gas Station

Date: 05 1981
Description: View from behind Don's Gas Station, with tractors displayed on front, on Columbus Street.
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Baker Canning Smokestacks

Date: 1954
Description: "The long lens captures the Baker Canning smokestacks, and water tower, on film."
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Lomira Legion Building

Date: 1974
Description: "The Lomira Legion building is framed in the arch of the Highway 67 overhead."
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Snow Blower

Date: 1963
Description: Winter scene of Ralph Widmer, the photographer's brother, using a snow blower to clear a walkway on Wisconsin Street, Theresa, Wisconsin. Written on back,...
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Zimmel Implement

Date: 1966
Description: "This view is from St. Theresa Catholic Church. Looking north toward Zimmel Implement."
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George Bush Campaign

Date: 10 31 1992
Description: "George Bush Campaign Train visits Lomira."
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Derailed Railcars

Date: 09 22 1997
Description: "In Lomira, a Kondex Corp. employee was killed when three derailed railcars plowed into the concrete block building in the background at 5:30 AM. Eleven of...
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Derailed Railcars

Date: 09 22 1997
Description: "Looking north along this section of track, one can see the overturned car's wheels, and debris after the derailment. The visible bend in the tracks was ca...
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Three Views of Beaver Dam

Date: 1903
Description: Postcard with three illustrations — the Cotton Mills, the First M.E. Church, and the High School.
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Krueger Family on the Quarry Pond

Date: 1908
Description: Members of the Krueger family sitting in a boat at the shoreline about to launch into the quarry pond. Sarah Krueger is sitting in the end of the boat, whi...

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