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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.
Photograph

Workers in Warehouse

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Description: Two workers stock the warehouse at the Malleable Iron Range Company. Caption on stereograph reads, "No. 17 A corner of the warehouse where immense stocks a...
Photograph

Foundry

Date: 05 05 1962
Description: An industrial scene of a foundry with piles of material in a side yard.
Photograph

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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Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Packing

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Description: Each Brick Cheese is packed in an airtight bag. A machine draws all the air out of the bag and a clip is applied. By dipping each package in hot water, the...
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Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Packaging Room

Date: 
Description: CEO Joe Widmer stands in the newly added area used for cheese packaging.
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Making Shells for the Korean War

Date: 06 1953
Description: Men and women employed by Malleable Iron Range Co. making artillery shells to be used in the Korean War.
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Woman Holding Artillery Shell

Date: 06 1953
Description: Factory worker holding an artillery shell manufactured at Malleable Iron Range Co.
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Widmer's Cheese Cellars

Date: 02 10 1978
Description: "Widmer's Cheese Cellars. (l-r) Harvey Kamrath, Ralph, Joe, and John Widmer scoop brick cheese curds out of the vat. Widmers are now in their 56th year of ...
Photograph

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,...
Photograph

St. Theresa Catholic School

Date: 1974
Description: "Dismantling St. Theresa Catholic School."
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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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Dam Construction

Date: 1967
Description: "Construction of the dam in Theresa Marsh."
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Widmer Cheese Factory Chimney

Date: 03 1979
Description: "With the Catholic Church steeple looming in the background, Schuster Construction men work on the Widmer Cheese Factory chimney."
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Pipeline on the Larry Luhn Farm

Date: 06 1988
Description: "This photo of the pipeline looks north on the Larry Luhn farm. The opposite looks south from the same point on the farm."
Photograph

Building Block

Date: 09 1994
Description: "Mason Rueben Schuster displays a building block invented by his grandfather."
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New Water Tower

Date: 03 17 1997
Description: "Work begins on the new water tower south of Theresa."
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New Water Tower

Date: 03 17 1997
Description: "Water Tower construction in Theresa."
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New Water Tower

Date: 03 17 1997
Description: "A very muddy road leads to the water tower site."

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