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Description: | Brewery wagons loaded with beer barrels in foreground of the Potosi Brewery. |
Date: | 1872 |
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Description: | Galena (lead sulfide) was melted at this open hearth furnace owned by Richard Straw and Company on the Roundtree Branch of the Little Platte River. The men... |
Date: | 1908 |
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Description: | Exterior of the Red Star Yeast and Products Company. |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Brewery employees, many of them from the Schumacher family, posing with barrels outside the brewery. |
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Description: | An engraving based on a drawing by Alexander Simplot of the Platteville Brewery (spelled Plattville). It is an elevated perspective showing the main buildi... |
Date: | 1915 |
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Description: | Elevated view of mining operations. Caption reads: "'A Busy Corner' of Platteville." |
Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | A straw lead furnace, an open hearth furnace where lead sulphite (Galena) was roasted. Located on the Rountree branch of the Little Platte River, Richard S... |
Date: | 1920 |
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Description: | The Empire zinc and lead mine. Very litle lead is now produced. |
Date: | 1886 |
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Description: | Exterior view of the Potosi Brewery at about the time Adam Schumacher took over the operation. Children and adults can be seen near a fence and in horse-dr... |
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Description: | Panoramic view showing, on the left, the bottling plant and the stables, and on the right, the Potosi Brewery itself. Groups of men are standing on the sid... |
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Description: | The Potosi Brewery. Men can be seen standing in front of the building, and driving horse-drawn vehicles. |
Date: | 1902 |
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Description: | Exterior view of the bottling works of the Potosi Brewery built in 1902. A group of men stand near the front entrance. |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | Exterior view of the brick Blue River Township and Grade School under construction. The cost of building was $7,000. |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | Three-story brick school building under construction. Cost of building was $14,000. |
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Description: | Small wooden building with water wheel, presumably a mill. |
Date: | 05 1981 |
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Description: | Quonset hut at Len's Feed and Fuel, North Third Street at East Furnace Street. |
Date: | 1929 |
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Description: | View down railroad tracks looking towards the Bagley train station. On the right is a large storage tank. A man is driving a car near the railroad tracks n... |
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Description: | Photographic postcard of the Wisconsin River Bluffs and covered bridge. Text below reads: "Wisconsin River Bluffs, Boscobel, Wis." |
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