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Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Superior

Date: 1883
Description: Bird's-eye map of Superior, county seat of Douglas County, on the shores of Lake Superior, with insets of points of interest.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Appleton

Date: 1874
Description: Bird's-eye view of Appleton.
Photograph

Atlas Mill

Date: 1922
Description: View across water towards the Atlas Mill. The paper making mill on the Fox River was built in 1878 and proved that paper could be made efficiently from gro...
Photograph

Atlas Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Atlas Mill, a Kimberly-Clark Company mill.
Postcard

Fox River from Riverview Golf Club

Date: 1900
Description: View from hill towards the river, paper mill, and houses on a hill in the distance. Caption reads: "View of Fox River from Riverview Golf Club, Appleton, W...
Postcard

Mill Pond Lake

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of a pond, a stream, and a lake, with a road dividing the pond and stream from the lake. Industrial buildings and a smokestack are in the bac...
Photograph

De Pere Bridge

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of the bridge over the Fox river, and the Nicolet Paper Company on the far shoreline.
Photograph

Kimberly-Clark Paper Mill

Date: 1948
Description: Aerial view of the Kimberly-Clark Paper Mill on the Fox River, just east of Appleton.
Photograph

Wausau Paper Mills

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of the Wausau paper mills, with smokestacks in the center, and trees and water in the foreground.
Postcard

Scaling Gaps Dam and Paper Mills

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Scaling Gaps dam in the foreground, and the paper mill in the background. Caption reads: "Scaling Gaps Dam and Paper Mills, Marinette, Wis."C
Photograph

Whiting Paper Mill Ruins

Date: 08 24 1888
Description: The George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. Sixteen men were killed by the explosion of a bleacher; the bleacher exploded as the nigh...
Photograph

George A. Whiting Paper Mill

Date: 1949
Description: Aerial view of the George A. Whiting Paper Mill.
Photograph

George A. Whiting Paper Mill

Date: 08 24 1888
Description: Slightly elevated view of the George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. Sixteen men were killed by the explosion of a bleacher; the ble...
Postcard

Rhinelander Paper Mill

Date: 1910
Description: View from bridge looking towards the paper mill and railroad bridge on the Wisconsin River outside of Rhinelander. Caption reads: "Wisconsin River and Pape...
Postcard

Davenport Street Bridge

Date: 1905
Description: View down center of the Davenport Street Bridge with a paper mill in the distance on the right. Caption reads: "Davenport Street Bridge and Paper Mill, Rhi...
Photograph

Paper Mill

Date: 08 05 1962
Description: Exterior view of Riverside Paper Corporation mill. On the left is a road along a river, and on the right are railroad tracks along the mill. A sign in the ...
Photograph

Pepperell Manufacturing Company

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Description: Elevated view of Pepperell Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of sheets, including company town and surrounding countryside. Caption reads: "Bird's-Eye V...
Photograph

The Paper Mill

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Description: View from other side of bridge toward the paper mill, with a bridge and road to the left. A horse-drawn vehicle is on the bridge. Caption reads: "Paper Mil...
Photograph

Columbia Mill

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Description: Columbia Mill, established in 1827, is shown surrounded by a landscape featuring a lake and wooded mountain. The mill is the site where the first successfu...
Photograph

Chesapeake Pulp and Paper Mill

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Description: Exterior of the Chesapeake Pulp and Paper Mill, founded in 1918. It began operations as a kraft pulp and paper mill, and has expanded to supplying specialt...

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