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Menasha Factory View

Date: 09 29 1963
Description: The Menasha Woodenware plant and water tower on Doty Island from across the Fox River canal, with a small railroad dolly in the foreground.
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Osborne Works Employee

Date: 08 12 1921
Description: An Osborne Works factory worker(?) posing to have his portrait taken in front of a vine-covered wall.
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International Model G Truck Carrying Wood Crates

Date: 1917
Description: Original caption reads: "Model G, two-ton capacity, owned and operated by the International Harvester Corporation, Milwaukee, Wis, for cartage purposes, an...
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International Model G Truck Carrying Wooden Boxes

Date: 1917
Description: A man in an International model "G" truck with wooden boxes in the bed is parked outside of a vine-covered building. The building is most likely Internatio...
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Dells' Paper and Pulp Company

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view looking upriver toward the Dells Paper and Pulp Company factory which stands near a dam on the Chippewa River. A bridge, smokestacks, and sev...
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Chippewa River Bridge

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Description: View of the Chippewa River Bridge, featuring large and small arches. Behind the bridge is the older Chicago, Saint Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha Railroad B...
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View of Rock River

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Description: View of the Rock River featuring a shoreline across the river with several buildings (possibly industrial plants), two towers, and many trees.
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View of Plover River

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Description: View from shoreline toward the Plover River and dam. Factory buildings, barns, and residences are along the river's opposite bank.
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Rock River from Main Street Bridge

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Description: View of Rock River from the Main Street Bridge. On the right industrial buildings are along the shoreline, and a bridge is in the distance.
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Industrial Plant

Date: 1900
Description: View across water toward the back of an industrial plant. A smokestack is behind a building on the left.
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City View

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Description: Elevated view of the city with a river in the foreground.
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City View

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Description: Elevated city view featuring buildings on a hillside, including factories, dwellings, and churches.
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City View, Superior, Arizona

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Description: Elevated view of the city with a smokestack in the distance.
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Shelburn Falls

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Description: View of a landscape with a rocky stream in foreground and town set in countryside in the distance. Shelburn Falls can be seen among industrial and resident...
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Loyd Cheese Factory

Date: 1921
Description: Exterior of the two-story Loyd Cheese Factory. A barn on the left of the factory features an advertisement for Star Tobacco.
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Creamery

Date: 1926
Description: View across yard of the co-operative Creamery Company. There are two large vents on the roof of the building that have weather vanes decorated with cows.
Manuscript

Dandenong Works

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Description: A three-quarter view of Dandenong Works in Australia. Original caption reads, "With the completion of the initial installations at Dandenong, the Works was...
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Factory Buildings at Sugar Refinery

Date: 1947
Description: View across street towards factory buildings at a sugar refinery.
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Knitting Mill

Date: 07 1936
Description: View across street towards vines covering the walls of the two-story brick factory building housing the Oconto Knitting Mills. A painted sign on the buildi...
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Kraft Phenix Plant

Date: 07 1936
Description: Vines are growing on the side of the brick Kraft Phenix cheese factory building at the corner of Ninth Avenue and Edison Street. Raised letters on the frie...

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