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Ray-O-Vac Building

Date: 11 30 1945
Description: Ray-O-Vac building on the 2300 block of Winnebago Street.
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Ray-O-Vac Building

Date: 11 30 1945
Description: Ray-O-Vac building on the 2300 block of Winnebago Street. Office building and several cars. Snow is on the ground. The sign near the door in the center of ...
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Ray-O-Vac Buildings

Date: 11 28 1945
Description: Ray-O-Vac buildings on the 2300 block of Winnebago Street. Office building, production plant, two houses: 2327 and 2331 Winnebago Street, and several cars....
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Madison Pattern Works & Polk Mfg. Co.

Date: 08 11 1930
Description: Madison Pattern Works and Polk Manufacturing Company building, 2021-2023 Winnebago Street. Oscar Bock was president of the Bock Oil Burner Co. and Polk Man...
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Fairbanks, Morse Plant in the Summer

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Description: Elevated view of the plant and residential area, with smokestacks. Caption reads: "Birds-eye View of Fairbanks Morse Plant, Beloit, Wis."
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View along the Rock River

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view over houses towards the industrial area along the Rock River.
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Wausau Sandpaper Factory

Date: 1880
Description: View of the Wausau Sand Paper Company, about 1903-1905, at Second and Thomas streets.
Postcard

Diamond Match Company

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated view of the Diamond Match Company. At the time of its building it was the largest such factory in America. Caption reads: "New Diamond Match Facto...
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Osborne Works

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of International Harvester's Osborne Works factory (later known as "Auburn Works") and the surrounding neighborhood.
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Menominee River Coal Yards

Date: 07 17 1914
Description: Menominee River coal yards, west from the 16th Street viaduct. There is a cargo ship called the "John B. Cowle" in the harbor between two coal yards. Worke...
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16th Street Viaduct

Date: 08 27 1910
Description: Looking south towards the 16th Street viaduct over Menominee Valley from about Clybourn Street. Shows the surrounding industrial area and neighborhoods. Se...
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Houses in Corliss

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Description: View down a dirt road with houses lining the street. A factory is visible in the distance.
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United States Sugar Beet Company

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Description: An exterior view of the United States Sugar Beet Company, located on Atwood Avenue.
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West Side of University of Wisconsin Campus

Date: 02 1948
Description: Elevated view of the University of Wisconsin campus beyond the Forest Products Laboratory to the residential neighborhood between University Avenue and Reg...
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View Northwest from Exposition Building

Date: 1874
Description: Stereograph of elevated view looking northwest from Exposition Building. There is a church on a street corner on the left, and the Best Brewing Company in ...
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West Allis Works

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Description: Aerial view of the West Allis Works, Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company, and surrounding neighborhoods.
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New Pavement for Myrtle Street, Looking West

Date: 03 23 1949
Description: Madison streets, new pavement, viewed on Myrtle Street, looking west toward Oscar Mayer plant.
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View Northwest from Exposition Building - Anaglyph

Date: 1874
Description: Stereograph of elevated view looking northwest from Exposition Building. There is a church on a street corner on the left, and the Best Brewing Company in ...
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Lewis Arms and John Berry

Date: 1952
Description: Lewis Arms leans against a car with his arm around his family friend and neighbor John Berry, who he called "Pa Berry".
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Town from Overlooking Hill

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Description: View of a town from an overlooking hill. Beyond dwellings, the Russell-Miller Milling Company is visible; it was built in 1906.

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