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Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Looking West

Date: 1891
Description: Bird's-eye view of Eau Claire.
Photograph

Fairmount Tiger loader

Date: 03 17 1969
Description: Engineering photograph of a Fairmount Tiger Cub 1500 loader with hydrostatic drive. The machine was manufactured by the Northwestern Motor Company of Eau C...
Photograph

Railroad Bridge near Eau Claire

Date: 09 01 1882
Description: View looking up towards the special train of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad comprised of 24 freight cars loaded with lumber and other ...
Photograph

Mill Pond

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Description: Caption reads: "Mill Pond, Augusta, Wis." View across water towards a large building on the far shoreline. Tree-lined shore on the left.
Photograph

First Gillette Company Tire

Date: 1917
Description: Interior shot of a group of men, women and boys at the Gillette Tire Company. The Gillette Safety Tire Company was founded in Eau Claire in 1916 and the cr...
Photograph

Bag-o-matic

Date: 03 19 1955
Description: A tire factory worker operating the Bag-o-matic.
Photograph

Aerial View of City and River

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of city, with Eau Claire River is in the foreground with Milwaukee railroad bridge at left. Gillette Rubber Co. plant is in center with Omaha r...
Postcard

Aerial View of U.S. Rubber Co.

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Description: Aerial view of the plant, with railroad tracks along both sides of the property. A river is on the left. Several cars are parked at the plant. There is an...
Postcard

Dells Paper Mill and Dam

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Description: View of the mill and the dam, and the river. The area around the mill is heavily forested. Caption reads: "Dells Paper Mill and Dam, Eau Claire, Wis."
Postcard

Dells Pulp and Paper Company

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of the dam and the mill, with some trees in the foreground. A railroad bridge is in the background on the left, and a rail cart or truck is d...
Photograph

Eau Claire County Court House Desk

Date: 1930
Description: The desk in the courtroom, made at the Marston Planing Mill in Eau Claire about 1873-4.
Photograph

Eau Claire County Court House Staircase

Date: 1930
Description: Walnut staircase inside the Eau Claire County Court House.
Photograph

Ingram and Pinkum Sawmill

Date: 1880
Description: View from high bank across the river of the Ingram and Pinkum sawmill (left), Ingram and Kennedy mill (right), later incorporated as the Empire Lumber Co. ...
Photograph

Madison Street Bridge

Date: 1920
Description: Madison Street Bridge, looking east. There is a building in p the right foreground, and an industrial building in the background on the left behind the br...
Photograph

Post Office

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view of a large building on a street corner. There is a small "Post Office" sign on the right side of the building, and a larger "FURNITURE" sign ...
Photograph

View up the Eau Claire River

Date: 1900
Description: View up the Eau Claire River from the Dewey Street Bridge. The view shows the dam and linen mill and the site of the lower sawmill (called the "steam mill"...
Photograph

Rubber Worker at Gillette

Date: 10 19 1944
Description: Victor Marten, a worker at the Gillette factory owned by the United States Rubber Company, feeding rubber into a Banbury mixer. During World War II the go...
Photograph

Mold Curing Tires

Date: 1949
Description: Employee of the United States Rubber Company at Eau Claire removing a tire from the curing mold.
Photograph

Loading Tires for Shipment

Date: 1947
Description: Employees at the United Rubber Company plant in Eau Claire load wrapped tires onto a truck for shipment.
Photograph

Shipping Tractor Tires

Date: 09 21 1945
Description: Two workers at the United Rubber Company plant at Eau Claire, Alfred Stokes and Eugene Stafford, loading large farm tires onto a railroad car for shipment.

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