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Doughboy Mills Factory

Date: 02 05 1942
Description: Model of Doughboy Mills, Inc. and grain elevator.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Appleton

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

View Along the Baraboo River

Date: 1868
Description: View of the Baraboo River and surrounding structures.
Photograph

Knapp Stout and Co.

Date: 
Description: Panoramic view of the Knapp Stout and Co. flour mill, with a pond in the foreground. The mill was built in 1880 and was destroyed by a fire in 1911.
Photograph

Farwell's Madison Mills

Date: 
Description: Farwell's Mill on the Yahara River at Lake Mendota.
Postcard

Water Power

Date: 1910
Description: Industrial area with view of Kimberly Clark Mill, and other unidentified mills. Caption reads: "Water Power, Neenah, Wis."
Photograph

Water Power

Date: 
Description: View across water towards buildings along the shoreline. The building on the left has a sign that reads: "Neenah Mills".
Photograph

Hauling Wheat and Grain

Date: 08 1930
Description: A man leaves the Acme feed mill with a truckload of wheat and grain.
Photograph

Munger's Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of Munger's Mill, built in 1883, on the Wisconsin River at Kilbourn.
Photograph

Crowd Watching Feed Grinder Demonstration

Date: 1923
Description: A man surrounded by onlookers is pouring a bag of feed into a grinder powered by an International Harvester stationary engine. A man in the background is w...
Photograph

Mill on Yahara River

Date: 1890
Description: View towards the mill on the Yahara River at the outlet of Lake Mendota. The mill was built in 1850 by Governor Farwell. A man is standing on the bridge wi...
Photograph

Flour Mill Fire

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Description: Fire at the elevator of the Atlas Flour Mill. Two men are working a water hose tower in the center, and fire fighters are aiming jets of water at the buil...
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Playground near Grist Mill

Date: 06 04 1961
Description: View of the Honey Creek Rod and Gun Club playground beside Mielke's grist mill.
Photograph

Arcola Flour Mills

Date: 03 22 1939
Description: Two men operate machinery at Arcola Flour Mills. The equipment is powered by an International PD-40 Diesel power unit.
Photograph

Flambeau Milling Company Plant

Date: 09 18 1961
Description: View from railroad tracks of the Flambeau Milling Company Plant.
Photograph

Farwell's Mills

Date: 
Description: City flour mills, on the Catfish River (Yahara River). The mill burned down in the fall of 1873.
Photograph

Great Northern Railroad Cars

Date: 
Description: Loading Great Northern Railroad cars at the Rugby Milling Co.
Photograph

Meadows Stone Burr Grain Mill

Date: 1920
Description: A Meadows stone burr grain mill powered by an International Harvester engine grinding wheat into flour at what appears to be an outdoor fair or exhibition....
Photograph

Scene Along Fox River

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Description: View of the Fox River. Small boats are docked along the left bank where factory buildings stand. The facade features advertisements for Wrigley's Spearmint...
Print

La Valle Roller Mills Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the La Valle Roller Mills, a miller of wheat, rye, and buckwheat flours and cornmeal. Includes illustrations of Plansifter System machinery, ...

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