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| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Drawing of the Peshtigo Fire, showing people seeking refuge in the Peshtigo River. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Painting depicting Chippewa Falls and the first sawmill on the Chippewa River, built by Jean Brunet. The residence of H.S. Allen, one of the owners of the... |
| Date: | 1832 |
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| Description: | Mih-Tutta-Hangkusch, a Mandan village with boats on the river in foreground. |
| Date: | 02 22 1919 |
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| Description: | Workers using a steam shovel to dig a "borrow pit" for the no. 2 mine. The shovel is loading soil onto a rail car on a narrow gauge railroad track. Benham ... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from shoreline towards the opposite shoreline towards the Buettner mill on the left, and the river with a dam, on the right. In the backgroun... |
| Date: | 06 1862 |
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| Description: | The 7th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment camp outside of Fredericksburg on the east side of the Rappahannock. Fredericksburg and a pontoon bridge lea... |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | Quarter section of a map of the city of Fond du Lac featuring an illustration of the Lewis House. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of town. Caption reads: "Bird's-eye View of Neillsville, Wis." |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Town and business district, showing the early covered bridge across from the tail race of the powerhouse, with logs overflowing the river into yards, proba... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Logs piled on the shore of town, possibly due to Ice Gorge of 1876. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a river full of ice chunks. Caption reads: "The ice going out in front of Fairbanks, Alaska." |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Looking south. Bridge in foreground is over Kinnickinnic River. Bridge over the road holds railroad tracks. In background are several houses and a build... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking northwest from Division Street and East Water Street. Rooftop of building in foreground has laundry hanging from a line. In the back... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Marshfield Airways, covered with snow. A river full of ice and snow, with boats along the shoreline, is in the lower portion of the image. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | View looking across the river east into Black River Falls during the flood, showing the elevated level of the river and buildings falling into the water. C... |
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| Description: | A river has overflown its banks and is flooding a road on a bridge. Some men are on the bridge are using sticks to move ice floes. Crowds of people are wa... |
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| Description: | Ice chunks floating on the water near houses. People are standing watching nearby. |
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| Description: | Large ice floes are floating down the river near houses on the shore. |
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| Description: | Blocks of snow and ice are piled up in a river at a bridge. A large group of people are standing on the bridge in the background. A person on the left has ... |
| Date: | 10 28 1938 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Jones Island, with some houses near the water and an industrial area across the river. On the right are a number of railroad tracks next t... |
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