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Moon Light on The Rapids, Chippewa Falls

Date: 1910
Description: View from the south shore of the Chippewa River, looking west, showing choppy, churning rapids, and a silhouette of the Big Mill and smokestack.
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Paper Mills

Date: 1900
Description: Colorized view of the paper mills on the Eau Claire River at night, with the moon in the cloudy sky in the background. There is a dam on the river in the f...
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Ahnapee & Western Railway Bridge

Date: 01 06 1958
Description: Ahnapee & Western Railway Bridge construction. View is from Highway Bridge. There are ships on the right side beyond the bridge. The forested shoreline cur...
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Highway Bridge

Date: 01 06 1958
Description: View from snowy shoreline of Highway Bridge, the east approach. The lake is frozen. Just beyond the shoreline a boat is moored at a landing, and an automob...
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Manitowoc Shipbuilding Floating Drydock

Date: 07 02 1960
Description: View across water towards the Manitowoc Shipbuilding floating drydock. Pilings and grass are in the foreground. On the far shoreline are buildings on a hil...
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View from 8th Street Bridge

Date: 01 08 1958
Description: Elevated view from 8th Street Bridge over the Manitowoc River towards Lake Michigan. There is a lighthouse in the distance. Ice is floating on the water. A...
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Ahnapee River

Date: 01 07 1958
Description: View from the Second Street bridge over the icy Ahnapee River towards Lake Michigan. A lighthouse is at the end of a jetty in the far background. Boats are...
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Kewaunee Carferry

Date: 09 15 1960
Description: View across water towards a carferry named "City of Flint," moored at a dock. There are buildings on the dock on the right.
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Kewaunee Harbor Entrance

Date: 01 07 1958
Description: View across water to ship moored at a dock. Smoke is coming out of the smokestack. Industrial buildings are across the water on the right.
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Two Rivers Harbor Entrance

Date: 01 08 1958
Description: View of Two Rivers Harbor from shoreline towards Lake Michigan. Snow is on the ground, and a fence made of thick posts and cable is along the shoreline on ...
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Cornucopia Harbor

Date: 06 19 1958
Description: Slightly elevated view of Cornucopia Harbor. There is a boat moored at a pier near a barn-shaped building. An automobile is parked on the far left. In the ...
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Michela Coal & Dock Company

Date: 
Description: View from shoreline of dock site towards Lake Superior, showing sulphur pile and a large chute in the background.
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Marinette

Date: 12 17 1957
Description: View of icy Lake Michigan from Ogden Street Bridge. There are piles of coal on the left and right, and what may be a jetty in the far distance.
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Port Washington Harbor

Date: 01 09 1958
Description: Elevated view from bluff of the harbor towards the southeast. At the end of a jetty is a lighthouse on the left. The water is frozen along the shoreline. T...

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