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| Description: | Soon after the turn of the century, Joplin was named the lead and zinc capital of the world. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | View from road of lead and zinc mines and surrounding buildings. |
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| Description: | Soon after the turn of the century, Joplin was named the lead and zinc capital of the world. |
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| Description: | Soon after the turn of the century, Joplin was named the lead and zinc capital of the world. |
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| Description: | Soon after the turn of the century, Joplin was named the lead and zinc capital of the world. |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Galena (lead sulfide) was melted at this open hearth furnace owned by Richard Straw and Company on the Roundtree Branch of the Little Platte River. The men... |
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| Description: | Miners probably grading galena (lead) ore by putting pieces in drums with holes and letting smaller ones fall through. |
| Date: | 1939-05-15 |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
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| Description: | A view of St. Michael's Industrial School, with students lined up in formation along the road that leads to the school. Two boys with drums lead the proces... |
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| Description: | Webb City was known as the world's largest and most productive lead and zinc mining field in the late 1800s and early 1900s and was part of the "Tri-State ... |
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| Description: | Webb City was known as the world's largest and most productive lead and zinc mining field in the late 1800s and early 1900s and was part of the "Tri-State ... |
| Date: | 1927-09-28 |
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| County: | Grant |
| City: | Fennimore |
| Date: | 1934-02-10 |
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| County: | Green |
| City: | New Glarus |
| Date: | 1845 |
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| Description: | Drawing of Shullsburg. Text at bottom reads: "Smelting lead ore in log furnaces. Scene in Gratiots Grove at Shullsburg, Wis. in 1845-6. Drawn from life. By... |
| Date: | 1919-08-03 |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Green Bay |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Toy-Moulds set made by the Make-A-Toy Co. and used by the Asmuth family of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1930s. (Museum object #1962.228.30,A-U) |
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