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| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Red Star Yeast and Products Company. |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the bottling works of the Potosi Brewery built in 1902. A group of men stand near the front entrance. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Klindt-Geiger Canning Company. A group of male and female employees are posing outdoors on the loading dock along the railroad tracks. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Brewery employees, many of them from the Schumacher family, posing with barrels outside the brewery. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad stone crusher. There is a large group of workmen posing along the work site. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of post office on a street corner. Caption reads: "Post Office, Lancaster, Wis." |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Fennimore, primarily the train depot. There is a windmill near railroad cars, and dwellings are in the distance. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the brewery dwarfed by the overhead bluffs. The brewery was built by William Schmitz. George Scheibl ran the brewery from 1899 until his d... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Interior of a lead mine showing two miners kneeling with candles in their hands. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View of the Rundolph Mill and dam near Muscoda. A man stands near the far side of the bridge on the left. The banks of the river are rocky cliffs, and a st... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Interior of a lead mine. The five miners are holding candles or lanterns. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The Denniston House hotel, which was erected in 1836 with a view to making it the territorial capitol of Wisconsin, in the event Cassville should be chosen... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young man holding a shotgun, and two dogs posing on a sheepskin rug. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View across Maple Street towards the Philipps House Hotel. A bank is on the next corner. Caption reads: "Maple Street." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of town. The Mississippi River and far shoreline is in the background. The Furnace Branch creek runs through the town in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Stone quarry, with men working near a wagon, and at the base of the hill. In the background is a steep hill with trees. |
| Date: | 12 07 1907 |
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| Description: | Elevated photographic postcard view of a paddle steamer towing rafts loaded with logs through an open pontoon bridge on the Mississippi River. Caption read... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Emma Schmitt (the future Mrs. Sherwin Gillett) and her sister Elena. |
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