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| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Fishing implements on the shoreline of the Mississippi River, and a bluff in the background. Caption reads: "Fish Industry, Mississippi River, La Crosse, W... |
| Date: | 04 29 1900 |
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| Description: | View of the Globe Milling Company, built in 1848, and the Lewis Factory on the Rock River. In the distance is a dam, bridge, and barbershop. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across water toward the Princeton brewery on a bend in the Fox River. Caption reads: "A Bend in the Historic Fox at Princeton, Wis." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from shoreline over canal towards McCormick Works. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline across river towards a yard with lumber at McCormick Works. Men are working in the yard near horses and wagons. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A winter view of the dam, left, on the Montello River and ice formations under the shed on the right. The polishing shed of the Montello Granite Company is... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View of the Knickerbocker Ice Company building. Rock Lake in the foreground. There is a ramp leading from the lake to the ice house. Caption reads: "The Ic... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Semi-panoramic view of a river town showing extensive sawmill operations. |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Logs floating down the Chippewa River in front of the "Big Mill". |
| Date: | 06 08 1902 |
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| Description: | Looking up the Milwaukee River to the Holton Street viaduct. In the center is the Gallun tannery. There is also a steamboat in the harbor, several lumber y... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline across water towards opposite shoreline where a ship is at the dock of McCormick Works. Factory buildings are in the background near sm... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across Chippewa River of the Big Lumber Mill on the opposite bank. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking west over the Montello Granite Company's works framed by an irregular mask. Two wooden derricks and irregular blocks of granite are i... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Munger's Mill, built in 1883, on the Wisconsin River at Kilbourn. |
| Date: | 07 13 1905 |
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| Description: | International Harvester's Deering Works as seen from railroad tracks near the waterfront. The factory was located at Fullerton and Clybourn Avenues, across... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A view east along the north shore of Lake Monona, with Madison's east side industrial area in the background. The Deering Harvester Company is identified b... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline towards the coal docks on the right, with several ships in the harbor. Caption reads: "Coal Docks, Capacity 100,000 Tons, Two Rivers, W... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | View from rocky shoreline of a lumber mill on the banks of the Chippewa River. Smoke is coming out from a smokestack. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Man standing in front of a sawmill waterway. In the background on the opposite shoreline are the sawmill buildings. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Colorized photographic postcard of the Gas Company's building along the river in Eau Claire. Caption reads: "Gas Co's Building, Eau Claire, Wis." |
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