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Photograph

Niagara Paper Mill

Date: 1922
Description: View across water towards the Niagara Paper Mill.
Postcard

Badger Paper Mills

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Description: View across water towards the Badger Paper Mills, founded by E.A. Meyer. Caption reads: "Badger Paper Mills, Peshtigo, Wis."
Postcard

Scaling Gaps Dam and Paper Mills

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Scaling Gaps dam in the foreground, and the paper mill in the background. Caption reads: "Scaling Gaps Dam and Paper Mills, Marinette, Wis."C
Postcard

Hattie Street Bridge and M. & M. Paper Mills

Date: 1917
Description: View of a road bridge crossing the Menominee River. There is a paper mill on the opposite shoreline. Caption reads: "Hattie Street Bridge and M. & M. Paper...
Photograph

Typical Wisconsin Waterpower Paper Mill

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Description: The Menominee River and paper mill as photographed by William A. Hotchkiss for the Wisconsin Good Roads Association.
Photograph

Paper Mill

Date: 07 1936
Description: View across field towards large smokestack towering above the complex of buildings at the Niagara paper mill. On the far right, water is flowing through th...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Marinette

Date: 1881
Description: Bird's-eye map of Marinette, with insets.
Historical Essay

1960s Paper Dress

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Paper dress made by Scott Paper Co., 1966-1967. (Museum object #1969.184.13)
Photograph

Peshtigo Log Jam

Date: 1907
Description: Loggers breaking up a log jam in the Peshtigo River area.
Postcard

Log Cabin Inn

Date: 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "Log Cabin Inn, Wausaukee, Wis." A two-story inn built of logs with a covered porch, balcony, and dormer windows.
Photograph

Cutting Logs

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Description: Stereograph of two men cutting logs ready for stripping and making into pulp at a paper mill. Caption reads, "7981-(b)-Cutting logs ready for stripping and...
Postcard

Log Cabin Inn

Date: 1920
Description: Text on front reads: "Log-Cabin-Inn, Wausaukee-Wis." A two-story inn built of logs with a covered porch, balcony, and dormer windows.
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Main-Street. Wausaukee-Wis." An unpaved street lined with buildings and storefronts. A Post Office, hardware store and furniture stor...
Postcard

Marinette Booster Train

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Marinette Booster Train - 12 Coaches, Settlers Picnic, Wausaukee, Wis." Five passenger railroad coaches on the tracks, one has a bann...
Historical Essay

Peshtigo, Wisconsin - A Brief History

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