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Pepperell Manufacturing Company

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Description: Elevated view of Pepperell Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of sheets, including company town and surrounding countryside. Caption reads: "Bird's-Eye V...
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Municipal Light and Power Plant

Date: 1924
Description: The Municipal Light and Power Plant and water tower seen from across a pond.
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National Zinc Separating Company Plant

Date: 1925
Description: View across field towards large mounds of raw material at National Zinc Separating Company plant. Industrial buildings are in the background.
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Triangle Tourist Park on Highway US-18/US-12/WI-73

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Description: Exterior of a gas station/restaurant and the entrance to the Triangle Tourist Park.
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Blacksmith Shop

Date: 1918
Description: Slightly elevated exterior view of the 310th United States Army Engineer Corps, Company C's blacksmith shop.
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Barbecue Restaurant

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Description: Roadside restaurant with painted lettering in the windows promoting sandwiches, bakery, ice cream and cold drinks. The brick building next door is unidenti...
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Alfred Lawson in Tractor Biplane

Date: 1917
Description: Alfred Lawson is seated in the rear compartment of a Lawson Tractor Biplane. The front compartment passenger is barely visible. A farm is in the distance.
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Paper Mill

Date: 07 1936
Description: View across field towards a bus sitting in the driveway in front of a large factory complex, which has a water tower and three smokestacks. "Airport 2 Mi."...
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Oscar Mayer Meat Display

Date: 06 02 1931
Description: Display of Oscar Mayer meat products. The meat, along with fern leaves as decoration, is displayed on a large sheet of paper placed on a table against a wa...
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Map of Washburn Observatory and Surrounding Grounds

Date: 1880
Description: This map is pen-and-ink on paper. The map shows buildings, trees, and water and gas pipes, relief is shown by contours. The back of the map reads: "Univers...
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Street Scene

Date: 1921
Description: View down unpaved road of a filling station. Along the side of the station on the left is a hand-pump, and a large tank lying on its side. Three buildings ...
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Boatyard

Date: 1969
Description: Looking through the ribs of the hull of a boat under construction in a boatyard.
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Cook's Tent in Log Drive

Date: 1913
Description: Cook's tent on a raft in the midst of a log drive on the Wisconsin River.
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Mining Building

Date: 1910
Description: An old, dilapidated mining building surrounded by a field.
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Falhenstern's Mill

Date: 1924
Description: A deteriorating wooden structure with a stone foundation stands on an overgrown site.
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Bridgeport Hotel

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Description: The exterior of the Bridgeport Hotel.
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Chapel at Willlerup Camp, Lake Ripley

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Description: A hexagon-shaped chapel along the dirt road.
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Mill Pond

Date: 1926
Description: View from shoreline of mill pond. Industrial buildings are on the far shoreline.
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Log Cabin at Fish Lake Resort

Date: 1927
Description: A log cabin, which features a screened-in porch and attic door.
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William Krueger House

Date: 05 1899
Description: View of William Krueger's house across the road from the Krueger farm.

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