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Plastic Housing

Date: 02 20 1945
Description: Interior of a modular home developed by the Plastics Division of the Consolidated Paper Company. The project was developed in anticipation of the need for ...
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Paper Mill

Date: 01 1936
Description: Two large smokestacks rise from the 1903 building of the Rhinelander Paper Company. Railroad tracks are crossing the left foreground diagonally; a second s...
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Testing Paper Apparatus

Date: 1922
Description: View of an unidentified man sitting on a stool demonstrating delicate paper testing apparatus. A poster on the wall reads: "International Metric System."
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Lightweight Chair

Date: 11 1943
Description: Lightweight folding transport chair produced by the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper Company, Wisconsin Rapids, as part of the company's war develop...
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Plastic House

Date: 02 20 1945
Description: Exterior view of a modular home under construction in Wisconsin Rapids. The house was a project developed by the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper C...
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Consolidated Paper War Work

Date: 08 31 1943
Description: Unidentified executive of the Consolidated Paper Company Plastics Division sitting in a folding transport chair, produced as part of the company's war work...
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Paper Mills Meeting

Date: 08 1948
Description: Men and women seated in the audience at a paper mills meeting.
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Atlas Mill

Date: 1922
Description: View across water towards the Atlas Mill. The paper making mill on the Fox River was built in 1878 and proved that paper could be made efficiently from gro...
Postcard

Lawson M.T.2 Bottom View

Date: 1917
Description: Photographic postcard showing the underside of the Lawson Military Tractor 2 (M.T.2).
Postcard

Fox River from Riverview Golf Club

Date: 1900
Description: View from hill towards the river, paper mill, and houses on a hill in the distance. Caption reads: "View of Fox River from Riverview Golf Club, Appleton, W...
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Steam Radiator at "Hearthstone"

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Description: Original steam radiator, one of many installed throughout "Hearthstone," the home built by paper mill owner, Henry J. Rogers. The residence was the first ...
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Chief Engineer at Fort Wayne Works

Date: 1935
Description: Alfred Krieg, Chief Engineer at International Harvester's Ft. Wayne Works, sitting at his desk in a factory office holding a sheet of paper.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Ashland

Date: 06 1923
Description: A Sanborn map of Ashland.
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Factory and Dam

Date: 
Description: Elevated view across dirt road of a paper mill on the shore of the Chippewa River next to a concrete dam. The mill has a tall smokestack. On the far shorel...
Postcard

Seating Arrangement

Date: 1917
Description: Photographic postcard showing the seating arrangement for the Lawson Military Tractor 2 (M.T.2).
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Marinette

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

Date: 1930
Description: A man is stooping down to fill a paper cup with a beverage from a barrel dispenser under a tent at what appears to be a fair. The barrel is marked "IHC Ser...
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Time Keeping Department at Fort Wayne Works

Date: 04 1929
Description: A large office full of male and female clerks at desks, working on papers and talking on the phone in the Time Keeping Department at International Harveste...
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Dismantled Twine Guide for Binder at McCormick Works

Date: 01 29 1910
Description: Dismantled twine guide for binder positioned on chair indoors in factory building. A paper backdrop is set up on the brick wall behind the chair.
Postcard

Rear View Motor Mounting

Date: 1917
Description: Photographic postcard showing the motor mounting in Alfred Lawson's Military Tractor 2 (M.T.2).

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