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Atlas Paper Mill

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Description: Elevated view from hill of the Atlas Paper Mill owned by the Kimberly Clark Paper Company.
Photograph

Dells' Paper and Pulp Company

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view looking upriver toward the Dells Paper and Pulp Company factory which stands near a dam on the Chippewa River. A bridge, smokestacks, and sev...
Photograph

Wausau Paper Mills

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Description: Elevated view of the Wausau paper mills, with smokestacks in the center, and trees and water in the foreground.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Nestle Food Condensery

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior of the Nestle Food Condensery plant.
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...
Photograph

Factory and Dam

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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

Fox River Bridge

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Description: Color postcard view of the Fox River Bridge. Two cars are driving across the bridge towards the Fox River Paper Corp.
Map or Atlas

Profile [of Blue Mounds]

Date: 1864
Description: This map is pen and watercolor on paper and shows a profile and the geological formation of Blue Mound. Also shown is the location of Arnold's Hotel and Br...
Photograph

Cooperative Creamery

Date: 1922
Description: Exterior of the Chaseburg Cooperative Creamery and an attached secondary building.
Map or Atlas

Profile from Summit of Blue Mound 3 Miles South

Date: 1864
Description: This map is pen and watercolor on paper and shows profile and geological formation of Blue Mound and location of Arnold’s Hotel and Brigham Lead Mines.
Photograph

Consolidated Paper

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Description: Smoke billowing from smokestacks at the Consolidated Paper plant. The river appears to be partially frozen, and snow is on the ground. Piles of logs, on th...
Photograph

Fox River

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Description: Elevated view over trees towards the Fox River. A dam is creating a reservoir for hydroelectric power. Former paper mills are on the left shore of the rive...
Photograph

Creamery

Date: 1922
Description: Exterior of the Chaseburg Cooperative Creamery. Smoke comes from the back of the building. There is an advertisement for C.R. Watterson, "the painless dent...
Photograph

Public School — Construction

Date: 1922
Description: Construction workers pose at the entrance of the public school during construction.
Postcard

Dells Pulp and Paper Company

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of the dam and the mill, with some trees in the foreground. A railroad bridge is in the background on the left, and a rail cart or truck is d...
Photograph

Peshtigo Log Jam

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

Cheese Factory

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Description: A man poses outdoors in front of a cheese factory. Behind him next to the building is a large wooden tub on stilts, perhaps for holding water.
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Dam and Bridge

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Description: View across reservoir of a bridge over a dam.
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Canning Factory

Date: 1911
Description: View across set of railroad tracks of a canning factory. There are a number of warehouses and outbuildings. Trees are on a hill in the background.

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