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Factory Storage Area

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Description: Storage area and hydraulic lift of a Consolidated Papers company factory, probably the company's plastics subsidiary Consoweld.
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Sanitary Paper Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Sanitary Paper Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a toilet paper service, with a hand pulling a sheet of toilet paper from a Sanitary dispens...
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Imperial Hotel Wrapping Paper

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Description: Wrapping paper used by the Imperial Hotel. The hotel was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
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McCormick Twine Binder Advertisement

Date: 1881
Description: "The Latest News from the Field!" Front page of a paper advertising the new McCormick twine binder. Contains testimonials under a headline that says, "Ther...
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Parked Tractor

Date: 05 20 1962
Description: A parked tractor on a street near industrial buildings.
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Cooperative Creamery

Date: 1922
Description: Exterior of the Chaseburg Cooperative Creamery and an attached secondary building.
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Bouffleur Store

Date: 1925
Description: Bouffleur general store and gas station.
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Milk Dispenser

Date: 1955
Description: Mr. Robot, a coin operated milk vending machine promoted by the Wisconsin Dairy Caravan, dispenses milk into a paper cup.
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Storage Building

Date: 05 05 1962
Description: Exterior view of a storage building with warped metal siding.
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Lima Center Street Scene

Date: 1926
Description: View from across road of an automotive repair shop along a commercial street.
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Railroad Yard

Date: 05 18 1963
Description: View across a railroad yard with several railroad cars and four storage tanks in the background.
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Gasoline Station

Date: 10 13 1963
Description: Gasoline station, with Standard Oil Products and Champion signs, in old false front building.
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Camp Judas Sketch

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Description: A rough sketch of Camp Judas, the 12th Regiment's first bivouac under Colonel George E. Bryant.
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Filling Station

Date: 1931
Description: A car parked under the overhang of a Mobiloil gas station.
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Harbor and Grain Elevator

Date: 1920
Description: View of the harbor. On the left is a grain elevator and wood pulp on the wharf. In the center background is the Northern Paper Mills and to the right are ...
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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...
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W.J. Burnham Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of W.J. Burnham of Chetek, Wisconsin, dealer in "Furniture, Undertaking Goods, School Supplies, Stationery, Confectionery, etc.," with an illust...
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Gasoline Station

Date: 08 18 1963
Description: A gasoline station decorated with flags and pennants. Billboards are along the back fence.
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Brittingham and Hixon Lumber Company

Date: 1926
Description: Exterior of the Company's lumber yard. A fading sign reads, "order your coal now."
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Wyocena Farmers' Cooperative

Date: 09 04 1960
Description: The Wyocena Farmers' Cooperative, a feed mill with railroad tracks along the side of the building.

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