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Gas Tank for Truck

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Description: A gas tank is set up on stands covered with white paper. There is paper against the wall behind the tank for a backdrop.
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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.
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Canal between Two Factories

Date: 09 30 1963
Description: View of a canal running between the Neenah Paper Company and the J.W. Hewitt Machine Company.
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Delivery Truck at Loading Dock

Date: 08 17 1926
Description: Delivery truck at a loading dock, which is piled high with packages wrapped with paper and string. The sign on the side of the truck reads: "Pacific Coast ...
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Menasha Warehouse

Date: 06 16 1963
Description: View across railroad tracks of warehouses on the northern outskirts of Menasha which are leased by the Kimberly-Clark Paper Company. Trucks are parked alon...
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Dry Milk Plant in Columbus

Date: 1926
Description: Dry milk plant with a very tall smokestack. Some trucks are parked on the left.
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Wisconsin Central Locomotives

Date: 02 02 1988
Description: Two Wisconsin Central Railroad locomotives near the Consolidated Papers pulpmill at Wisconsin Rapids. Snow is on the ground, and heavy smoke is coming out ...
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Tractor-Truck Unloading Paper

Date: 01 19 1939
Description: Men with tractor-truck unloading large rolls of paper at the Wisconsin State Journal, 115 South Carroll Street. Grace Episcopal Church, 110 W. Washington, ...
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Modular Housing

Date: 03 11 1946
Description: A truck arrives at a construction site in Wisconsin Rapids loaded with walls for a factory-built house. The house was the product of the Plastics Division...
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Farmington and Hampshire Canal

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Description: View of the Farmington and Hampshire canal lined with factories and a road. The American Writing Paper Company is on the left.
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Delivery Trucks

Date: 03 01 1928
Description: Two delivery trucks parked together. The signs painted on the side of the trucks reads: "Regal Paper Box Co. United, Service — Quality," and "Canada Cartag...
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Inspecting Gas Tanks

Date: 1990
Description: "Tanknology" employee inspecting gasoline at "Cenex" gas station.
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Plankinton Meat Packing Strike

Date: 04 20 1948
Description: Striking workers and police outside of Plankinton Meat Packing. Strikers are standing on the cobblestone street and sidewalk holding signs that read "Don'...
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Cement Mixing Truck

Date: 1969
Description: Close-up of the back end of a cement truck.
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Movie Set Construction

Date: 09 18 1961
Description: Several men constructinbg a movie set in a small, downtown area.
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Stony Hill Logs at Brule

Date: 1960
Description: Several men are working with logs and equipment in Brule River State Forest.
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Street Paving

Date: 2016
Description: Four men are working on the back of a paver as it is laying asphalt on 7th Street. The men are all wearing reflective vests.
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Central Railroad Transfer Point

Date: 1998
Description: Central Railroad transfer point.
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Jean Nash with Ciron Cranberry Truck

Date: 1954
Description: Jean Nash, cranberry grower, posed next to a truck for the Biron Cranberry Company.
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Mielke's Grist Mill

Date: 06 04 1961
Description: A front view of the Mielke Feed & Supply grist mill, with Purina Chows signs placed above the loading dock area. A GMC pickup truck is parked in the load...

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