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Farmer Making Soap

Date: 1910
Description: The farmer and his wife are making soap outdoors. Lye is made by letting rain water seep through wood ashes for several months. Lye and fat produce soap. T...
Photograph

Schwister — Ready for the Start

Date: 1911
Description: John Schwister and his home-built airplane, "the Minnesota Badger," at the Langlade County Fairgrounds.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of City of Antigo

Date: 1886
Description: Bird's-eye map of Antigo, county Seat of Langlade County, population 2500.
Postcard

Dirt Road in Antigo

Date: 
Description: Rural dirt road in the town of Antigo. Houses are in the distance.
Postcard

First Store and Hotel

Date: 07 19 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of the exterior of the first store and hotel in Antigo. A baby carriage is sitting outside the front door to the building, and a pile...
Photograph

Millet Field

Date: 07 30 1895
Description: Two men stand in a field of millet owned by Henry Higgins.
Photograph

Joseph Seipold Pea Field

Date: 07 30 1895
Description: Two men stand in the five-foot tall pea field of Joseph Seipold three miles northeast of Antigo. Another man stands atop a horse-drawn wagon loaded with ha...
Photograph

J.C. Lewis Potato Field

Date: 07 30 1895
Description: Two men stand in the potato fields of J.C. Lewis. The man on the right is pointing with his right arm toward the center. There is a hard maple grove in the...
Photograph

Pie Plants in Garden

Date: 07 30 1895
Description: A garden lush with tall pie plants (rhubarb) belonging to Mrs. H.H. Wooledge. One stalk is leaning against a wooden chair, and the leaf of the plant reachi...
Photograph

Oat Plant

Date: 1895
Description: Two men demonstrating the height of oat plants grown in northern Wisconsin, near Antigo. The man on the right may be W.A. Henry.
Photograph

J.W. Chadek

Date: 07 30 1895
Description: Poppy (Papaver somniferum) field on the farm of J.W. Chadek. Three men stand in the field. In the background more people stand among farm buildings.
Photograph

Boy on Clermont Street

Date: 1885
Description: View of Clermont Street with a young boy in the foreground, homes and trees in the background. Fences and sidewalks line both sides of the street.

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