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Richard Nixon and the Honey Queen

Date: 1958
Description: Richard M. Nixon welcomed by Barbara Bird, Honey Queen, and Wisconsin Governor Vernon W. Thomson with cheese package at the Oshkosh Airport.
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White Bass Run

Date: 1942
Description: People fishing for bass off dock.
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Votes for Women

Date: 07 04 1912
Description: Members of the Oshkosh Equal Suffrage League in their 4th of July float made up with a sail boat. Banners read "Votes for Women" and "We are Rudderless, We...
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E.A. Horn's Drugstore

Date: 1888
Description: Three men stand under the iconic mortar and pestle and striped awnings of E.A. Horn's Drugstore.
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Lee's Oshkosh Airplane

Date: 1932
Description: In order to undertake a trans-Atlantic flight to Norway, Clyde Allen Lee sought financial support from the local Oshkosh clothing company. The sign painted...
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Streetcar Conductors

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Description: Streetcar conductors pose next to street car #109 on the Oshkosh/Omro line, with the H.C. Roenitz wholesale shoe and rubber company warehouse in the backgr...
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EAA Acrobatics

Date: 08 1983
Description: A performance by the Earl Cherry acrobatic team at the EAA Convention and Fly-in.
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EAA Bombing Demonstration

Date: 08 1983
Description: The crowd at the Experimental Aviation Association Fly-in enjoyed a demonstration of World War II bombing. Here two planes fly through the swirling black s...
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NASA Parasev

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Description: Astronaut Neil Armstrong (right), the first man to walk on the surface of the Moon, with Tom Poberezny, the son of EAA founder Paul Poberezny and the presi...
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Voter Registration

Date: 1933
Description: Citizens line up at the City Clerk office to register to vote while a woman raises her hand to take the oath.
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Chief Oshkosh Remembrance

Date: 05 25 1926
Description: Menominee Indians eating lunch together on Chief Oshkosh Day, May 25, 1926, "the occasion of the removal of the chief's remains from an unmarked grave besi...
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Sawyer Residence

Date: 1905
Description: A view of the residence of Philetus Sawyer, mayor of Oshkosh from 1863-1864. A group of children are sitting on the lawn on the right. Sawyer was also a U....
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Sawyer House

Date: 1863
Description: View across street towards Senator Philetus Sawyer's residence. Sawyer was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1881. People are posing in horse-drawn vehicles in...
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Rideout House

Date: 1900
Description: View from street towards the residence of W.K. Rideout. A horse-drawn carriage is in the driveway. Caption reads: "W. K. Rideout House, Oshkosh".
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Allouez Monument

Date: 1921
Description: The Allouez Monument, located in Menominee Park. A large group of people are gathered around the monument. The monument marks the place where Father Claude...
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Algoma Country Club

Date: 08 24 1900
Description: Exterior view of the Algoma Country Club. A group of people are on the wrap-around porch.
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Old Ladies Home

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior view of the Old Ladies Home. Women are sitting on the porch. Caption reads: "Old Ladies Home, Oshkosh, Wis."
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Katz Family

Date: 1955
Description: Group portrait of the Katz family (from left): Ruthie, Rosa, Mark, and Arthur.
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Rosa Katz in her Nurse's Uniform

Date: 1980
Description: Portrait of Rosa Katz in her nurse's uniform at Mercy Medical Center.
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Katz Family Portrait at Marilyn's Bat Mitzvah

Date: 1979
Description: Katz family portrait at Marilyn's bat mitzvah. Foreground: Ruthie, Rosa, Marilyn, and Sue (daughter-in-law). Background: Bernard and Arthur. Temple B'nai I...

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