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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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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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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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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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Katz Family

Date: 1955
Description: Group portrait of the Katz family (from left): Ruthie, Rosa, Mark, and Arthur.
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People Fishing

Date: 09 15 1962
Description: A group of men, women and children fish from a dock located on the Fox River. In the background are commercial buildings along the shoreline.
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Jeff's on Rugby — Exterior

Date: 03 02 2001
Description: "Kay Widmer Hren is our guest when we visit Jeff's on Rugby, at 1005 Rugby St. in Oshkosh."
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La Sure's

Date: 11 12 2004
Description: The fish fry group outside of La Sure's. The signboard advertises today's special, fish fry.
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Waiting for Bass Run

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of people in a park along the shoreline waiting for the White Bass run.
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Local Resident Pickets at Kroger Store

Date: 1969
Description: Picketers on the sidewalk in front of a Kroger supermarket in Oshkosh demonstrating for and against the grape boycott. Signs read, "Eat Grapes Best Medicin...
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Sandi Utech Picketing in Support of Grape Boycott

Date: 1969
Description: Sandi Utech picketing on a sidewalk in support of the grape boycott. She is carrying two signs that read "Grapes = Poverty" and "Honor Picket Line: Boycot...
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Ice and Coal Wagon

Date: 09 20 1926
Description: Oshkosh Pure Ice and Coal Co. horse-drawn wagon. Note on back: Near Oregon & 11st. #2, camera set pointing in an easterly direction and 26 ft. 4 in. west f...
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Experimental Aircraft

Date: 1976
Description: "Experimental Aircraft at the EAA in Oshkosh."
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EAA Convention

Date: 08 1986
Description: "An artist plies his trade at the EAA Convention at Oshkosh."
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EAA Convention

Date: 07 1988
Description: "The British Airways Concorde made an appearance at the EAA Convention at Oshkosh."

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