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Wolf River Paper Company

Date: 10 1939
Description: Elevated view of the Wolf River Paper Company factory, including smokestacks and a water tower.
Photograph

Wolf River Paper

Date: 10 1939
Description: View from shoreline towards the opposite shoreline of the Wolf River Paper Company factory complex on the Wolf River.
Photograph

Highway Department Garage

Date: 1930
Description: Shawano County Highway Department garage.
Postcard

Reservation School

Date: 1935
Description: Menominee Indian Reservation Government School near Shawano. Caption reads: "Government School, Menominee Indian Reservation, Near Shawano, Wis."
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: View down center of unpaved street. A sign on the building on the left corner reads: "The Upham & Russell Co. Hardware and Metals". A barber's pole is on t...
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1912
Description: View down street, with a trolley coming up the left side. Pedestrians are on the sidewalks. Caption reads: "Main Street, Shawano, Wis."
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: View down center of unpaved street. Caption reads: "Main St., Looking South, Shawano, Wis."
Photograph

Indian School

Date: 1890
Description: Indian School in Shawano.
Postcard

Shawano High School

Date: 1910
Description: View towards front of the school. Caption reads: "Shawano High School."
Photograph

Wolf River Dam

Date: 
Description: Wolf River Dam with ice and snow. Houses are in the background.
Photograph

Wolf River Paper and Fiber Company

Date: 
Description: Stacks of logs are in the foreground with a man in a hat near the river. There is a chimney billowing smoke near the factory.
Map or Atlas

City of Shawano

Date: 1975
Description: This map shows streets, railroads, and Wolf Lake. An index of streets is also included.
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Shawano, Wisconsin

Date: 1948
Description: This blue line print map shows lot and block numbers and dimensions, buildings, streets, railroads, and the Wolf River.
Postcard

Greetings from Shawano

Date: 1970
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Shawano, Wisconsin." View of South Main Street with many businesses and automobiles parked at the curb. Heinz Drug on ...
Postcard

Greetings from Shawano

Date: 08 18 1971
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Shawano, Wis." On reverse: "A group of Indians in their ceremonial dress." A group of Native American men are standing...
Postcard

Emit. T. Raddant Brewery

Date: 02 06 1905
Description: Text on front reads: "Brewery, Shawano, Wis." The second Emit T. Raddant Brewing Company building, built in 1898. The brewery is six stories tall and built...
Postcard

Lutheran Church

Date: 02 05 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "Shawano, Wis. Lutheran Church." The St. Jakobi Luthern Church with an ornate steeple and trees.
Postcard

High School

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "High School, Shawano, Wis." The High School building, built of brick and stone, surrounded by a lawn and young trees.
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 02 05 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street, Shawano, Wis." An unpaved street lined with businesses. The signs read: "Shawano County Journal", "Repair Shop," "Restau...
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 07 02 1906
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street, Shawano, Wis." Slightly elevated view of a parade featuring an ornate circus wagon which is pulled by eight horses. The ...

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