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Daniel Allender

Date: 1909
Description: Oval-framed quarter-length portrait of Daniel Allender, of Northport. He was identified in 1909 as the first white boy born in Milwaukee, on April 14, 1838...
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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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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...
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Wolf River Paper & Fiber Company

Date: 1904
Description: Text on the front reads: "Wolf River Paper & Fiber Co., Shawano, Wis." Industrial buildings with a millpond in the foreground. The mill was founded in 1894...
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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.
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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...
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Rushing Waters

Date: 1956
Description: Water cascades beneath a footbridge and over boulders on a river. A canopy of trees is overhead.
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Medicine Man

Date: 1935
Description: A waist-up informal portrait of Match-o-ka-mah, described on the reverse of the photograph as "Medicine Man and Keeper of the Sacred Drum of the Wisconsin ...
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Gratitude Train Display

Date: 06 1949
Description: Elevated view of people examining display cases in a gymnasium containing objects from the French Gratitude Train. Two U.S. flags are hanging at the far en...
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Chief Ernest Oshkosh

Date: 1915
Description: Waist-up seated studio portrait of Ernest Oshkosh (?1875-1929), grandson of Chief Oshkosh, son of Neopit. He is wearing a cap, bib overalls, and a striped ...
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Wolf River Paper and Fiber Company

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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.
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Menominee Family

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Description: Studio portrait of the Menominee family of Kaw-hee-she-uh-quat in formal attire.
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Governor Julius P. Heil Campaigning to Teenagers

Date: 10 1942
Description: Governor Julius P. Heil (1876-1949) speaks to Shawano High School students and others during his gubernatorial re-election campaign. He arrived during the ...
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Indian School

Date: 1890
Description: Indian School in Shawano.
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Shawano Airport

Date: 1951
Description: Shawano Municipal Airport and airport managers Jack and Dorothy Wussow. In 1954 the Wussows gave up cold weather flying to become managers of an airport i...
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Highway Department Garage

Date: 1930
Description: Shawano County Highway Department garage.
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Shalagoco Country Club

Date: 1939
Description: A group of women golfers at the No. 1 tee of the Shalagoco Country Club.
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Main Street

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

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

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