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| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Truck owned by the Holt Lumber Company of Oconto which was used by the company to deliver slab wood to customers in the city. The truck was manufactured b... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Holt Lumber Company sawmill, built in 1840. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | John Liegeois at Dutton Farm. John had an identical establishment in Little Suamico. Joeseph Jr. and John and Louis Liegeois and Rachel were born in (Robi... |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | Built in the 1920s by Fred Long, the station located at 9932 County Trunk Highway M served farmers from the surrounding area and housed a small general sto... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | View across water toward the sawmill and various outbuildings located on the Oconto River. Steam is rising from a large pipe over over the main building, a... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | Large piles of logs waiting to be processed into lumber sit next to the Oconto River. In the background stand what appear to be piles of cut lumber. Captio... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a butter and cheese factory with a brick smokestack. Monroe Done. — fix cataloging, add captions to description. Caption reads: "Butter & ... |
| Date: | 07 1936 |
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| Description: | View across street towards vines covering the walls of the two-story brick factory building housing the Oconto Knitting Mills. A painted sign on the buildi... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Mary Matilda Rumsey visiting "The Hermit" island, where George H. Holt had a summer cottage on Archibald Lake. Caption reads: "A 'Friend.'" |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Standing on the steps of Island Lodge, William Leonard Burnap is carrying newly split wood. Jeannette Holt is standing inside the screened-in porch on the ... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Wallace Rumsey is building a wooden seat from a fallen log at Lookout Point on the Island at Archibald Lake. Caption reads: "Building the seat on the point... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | With ax in hand, Wallace Rumsey is standing on a gigantic fallen tree. Caption reads: "Wallace — Chopper." |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | View of the big fireplace ablaze at Island Lodge on Archibald Lake, with screen and andirons. There are various handmade wooden objects on the mantel. On t... |
| Date: | 08 1905 |
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| Description: | A group portrait of children carrying newly split wood in their arms. Alfred Holt, wearing glasses, is sitting on a pile of wood in a small wagon. Donald H... |
| Date: | 06 18 1918 |
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| Description: | Captain Edwards (r) is standing at the train station with from left to right: W.A. Holt, Alfred or Donald Holt, and a woman, possibly Madeline Wood. In the... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Wearing a wide brimmed hat, Jim Wright has his mouth wide open, and is looking at the palm of his left hand and pointing in the air with his right hand. Be... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Juliet Rumsey Stroh is standing on a step leading up to the horse-drawn wagon, and three boys are standing on the top log step. A man and a woman are sitti... |
| Date: | 08 1905 |
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| Description: | Donald Holt is carrying a log on his shoulder. Caption reads: "Doing His Share." Page heading reads "Lakewood. August 1905." The caption on a nearby photo... |
| Date: | 05 08 1909 |
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| Description: | A group of adults and children is standing on the lumber piles. Caption reads: "Lumber piles." |
| Date: | 08 29 1923 |
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| Description: | A group of people lined up in a row are carrying arm loads of split pine logs. Left to right: Unknown, Jeannette Holt, Unknown, Unknown, Eleanor Holt, Unkn... |
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