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Sledders

Date: 1905
Description: Winter scene with Muriel and Laurie Peterson, the photographer's children, reflecting on the snow conditions near their home. Laurie holds the rope of a sl...
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Children Using a Telephone

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Description: Laurie and Muriel Peterson, children of the photographer, use a high chair to talk on the phone.
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Peterson Family at Home

Date: 1915
Description: Mr. Peterson is sitting in a rocking chair reading the newspaper and smoking a pipe, while Mrs. Peterson is standing at the stove with their young son, Jam...
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Farmhouses and Churches

Date: 1900
Description: View from hill across field towards farmhouses, dwellings and churches along a road. In the foreground are stumps. Caption reads: "Big Falls, Wis."
Postcard

North Main Street

Date: 1905
Description: View down unpaved street. Caption reads: "Residence part of North Main St."
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Elevated View of Residential Area

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view from Our Savior's Lutheran Church looking west into a residential area. The Methodist Church is in the background.
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Bridge at Embarrass River

Date: 1988
Description: View looking south from the bridge at the Embarrass River, Town of Matteson, Waupaca County, to a nearby house.
Postcard

First Presbyterian Church

Date: 1952
Description: View towards the front and left side of the church. Caption reads: "First Presbyterian Church, Weyauwega, Wis."
Photograph

Grand Army Home

Date: 1936
Description: Exterior view of Bryant Hall at the Grand Army Home for Veterans.
Postcard

Grand View Hotel

Date: 1910
Description: View across unpaved road towards the hotel. Caption reads: "Grand View Hotal Annex, Chain O'Lakes, Waupaca, Wis."
Photograph

Waupaca Sidewalk

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Description: The State Street neighborhood.
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Loyola Villa Chapel

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Description: Interior view of the Loyola Villa Chapel, looking towards the altar.
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Clifford Thompson

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Description: Portrait of Clifford Thompson, at one time the tallest man in America, in a jacket and top hat posing next to a chair.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Octagon House

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior view of the Octagon House.
Photograph

Waupaca County Road

Date: 11 16 1989
Description: McNinch Road, an unpaved road near the Little Wolf River crossing in the town of Wyoming.
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Water Department/Water Street

Date: 11 16 1989
Description: View from the Water Street Bridge over the Waupaca River toward the Waupaca Water Department.
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County Highway K

Date: 11 16 1989
Description: Panoramic view of Waupaca County Highway K as it curves near a house.
Photograph

Ward Hotel

Date: 1925
Description: A three-story wooden structure with front porch identified as the Ward Hotel by a large sign on the front of the building. Several automobiles are parked d...
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MacArthur Week Scrap Collection

Date: 1942
Description: Three men loading a trailer near an International Harvester dealership during the "MacArthur Week" scrap drive. There is a large pile of scrap on the groun...
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MacArthur Week Scrap Collection

Date: 1942
Description: Men working on a "MacArthur Week" scrap drive near an International Harvester dealership. Two men are on the flatbed of a truck, and there is also a horse-...

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