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Chief Oshkosh Remembrance

Date: 05 25 1926
Description: Menominee Indians eating lunch together on Chief Oshkosh Day, May 25, 1926, "the occasion of the removal of the chief's remains from an unmarked grave besi...
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Menasha Factories View

Date: 09 29 1963
Description: View down railroad tracks towards the railroad bridge, with industrial plants on Doty Island.
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Donald Shepard Residence

Date: 06 16 1963
Description: Garden, entrance to swimming pool, and pavilion at the Donald Shepard residence, originally the Smith house, built by the son of the founder of the Menasha...
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Old Council Tree

Date: 1900
Description: "A very remarkable instance of this kind of tree, Council Tree was the so-called "Treaty Elm" that stood at the extremity of the point of land jutting into...
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Doty Loggery

Date: 1930
Description: Side view of the home of James Duane Doty on Doty's Island, "the loggery." Caption reads: "'The Grand Loggery' — built by James Duane Doty, 2nd Terr. Gover...
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Doty Loggery

Date: 1936
Description: Doty's Loggery, built by James Duane Doty, about 1844-45. Side view with fence.
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High School

Date: 1911
Description: Exterior of Neenah High School. Caption reads: "Neenah High School, Neenah, Wis."
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Carl Schurz Monument

Date: 1915
Description: Advertisement with the Carl Schurz monument. Caption reads: "Castle-Pierce Printing Company, Aug. 1915", and at bottom: "Oshkosh, Wisconsin". Text on right...
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Lighthouse

Date: 1937
Description: Lighthouse built by State Senator William Bray of Oshkosh, on a point where the Fox River empties into Lake Winnebago.
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Poor Farm and Grounds

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of Poor Farm on the grounds of the Winnebago County Asylum. There is a large barn, silo, windmill, and the roof of a large building in the ba...
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Winnebago County Asylum Driveway

Date: 1930
Description: Tree-lined driveway on the Winnebago County Asylum grounds.
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Winnebago County Asylum Barn

Date: 1930
Description: Barn with stone foundation on the Winnebago County Asylum grounds. In the foreground behind a fence is a herd of cattle, and to the right is a man standing...
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Winnebago County Asylum Farm

Date: 1930
Description: View over fence of a man wearing a hat using a tilling tool in a garden presumably belonging to the Winnebago County Asylum farm.
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Group Portrait at the Entrance to the Winnebago County Asylum

Date: 1930
Description: Four women and two men are standing at the tree-lined drive surrounded by a lawn which leads into the Winnebago County Asylum. The man on far right in the...
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Winnebago County Asylum Dirt Road Entrance

Date: 1938
Description: Tree-lined dirt road entrance to the Winnebago County Asylum. In the far distance, two individuals are standing near the entrance gate.
Postcard

Hull House

Date: 10 29 1907
Description: Black and white postcard of Hull House. The house was built in the Italianate style around 1850. Farm outbuildings are in the background. The house was sti...
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Man Holding Dairy Cow

Date: 06 03 1929
Description: A man wearing a hat and overalls holding a dairy cow in front of a farmhouse. Trees, a barn with a silo, and other dairy cows are seen in the background. T...
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Boe's Store and Post Office

Date: 1907
Description: Photographic postcard view of a building housing a store and post office, surrounded by trees next to a lake. Captions read: "Boe's Store and Post Office, ...
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Pig Examination

Date: 1910
Description: A group of men at the Winnebago County School of Agriculture and Domestic Education stand outside near a barn observing four large pigs. Some of the men st...
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Up a Tree

Date: 1910
Description: Outdoor group portrait of five young people at Lasley's Point near Lake Winneconne. Two woman and one man sit in the branches of a tree, and a man and woma...

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