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Aftermath of Peshtigo Fire

Date: 1871
Description: Aftermath of Peshtigo fire on October 8, 1871. Devastated landscape with deer carcass in foreground. The Peshtigo fire razed the small town of approximatel...
Photograph

Smelt Wrestling

Date: 04 1939
Description: Two men smelt wrestling at the Smelt Carnival in Marinette.
Photograph

Aftermath of Peshtigo Fire

Date: 1871
Description: Street scene showing destruction after Peshtigo fire.
Photograph

Town from Across a River

Date: 1870
Description: View from shoreline over river towards the town.
Print

Peshtigo Fire Drawing

Date: 1871
Description: Drawing of the Peshtigo Fire, showing people seeking refuge in the Peshtigo River.
Photograph

Main Street Streetcar

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of a streetcar going down North Main Street. Raiche Drugstore sits on the right corner.
Photograph

Beer Drinkers

Date: 
Description: A group of men near the Koss railroad depot, the majority of whom are seated on the ground. One of the men is sitting on a piano stool. To the right of the...
Photograph

Hunting Party

Date: 1920
Description: A group of men stand with rifles at the Echo Lake Hunting Club Camp. Gutted deer hang to cure outside the cabin.
Postcard

Hotel Marinette

Date: 1915
Description: View across intersection toward the hotel. Standing on the sidewalk at the corner on the left are men and a dog. Caption reads: "Hotel Marinette, Marinette...
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Camp Near Sydney

Date: 01 16 1909
Description: Men hiking through a forest in the snow "near Camp Sydney". Some of the men have guns, and a dog is sitting in the snow.
Postcard

Main Street with Streetcar

Date: 
Description: Colorized elevated view looking north down Main Street. There is a streetcar and two horse-drawn vehicles in the foreground. Caption reads: "Main Street, l...
Photograph

Wagon with Oxen

Date: 1905
Description: Man and woman seated in a farm wagon drawn by oxen.
Photograph

Packing Smelt

Date: 1935
Description: The description on the reverse of the print reads: "Commercial fishermen hauling in their net and immediately packing the small silvery smelt into boxes fo...
Photograph

Dale Schneider and Warren Wagner

Date: 11 26 1981
Description: Two men are dragging a killed deer by its antlers out of a forest. One man is holding a rifle. Caption reads: "Dale Schneider, left, of Maribel, and Warren...
Photograph

Smelt Carnival Wrestling Match

Date: 04 1939
Description: A man, wearing galoshes, is standing in a sports ring and dumping fish out of a box labeled Lester Fisher Fisheries. People are in the background behind th...
Postcard

High School

Date: 
Description: View across road toward the high school building. A dog is standing on the lawn. Caption reads: "High School, Marinette, Wis."
Photograph

The Population Explosion

Date: 1959
Description: A bird's nest with eggs, on the wheel of a vintage hay rake.
Postcard

Three of a Kind

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Wausaukee, Wis. 'Three of a Kind.'" Three black and white cattle with their heads through openings in a fence, and thr...

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