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| History of Crandon, Wisconsin |
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| Army jacket decorated with Native American beadwork worn by Chief Simon Onanguisse Kahquados of the Forest County Potawatomi. (Museum object #1943.330) |
| View images of regional singers and musicians from the Helene Stratman-Thomas folk music project. |
| Origin of Forest County, Wisconsin |
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| Discover the history of Forest County, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Woman and four children sing in front of a makeshift tent that is used as their home. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Woman and four children seated in front of a makeshift tent that serves as their home. There is a washtub and washboard in the foreground and laundry hangs... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Young man and a dog in the yard outside a dilapidated shack in the woods that serves as a dwelling. Laundry hangs from a line at left. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Five children seated in front of a dilapidated shack that serves as a dwelling. Three dogs roam in the front yard. |
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| Description: | George J. Gunther standing among hives, with a swarm of bees on his arm. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Lumber camp group, W.H. Rogers Lumber Co., near Nashville. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View looking up unpaved street and sidewalk of town, with dwellings on both sides, and a forested hill in the background. Caption reads: "Crandon, Wis." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Black & white photographic postcard looking up unpaved street towards commercial buildings along the sidewalk of Main Street. Caption reads: "Crandon, Wis.... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard showing the dentist office and residence of Dr. Crawford. There is a sign on a post in front for Dr. Crawford, Dentist, and signs on ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Colorized photographic postcard showing Keith & Hiles lumber mill. There is a tall building on the right that appears to be a silo. Caption reads: "Keith &... |
| Date: | 03 17 1908 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard showing the results of a boiler explosion at the Kempf Planing Mill. Written on the left is text that reads: "Kempf Planing Mill, 3 K... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a group of workers, horses, and a dog posing at railroad siding at C.W. Begg's Mill. Caption reads: "C.W. Begg's Mill at Siding, C... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view. Caption reads: "North Shore of Stone Lake. Planets (Near Crandon) Wis." Caption on back reads: "Looking towards the picturesque re... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View looking down hill towards Stone Lake, with wooded shoreline and a two-story log building in the foreground. Caption reads: "A View of Stone Lake, Cran... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Black & white photographic postcard showing wooded shoreline of Surprise Lake. There is a two-story house behind trees on the opposite shoreline. Caption r... |
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