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Aviation-Minded Governor

Date: 1928
Description: Walter J. Kohler, Sr., (partially hidden, wearing a straw hat and with a flower in his lapel) makes a stop to which he had flown in his airplane, the "Vill...
Postcard

Marinette Fisheries

Date: 1912
Description: View across water toward buildings on the right, with men standing on a platform at the shoreline in front of a large building. Three more smaller building...
Photograph

Men with Beer Keg

Date: 1910
Description: Six men posed around a beer keg, holding glasses of beer. One man has a deck of cards.
Photograph

Railroad Men

Date: 1897
Description: Group of railroad employees standing in the doorway of a store.
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Two Young Men Posing

Date: 1910
Description: Two young men in a cynical pose, leaning against a siding wall, with a mock grave (headboard, hat and coat) in the foreground.
Photograph

Wagon with Oxen

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

Caterpillar Wausau-Plow Snow Plow

Date: 1920
Description: A winter scene showing two men standing behind the blade, on either side of the cab, of a Caterpillar Wausau-Plow Snow V-Plow. They are removing snow from ...
Photograph

Wagner Railroad Station Panorama

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Description: Panoramic view of four men and a child standing in front of the station of the Wisconsin & Michigan Railroad. One of the men is crouching near two handcars...
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Survivors with Peshtigo Fire Historic Marker

Date: 10 07 1951
Description: A group of survivors of the Peshtigo Fire of 1871 are gathered in front of the Peshtigo Fire historical marker. The marker dedication coincided with the 80...
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

Dave's Falls

Date: 1937
Description: View across water towards an unidentified man and woman sitting on rocks at the edge of the Pike River, with Dave's Falls behind them.
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Bringing in the Logs

Date: 1955
Description: Two men hauling logs in a sled on a snow-covered farm. Farm buildings are in the distance, with trees on the left and right in the foreground.
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Josephine Schaffer on Peshtigo River Bridge

Date: 12 27 1925
Description: View looking down towards a young woman walking across a bridge. Caption reads: "Cable Bridge across Peshtigo River (Marinette County). Josephine Schaffer-...

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