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Peshtigo Fire Cemetery Marker

Date: 12 10 1951
Description: Peshtigo Fire Cemetery marker, shown on the site.
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Main Street Streetcar

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

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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...
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Peshtigo Train Depot

Date: 1920
Description: View down platform towards the Wisconsin and Michigan Railroad. A box car of the Minneapolis, Saint Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad is sitting on a rail s...
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45th Parallel of North Latitude Marker

Date: 1938
Description: The 45th parallel of north latitude marker, marking halfway between the equator and the north pole. The marker is located on Highway 141, three miles north...
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Wausaukee Free Library

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Description: Exterior view of the Free Library at Wausaukee located above a restaurant.
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Marker on Highway 41

Date: 1940
Description: A view of a marker on highway 41 designating the half way point between the Equator and the North Pole.
Postcard

Badger Paper Mills

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Description: View across water towards the Badger Paper Mills, founded by E.A. Meyer. Caption reads: "Badger Paper Mills, Peshtigo, Wis."
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Forest and Railroad Tracks

Date: 11 11 1907
Description: View down railroad tracks at the edge of a forest. The caption reads "mile post 270".
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Crowd Promoting Land Clearing

Date: 1923
Description: A street gathering of people interested in using war-salvaged explosives for a land clearance program.
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Stephenson Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Stephenson Public Library. The library opened in 1903 funded with a gift from Isaac Stephenson of $30,000. Reverse of cardboard backin...
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Wausaukee Public Library

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Description: Exterior view of the Wausaukee Public Library. Above the windows on the second floor is painted: "Free Library" in large letters. Two signs advertise: "Boo...
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Miscauno Island Depot

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Description: View down railroad tracks which pass the Miscauno Island depot. A railroad signal is on the left, and the platform for the depot is on the right.
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Koss Depot

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Description: Two women and two young boys pose in front of the Koss Depot, which also serves as a post office and telegraph office.
Postcard

Main Street with Streetcar

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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...
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Train No. 5, Engine No. 8

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Description: Several men are posing with train No. 5, engine No. 8.
Postcard

Scene in Residence Section

Date: 07 21 1909
Description: Photographic postcard view across dirt road toward two men and a child sitting on the sidewalk in front of a house in residential area. Caption reads: "Sce...
Postcard

Lauerman's Store

Date: 1914
Description: Exterior view across intersection toward the Lauerman's Store on a street corner. There are pennant strings hanging on upper floors of the building, and a ...
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Peshtigo Fire Cemetery Official Marker

Date: 03 29 1951
Description: Indoor group portrait of men posed with the Wisconsin Official Marker. From left to right on either side of the marker are: Clifford Lord, Secretary of Sit...
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Three Men in a Grocery Store

Date: 1910
Description: Three men posing behind the counter of a grocery store. Canned goods and jars of candy on the shelves behind them on the left, and pharmaceuticals are on t...

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