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Viking Lumber Company Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Viking Lumber Company of Wittenberg, Wisconsin, with a circular trademark, printed in red ink, of a figure with a moustache and beard, wear...
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Rural Route No. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Rural Route No. 3 in Bonduel, Wisconsin, with a man driving a U.S. R.F.D. mail wagon along a road by a fenced yard, a barn, and a mailbox. Pr...
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Tigerton Post Office Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Post Office at Tigerton, Wisconsin, with a stock Chinoiserie image of a man standing and a woman holding a fan sitting in either a boat o...
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Round House

Date: 1924
Description: View down side of railroad tracks of two trains entering a Chicago and North Western Railway roundhouse. A man in overalls stands near the tracks.
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Men and Dog in Spring Wheat Field

Date: 07 19 1895
Description: Man and dog standing in a field of spring wheat on the farm of Ferdinand Ledke. Another man is standing in the background, facing the forest.
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State High School Basketball Tournament Teams

Date: 02 13 1956
Description: Group portrait of the Shawano High School basketball team, the Indians.
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Laurence Day, Citizen-Legislator

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Description: Laurence J. Day (left) on his farm. Day represented part of Marathon County in the Wisconsin Assembly during the 1970s. At one time such part time legislat...
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Cream Wagon

Date: 07 09 1895
Description: Man driving a cream wagon pulled by a team of horses and loaded with dairy products.
Map or Atlas

Shawano County, Wisconsin

Date: 1920
Description: This map shows the township and range system, sections, schools, churches, cemeteries, town halls, roads, railroads, and lakes and streams in Shawano Count...
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Map of Shawano County, Wisconsin.

Date: 1933
Description: This map shows the township and range system, sections, cities and villages, schools, roads, railroads, and lakes and streams in Shawano County, which at t...
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A Map of Shawano Lake

Date: 1991
Description: A map of Shawano Lake. Lake depths are shown by isolines. "Not intended for navigation." It includes a location map and a list of fish.
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Map of Shawano County, Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: Shows lands belonging to Wisconsin Timber and Land Co., towns, post offices, saw mills, creameries, camps, churches, schools, farm houses, town halls, rail...
Historical Essay

Peshtigo Fire

Brief account of the Peshtigo Fire that, in 1871, destroyed in two hours a swath of forest 10 miles wide and 40 miles long.
Historical Essay

Danes in Wisconsin

Brief history of Danes in Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

Shawano, Wisconsin - A Brief History

Discover historical details and explore our online collections related to Shawano, Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

When the Rapture Failed in 1844

A Disappointment that Created a Community
Learn about the most successful Utopian community in Wisconsin, born of a failed doomsday prediction.
Historical Essay

Wittenberg Grays Baseball Uniform

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Baseball uniform worn by William Gates, second baseman for the Wittenberg Grays in the early 1920s. (Museum object #1975.90A-B)

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