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Church of Christ, Scientist

Date: 1890
Description: Church of Christ, Scientist, built in 1886, the first Christian Scientist church outside of Boston, Massachusetts, and the first building erected in Americ...
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First Presbyterian Church

Date: 1880
Description: First Presbyterian Church, which burned in 1890.
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The Sample Room

Date: 1892
Description: Men standing along the bar of local saloon owned by Liegeois Brothers. Blacksmith Joseph Liegeois, Jr. and his brother John are on the end of the bar. John...
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Liegeois Blacksmith Shop

Date: 1892
Description: Interior of shop. John Liegeois is sitting on bench, Louis is at wheel. A young child with a hat sits on a bench, and another man is also standing near the...
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First Christian Science Church

Date: 1886
Description: View across road toward the First Christian Science Church entrance and left side. Vertical siding covers the structure, and latticework and chevron stripe...
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Holt's Mill

Date: 1856
Description: View across water toward the sawmill and various outbuildings located on the Oconto River. Steam is rising from a large pipe over over the main building, a...
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Birch Walk at Kelly Lake

Date: 1870
Description: View of two lakeside cottage, which have docks and porches that overlook the lake. Caption reads: "Birch Walk, Kelly Lake, Wis."
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Holt's Mill

Date: 1856
Description: Large piles of logs waiting to be processed into lumber sit next to the Oconto River. In the background stand what appear to be piles of cut lumber. Captio...
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Kelly Lake

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view of cottages along Kelly Lake's shoreline. Some of the buildings are two-story structures. Trees stand between the cottages and line the lake'...
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Map of Oconto and Marinette Counties

Date: 1886
Description: This map, originally published in the 1881 Illustrated historical atlas of Wisconsin, shows the township and range system, sections,towns, cities and villa...

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