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Northern Wisconsin Hospital

Date: 1935
Description: The entrance of the Northern Wisconsin Hospital for the Insane. Automobiles are parked on the road in front.
Postcard

Diamond Match Company

Date: 1920
Description: View across intersection toward the Diamond Match Company. Caption reads: "Diamond Match Co., Oshkosh, Wis.
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Lake Winnebago Mansion

Date: 08 28 1966
Description: Exterior view of a large, Tudor style mansion on the shores of Lake Winnebago.
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Snowy Street

Date: 1955
Description: Snowy street. On the opposite side of the street is a sign on a building for "Repp's Bar".
Postcard

Post Office

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of the Post Office. The first post office in Oshkosh was established in the 1840s, and the postmaster was Joseph Jackson. Caption reads: "Pos...
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Osborn House

Date: 1955
Description: View from street towards the residence of J.H. Osborn. Osborn moved to Oshkosh permanently in 1844 from New York City. He farmed, traded real estate, and w...
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Meat Market with Steer Painted on Wall

Date: 08 28 1966
Description: Kuebler Grocery Company, a meat market with a steer painted on its outside brick wall, on Main Street.
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Jeff's on Rugby — Exterior

Date: 03 02 2001
Description: "Kay Widmer Hren is our guest when we visit Jeff's on Rugby, at 1005 Rugby St. in Oshkosh."
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Golf Central

Date: 03 12 2004
Description: "This is Golf Central. They are located North of Oshkosh, at 5850 Highway 45." The signboard notes their Friday night fish fry.
Photograph

La Sure's

Date: 11 12 2004
Description: The fish fry group outside of La Sure's. The signboard advertises today's special, fish fry.
Postcard

Hotel Athearn

Date: 1937
Description: View across intersection towards the Hotel Athearn, which was built in 1891 across the street from the Grand Opera House. It was designed by the same man t...
Photograph

Carl Schurz Monument

Date: 1915
Description: Advertisement with the Carl Schurz monument. Caption reads: "Castle-Pierce Printing Company, Aug. 1915", and at bottom: "Oshkosh, Wisconsin". Text on right...
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The Kennedy Center for the Hip & Knee at Mercy Medical Center — Exterior

Date: 10 31 2003
Description: "With continued pain in the right knee, the Fish Fry photographer is slated for a knee replacement on October 28 at The Kennedy Center, Mercy Medical Cente...
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Waiting for Bass Run

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of people in a park along the shoreline waiting for the White Bass run.
Postcard

Victory Arch

Date: 1918
Description: Crowds of people are standing on either side of a street, with a model of an arch spanning the street. On top of the arch is a statue of Victory. American ...
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Sandi Utech Picketing in Support of Grape Boycott

Date: 1969
Description: Sandi Utech picketing on a sidewalk in support of the grape boycott. She is carrying two signs that read "Grapes = Poverty" and "Honor Picket Line: Boycot...
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Votes for Women

Date: 07 04 1912
Description: Members of the Oshkosh Equal Suffrage League in their 4th of July float made up with a sail boat. Banners read "Votes for Women" and "We are Rudderless, We...
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Grape Boycott Picketers — Contact Sheet

Date: 1969
Description: Four frames from a contact sheet containing images of grape boycott picketers. The picketers are in front of a Krogers grocery store. In frame 34, Sandi Ut...
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Local Resident Pickets at Kroger Store

Date: 1969
Description: Picketers on the sidewalk in front of a Kroger supermarket in Oshkosh demonstrating for and against the grape boycott. Signs read, "Eat Grapes Best Medicin...

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