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Bird's-Eye View of Oshkosh

Date: 1875
Description: Bird's-eye map after a fire destroyed a large area of the town. In memory of the Great Conflagration on April 28th, 1875. Taken from the North-Side.
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Reliance Flooring Mill

Date: 1879
Description: The Reliance Flooring Mill. Men are posing in front, and another man is on a horse-drawn vehicle near the loading dock. The mill building was physically mo...
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City Square

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view of City Square, where the Bank of Menasha is seen on the corner and Little Lake Butte des Mortes is in the distance.
Photograph

Congregational Church in Menasha

Date: 1871
Description: Stereograph of the Congregational Church on the corner of Broad and Milwaukee Streets.
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National Hotel on Main Street

Date: 1871
Description: Stereograph of the town square and Main Street. The three-story building in the center was operated as the National Hotel. It was later burned down and was...
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Main Street and the Fox River

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view of Main Street looking east toward the Fox River and the boat landing. Lake Winnebago is in the distance.
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Corner of Main Street and Tayco Street

Date: 1870
Description: The corner of unpaved Main Street and Tayco Street looking south towards Doty Island. The slanting timbers controlled the primitive draw bridge across the ...
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Whiting Paper Mill Ruins

Date: 08 24 1888
Description: The George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. Sixteen men were killed by the explosion of a bleacher; the bleacher exploded as the nigh...
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George A. Whiting Paper Mill

Date: 1885
Description: The George A. Whiting Paper Mills with men posing on switcher engines in front of the buildings. The engines are, (left to right): Chicago and Northwestern...
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George A. Whiting Paper Mill

Date: 08 24 1888
Description: Slightly elevated view of the George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. Sixteen men were killed by the explosion of a bleacher; the ble...
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Construction of City Hall

Date: 1888
Description: View across unpaved road towards construction workers at the site of the new city hall. William Waters, architect.
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Fox River

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph view across what may be the Fox River, or a field with snow on the ground. There are large buildings behind a fence in the background. Caption ...
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Cedar Street

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph of an elevated view of Cedar Street, north side.
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Elevated View of Business District

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph of an elevated view of the business district.
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Fire Ruins

Date: 1875
Description: Stereograph of an elevated view of the ruins after the fire of April 28, 1875.
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View of Town

Date: 1880
Description: Illustration of an elevated view over rooftops looking towards Oshkosh. There are chimneys along the horizon with smoke rising into the sky. A river is alo...
Drawing

State Normal School

Date: 1890
Description: A view of the main building on the campus of the State Normal School.
Photograph

State Normal School

Date: 1871
Description: A view of the campus at the State Normal School. Established in 1871, headed by George S. Albee. In the early years of the school, tuition was free to all ...
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Opera House

Date: 1883
Description: The Oshkosh Grand Opera House. This is the interior elevated view showing the curtain painted by Louis Kindt of Kenosha, which depicts a scene from Goethe'...
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Main Street

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph of Main Street viewed from the bridge. The Revere House is just beyond the bridge on the right, and on the left is a sign on the side of a buil...

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