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| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of an elevated view of the town. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of an elevated view of the lumbering industry on the Fox River. Lake Winnebago is in the background. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a view along the Fox River. A pier with pilings is along the right, with industrial buildings. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | A view of the main building on the campus of the State Normal School. |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | The Philteus Sawyer residence located on the northwest corner of Algoma and West Algoma Streets. Sawyer was mayor of Oshkosh from 1863-1864, and became a U... |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | View across street towards Senator Philetus Sawyer's residence. Sawyer was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1881. People are posing in horse-drawn vehicles in... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View towards the original house on the Osborn homestead, built in 1844 when J.H. Osborn moved to Oshkosh permanently from New York City. |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| 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'... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View across road towards a group of children standing in front of school buildings. Caption reads: "High and Manual Training School, Omro, Wis." |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Stereograph. In the right background is the building of the Trade Reporter newspaper at the corner of Main and High Streets; across the street from it is J... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of an elevated view of the Main Street bridge, looking toward a section of the city known locally as Brooklyn. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View from street towards the Morgan home, the residence of John R. Morgan. A stone block on the terrace in front of the house reads: "Morgan". |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Mears residence, located at 71 North Park Avenue. The woodshed of this home was Helem Mear's first studio. Mary Mears wrote her first novel "Emma Lou--Her ... |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | View from intersection towards the Oshkosh Grand Opera House on a street corner. The building was started in 1882 and finished in the following year at a c... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | View along bridge of paddle boats and ships in the harbor, pedestrians, and the town in the background on the other side of the river. |
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