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Court House

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Description: View down unpaved road toward the courthouse facade featuring a domed clock tower. The structure is made of stone and has rounded windows, steeply-pitched...
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Public Library

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Description: View from street toward the Farnsworth Public Library. The building is constructed of stone and brick; columns and a pediment frame the main entrance. A gi...
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West Main Street

Date: 1905
Description: View along right side terrace, looking down tree-lined West Main Street. Houses are on the left side. Along the curb on the right a woman is standing besid...
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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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Underwood Point and Kelly Lake

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Description: View of the tree-lined shore of Kelly Lake. Caption reads: "Underwood Point, Kelly Lake, Wis."
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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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Building on Superior Street

Date: 1969
Description: Building on the west side of Superior Street where Joseph Ruelle was shot.
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Group at Nebraska Train Stop

Date: 1917
Description: Group of people and automobiles gathered around a train station at a stop of the "Union Pacific Nebraska Preparedness Special Campaign."
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Barley Field

Date: 07 09 1895
Description: A twenty-acre field of barley on the farm of Chas Parey, with two men standing waist-high in the barley. A hardwood forest lines the edge of the field in t...
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Green Bay Channel

Date: 07 21 1960
Description: View from Oconto looking out into Green Bay Channel, which is often too shallow between the log pilings and lighthouse. Boats and docks are docked along th...
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Oconto Harbor

Date: 12 17 1957
Description: View across icy water towards shipping boats in harbor. Trees are along the right shoreline, houses and buildings are along the left shoreline.
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First Church of Christ, Scientist Historic Marker

Date: 06 10 1955
Description: A small group is gathered for the dedication and unveiling of the First Church of Christ, Scientist historical marker in Oconto. Raymond Sivesind, supervis...
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Beyer Home and Museum

Date: 1972
Description: View across front lawn towards the historic Beyer Home. The front porch wraps around the side of the house to the left, there is a three-story tower room a...
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Knitting Mill

Date: 07 1936
Description: View across street towards vines covering the walls of the two-story brick factory building housing the Oconto Knitting Mills. A painted sign on the buildi...
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Oconto Train Station

Date: 1975
Description: Exterior view of the railroad depot at 189 Chicago Street.
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Studio Portrait of Alfred Holt

Date: 11 1912
Description: Waist-up formal portrait of Alfred Holt. He is wearing a collared shirt, jacket and tie.
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Studio Portrait of Mary Eleanor Holt

Date: 11 1912
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Mary Eleanor Holt in semi-profile. She has a large, striped bow in her hair.
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Full-Length Portrait of Donald Holt

Date: 11 1912
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Donald Holt. He has his hands behind his back, and is wearing a coat, collared shirt, striped tie, short pants, stockings an...

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