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Filter: Year of 1900-1999
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Barnyard scene on the Rollo Shurfelt farm with people milking the cows. Several horses are in the yard as well. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Truck owned by the Holt Lumber Company of Oconto which was used by the company to deliver slab wood to customers in the city. The truck was manufactured b... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Church of Christ, Christian Scientist, built in 1886, the first Christian Science church outside of Boston and the first in America built for this purpose. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Church of Christ, Scientist, built in 1886, the first Christian Scientist church outside of Boston, Massachusetts, and the first building erected in Americ... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Church of Christ, Scientist, built in 1886, the first Christian Science church outside of Boston and the first in America built for this purpose. |
| Date: | 10 1964 |
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| Description: | View down street towards the Church of Christ, Scientist, with a crowd of people (children) walking into church. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Exterior view library. Caption reads: "Farnsworth Public Library, Oconto, Wis." |
| Date: | 1974 |
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| Description: | Church of Christ, Scientist, viewed from east-southeast. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Holt Lumber Company sawmill, built in 1840. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View from street towards the Post Office and bank. An advertisement for a hardware store is on the side of the building on the left. Caption reads: "Post O... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Main Street looking west. Horse-drawn buggy on street. Caption reads: "Main Street, Looking West, Oconto, Wis." |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Main Street, looking east, people standing on sidewalk and horse-drawn carriages on street. Signs on one building read: "City Meat Market." Caption reads: ... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Oconto River, looking north. Caption reads: "Scene on Oconto River, Looking North, Oconto, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Hunters dragging deer from woods. In the center is Frank Langeois, son of Joseph Jr. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Building on the west side of Superior Street where Joseph Ruelle was shot. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Group of people and automobiles gathered around a train station at a stop of the "Union Pacific Nebraska Preparedness Special Campaign." |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | This map shows streets, railroads, and city wards. Streets, the Oconto River, and the Green Bay are labeled. The bottom of the map reads: "Compliments of O... |
| Date: | 07 21 1960 |
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| 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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