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White Bass Run

Date: 1942
Description: People fishing for bass off dock.
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Oshkosh Harbor

Date: 1855
Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of the Oshkosh harbor, showing the bridge over the Fox River and several moored sailing vessels.
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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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E.A. Horn's Drugstore

Date: 1888
Description: Three men stand under the iconic mortar and pestle and striped awnings of E.A. Horn's Drugstore.
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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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Streetcar Conductors

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Description: Streetcar conductors pose next to street car #109 on the Oshkosh/Omro line, with the H.C. Roenitz wholesale shoe and rubber company warehouse in the backgr...
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Oshkosh Sign

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Description: Sign above the main entrance of the Oshkosh Brewing Company, which uses an illustration of Chief Oshkosh as part of its logo. The sign was installed there...
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Yacht Club

Date: 1905
Description: View towards the Yacht Club on the shoreline of Lake Winnebago. There is a widow's walk on the roof, and a large wrap-around porch.
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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".
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Distant View of Factory

Date: 1955
Description: View from Oshkosh Avenue across icy river towards the Pluswood factory in the distance.
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Business District

Date: 1910
Description: View down center of a street. Caption reads: "Clean, Wide, Business Streets Greet You in Oshkosh". On the left side of the street is a large clock on the s...
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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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Sawmill near Lake Winnebago

Date: 1871
Description: Stereograph of a sawmill area and Lake Winnebago in the foreground. The square building with the "cupola" was the Revere House. A manuscript notation, very...
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Elevated View of Town

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph of an elevated view of the town.
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Lumbering on Fox River

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph of an elevated view of the lumbering industry on the Fox River. Lake Winnebago is in the background.
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Fox River

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph of a view along the Fox River. A pier with pilings is along the right, with industrial buildings.
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Oshkosh from River

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view of Oshkosh from across a river.
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University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Date: 1977
Description: A view of the south-west corner of Swart Hall, at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. This building was built in 1928, and was originally known as Rose C....
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University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Date: 1977
Description: Harrington Hall, at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. This building houses the geology department, and contains numerous laboratory rooms.
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Dempsy Hall

Date: 1977
Description: Southeast corner of Dempsy Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Dempsy Hall is the oldest building currently on campus, and houses the offices of t...

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