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Map of the City of Oshkosh, Winnebago Co., State of Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: This map shows city wards, streets, block and lot numbers, cemeteries, buildings, landownership, forests, railroads, a race course, quarries, and orchards....
Map or Atlas

Map of Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Date: 1877
Description: This map shows the Fox River, Lake Winnebago, city wards, lot and block numbers, landownership, selected buildings, railroads, and roads. There are three i...
Photograph

After the Storm

Date: 08 1916
Description: Bystanders watch as men bail out a sailboat and others assess the damage to their craft after a storm hit during the Inland Lake Yachting Association Regat...
Map or Atlas

Map of the 5th and 12th Ward House Numbers [in Oshkosh, Wisconsin]

Date: 1908
Description: This blueprint map is showing subdivisions and additions. Streets, rivers, and land plots are labeled.
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Oshkosh

Date: 1855
Description: This map shows the Fox River, Lake Winnebago, streets, and plats. Below the title reads: "N. F.&Co. will make surveys of lands and plat the same in the bes...
Map or Atlas

Plat of Dane : Drawn as Meandered by Me this March 12th A.D. 1839

Date: 1900
Description: Map showing a paper city located on the shore of Green Bay and south shore of the Fox River. The site is now part of Oshkosh.
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: Map showing city wards, streets, block and lot numbers, additions, selected buildings, Lake Winnebago, the Fox River, and railroads as of 1895. The lower m...
Map or Atlas

Plat of Grounds, State Normal School, Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Date: 1926
Description: This blueprint map is oriented with north to the upper left. The map shows buildings with note of those "to be torn down," sidewalks, proposed power plant,...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Knaggs Ferry Historic Marker

Date: 06 05 1955
Description: Officials gathered to dedicate the Knaggs Ferry historical marker in Oshkosh. The officials included, from left to right, Edward Hamilton, vice-president o...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Knaggs Ferry Historic Marker

Date: 06 05 1955
Description: Fourth, fifth, and sixth generations of the Knaggs family gathered by the Knaggs Ferry historical marker to honor their family member. Mrs. Walter Dugolens...
Photograph

John and Elizabeth Mears Family Home

Date: 1910
Description: View from street of a two-story wood frame house, with open front porch shaded by trees. There is a plank sidewalk in front and a curved plank walk leading...
Photograph

Sailing

Date: 1968
Description: Sailboats are docked along a pier in a marina, along with some motorboats. Men are walking along the docks, and prepping their ships to sail.
Photograph

Pioneer Marina

Date: 1968
Description: View across water towards sailboats docked in the Pioneer Marina. A tree-lined shoreline is in the distance.
Photograph

Sailboat

Date: 1968
Description: Three people are putting up the sails on their sailboat in the Pioneer Marina.
Photograph

Rough Fish Removal

Date: 1936
Description: Men standing on a barge, left, and others on a wharf, work with a net full of fish from Lake Winnebago as others watch. Two boys at right are walking away...
Postcard

Bird's-Eye View of the Fox River Valley and Lake Winnebago

Date: 1908
Description: Illustrated postcard of Lake Winnebago and the surrounding communities. Text on front reads: "Looking northwest from the east shore of Lake Winnebago showi...
Photograph

Damage from a Cyclone

Date: 07 08 1885
Description: Stereograph of the aftermath of a cyclone. The debris may be the remains of a stable. In the foreground is a dead horse, with the remains of a buggy and a ...
Photograph

Snow Shoveler

Date: 03 1969
Description: A man shoveling his driveway. He is framed by large icicles hanging from the eaves of the house. Across the street are more homes, and trees.
Postcard

Victory Arch

Date: 1918
Description: Crowds of people are standing on either side of a street, with a model of an arch spanning the street. On top of the arch is a statue of Victory. American ...
Photograph

George Wallace Protest

Date: 03 18 1964
Description: A large group of people, many carrying signs opposing George Wallace, gather in downtown Oshkosh near a Wallace rally. Some of the signs read: "You'll wond...

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