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Bird's-Eye View of Oshkosh

Date: 1875
Description: Bird's-eye map after a fire destroyed a large area of the town. In memory of the Great Conflagration on April 28th, 1875. Taken from the North-Side.
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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...
Photograph

Elevated View of Town

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph of an elevated view of the town.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Fox River

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

State Normal School

Date: 1871
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 ...
Photograph

High Street

Date: 1871
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...
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 1870
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...
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph of an elevated view of the Main Street bridge, looking toward a section of the city known locally as Brooklyn.
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph of the south side of Main Street.
Photograph

Main Street - Anaglyph

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph of Main Street bridge, looking toward a section of the city known locally as Brooklyn.
Photograph

High Street - Anaglyph

Date: 1871
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...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Two Girls in a Boat

Date: 1878
Description: Carte-de-visite of a studio portrait of two girls posed in a small "boat" in front of a painted backdrop. They are wearing fancy dresses, and one girl hold...
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...

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