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Richard Nixon and the Honey Queen

Date: 1958
Description: Richard M. Nixon welcomed by Barbara Bird, Honey Queen, and Wisconsin Governor Vernon W. Thomson with cheese package at the Oshkosh Airport.
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White Bass Run

Date: 1942
Description: People fishing for bass off dock.
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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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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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Lee's Oshkosh Airplane

Date: 1932
Description: In order to undertake a trans-Atlantic flight to Norway, Clyde Allen Lee sought financial support from the local Oshkosh clothing company. The sign painted...
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Aerial View of EAA Convention

Date: 1988
Description: Aerial view of the 1988 EAA (Experimental Aviation Association) Convention and Fly-in at Wittman Field. On the ground is the Concorde and a B-1 Bomber.
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EAA Acrobatics

Date: 1986
Description: Aerial acrobatics at the Experimental Aviation Association (EAA) convention and fly-in at Oshkosh. The EAA encompasses all aspects of sport aviation includ...
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Oshkosh Airport

Date: 01 1934
Description: An aerial view of the Oshkosh Airport about three years after Steve Wittman became the manager. The field was established in 1928 by Oshkosh Airport, Inc....
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Acrobatic Airplanes

Date: 08 1980
Description: Airplanes entered in the 10th World Acrobatics Championships at Wittman Field in Oshkosh. The planes in the foreground are those of the Australian and Cana...
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EAA Acrobatics

Date: 08 1983
Description: A performance by the Earl Cherry acrobatic team at the EAA Convention and Fly-in.
Book or Pamphlet

Oshkosh Motor Trucks

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of the Oshkosh 4-Wheel Drive Motor Truck catalog. Oshkosh Truck Corporation was founded in Oshkosh in 1917. Still headquartered in Oshkosh, t...
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Oshkosh Truck Factory

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior of the factory for the Oshkosh Truck Company.
Postcard

Yacht Club

Date: 1915
Description: View across water towards a pier and the Yacht Club at the shoreline of Lake Winnebago. There is a widow's walk on the roof. Caption reads: "Club House and...
Postcard

Yacht Club

Date: 1914
Description: View down pier towards the Yacht Club on shoreline of Lake Winnebago. There is a widow's walk on the roof. Caption reads: "Oshkosh Yacht Club, Oshkosh, Wis...
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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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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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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.
Postcard

Stein's Shop

Date: 1915
Description: View from street of Stein's Shop. Caption reads: "Stein's, At Oshkosh, Wis." and "The World's Unique Shop." A colored postcard of the women's clothing stor...
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Oshkosh State Teachers College

Date: 1925
Description: View from street of the main building of Oshkosh State Teachers College. Today this building is incorporated into the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Snow...
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State Normal School

Date: 1900
Description: View across street towards the school building. Caption reads: "State Normal School—Oshkosh, Wis."

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