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Phillips Fire Historic Marker

Date: 09 15 1957
Description: Mary Lynn Norton and Cathy Mess unveiling the Phillips Fire historical marker, while Avrid Bostrom and Alderman Victor Cress (seated) look on. Bostrom, a l...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Phillips Fire Historic Marker

Date: 12 09 1964
Description: Mrs. James Sima, a child when the Phillips Fire of 1894 raged, standing next to the historical marker documenting the horrific fire.
Postcard

Good Land Company Advertisement

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Description: Postcard advertising the Good Land Company with a photograph of a farm and information for "Homeseekers, Farmers and Investors."
Photograph

Forest near Phillips

Date: 01 1934
Description: Aerial view of a forest with a river running through it.
Photograph

Moose Statue at Concrete Park

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Description: Sculpture of a moose at Fred Smith's Concrete Park.
Photograph

Fred Smith's Concrete Park

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Description: View of several sculptures in Fred Smith's Concrete Park.
Photograph

Fred Smith's Concrete Park

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Description: View of several sculptures, including depictions of people, angels, and various animals in Fred Smith's Concrete Park.
Photograph

Fred Smith's Concrete park

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Description: Detail of a statue of a man at Fred Smith's Concrete Park.
Photograph

Concrete Sculpture

Date: 09 18 1961
Description: Close-up view of one of the many concrete sculptures in "Fred Smith's Concrete Museum."
Photograph

"Fred Smith's Concrete Museum"

Date: 09 18 1961
Description: Concrete sculpture museum. Caption on negative jacket reads, "Fred Smith's Concrete Museum. Mr. Smith builds these figures of wooden armature covered with ...
Photograph

Flambeau Milling Company Plant

Date: 09 18 1961
Description: View from railroad tracks of the Flambeau Milling Company Plant.
Photograph

Fred Smith's Concrete Park

Date: 1994
Description: Fred Smith's Concrete Park, including folk art pieces depicting people, dogs and a team of horses.
Photograph

Cranberry Ditches

Date: 1935
Description: Digging flood ditches on a cranberry marsh near Phillips.
Photograph

Koehler Family in a Garden

Date: 09 04 1895
Description: Julius Koehler family in their garden in front of their newly built frame home. The original Koehler farm was destroyed by forest fire in July of 1894, evi...
Photograph

Congregational Church and Parsonage

Date: 1900
Description: View across road towards the church. Caption reads: "Congregational Church and Parsonage, Phillips, Wis."
Photograph

The Result of Thrift and Energy

Date: 1895
Description: A promotional cards created to attract farmers to the agricultural land in northern Wisconsin. The image depicts Conrad Flicker and his family standing in ...
Postcard

Elevated View of Town

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of town. Caption reads: "Bird's-Eye View, Phillips, Wis."
Photograph

Farm of Chris Klein near Phillips, Price County

Date: 1895
Description: The front (top) and back (bottom) of a promotional card created to attract farmers to the agricultural land in northern Wisconsin. The card features an ima...
Photograph

Rebuilding after Fire

Date: 1895
Description: Rebuilding of homes and barns after the fire in 1894.
Photograph

Thayer Fruit and Vegetable Farm

Date: 09 04 1895
Description: Men displaying produce, a large cabbage and a bushel of potatoes, while standing in the gardens of the Thayer farm. Cabbage, onion, currant, and raspberry ...

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