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Newspaper Article/Clipping

Hodag

Date: 
Description: Newspaper photograph of a hodag statue in wooded area, with caption that reads: "Hodag The Old [He one?] found near Rhinelander, Wis. Captured by E.S. Shep...
Historical Object

Rhinelander Beer Label

Date: 1992
Description: A beer label featuring Rhinelander Beer that reads: "Export", "Rhinelander Refreshing As The North Woods", and "Beer". At the top is a symbol that reads: "...
Manuscript

Rhinelander Brewing Co. Letterhead

Date: 12 19 1939
Description: The official letterhead of the Rhinelander Brewing Company. The logo is printed in black, orange, and brown.
Manuscript

Rhinelander Beer Letterhead

Date: 08 25 1939
Description: A letterhead in black featuring Rhinelander Beer. Label reads: Rhinelander Beer Refreshing as the North Woods.
Postcard

Rhinelander Wisconsin "Home of the Hodag"

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Description: A sculpture of the mythical hodag is posed in a clearing. Caption reads: "RHINELANDER WISCONSIN 'HOME OF THE HODAG' On the first night of the arrival ...
Postcard

Blaesing's Shorewood Vista

Date: 08 25 1945
Description: Text on front reads: "Blaesing's Shorewood Vista, Lake George, Rhinelander, Wis." Along the front of the resort building river rocks are used to cover the ...
Postcard

Edward O. and Clara Brown House

Date: 02 27 1919
Description: Text on front reads: "Frederick Street, Rhinelander, Wis." View from the street level sidewalk of the Edward O. and Clara Brown House, built in 1892 for th...
Postcard

Oneida County Courthouse

Date: 1975
Description: Text on reverse: "Oneida County Courthouse located at Rhinelander, Wisconsin." The Courthouse is built of stone and has a copper dome. The front has many w...
Postcard

Capture of the Hodag

Date: 08 14 1922
Description: Text on front reads: "Capture of the Hodag, Rhinelander, Wis." A large group of men armed with guns, pitchforks and rakes hold a beast at bay on top of a l...
Postcard

Two Men in Meat Market

Date: 1907
Description: Note on reverse reads: "Windsor Blaisdell of Rhinelander in meat-market of this old store." He is standing behind the wood stove, and the butcher is leanin...
Photograph

Fire Garage

Date: 1937
Description: A one and one half story masonry block building with five bays with open doors stands in a wooded area. A track vehicle on a trailer is hitched behind a l...
Photograph

Paper Mill

Date: 01 1936
Description: Two large smokestacks rise from the 1903 building of the Rhinelander Paper Company. Railroad tracks are crossing the left foreground diagonally; a second s...
Photograph

The Hodag

Date: 1967
Description: A family looking at a sculpture of a Hodag in a glass case at the Rhinelander Logging Museum.
Map or Atlas

Hand-drawn Plat Map

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Description: A plat map drawn in blue and red ink of township No. 43 North of Range No. 4 East of 4th Meridian.
Print

Wisconsin Hotel Co. Notehead

Date: 
Description: Notehead of the Wisconsin Hotel Company, with three-quarter views of three hotels it operated: The Foeste in Sheboygan, The Oneida in Rhinelander, and The ...
Photograph

Handing Out the Big Bucks

Date: 08 1995
Description: Congressman David R. Obey presents a big check to representatives of Nicolet College. As chairman or ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee O...
Photograph

Vocational Class

Date: 1978
Description: Vocational students at James Williams Junior High School work on a silkscreen project. The screens are laying on the work bench. More students, tables and ...
Photograph

Rhinelander Butcher Shop

Date: 1911
Description: Interior view of a butcher shop, with a male butcher sharpening a knife behind a counter lined with cuts of meat, sausages and a scale. Behind the counter ...
Photograph

Onion Fields of John Hass

Date: 07 31 1895
Description: Chas B. Howe standing in his garden, holding cabbages, beets, onions, and turnips. The garden is located on the farm of John Hass, with 1.5 acres of onions...
Photograph

Sacking the Rapids

Date: 1890
Description: Log driving crew maneuvering logs through rapids below a dam, probably on the Wisconsin River.

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