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Toboggan Ride

Date: 09 13 1949
Description: Winter scene with Lawrence College students tobogganing at Rib Mountain near Wausau.
Postcard

Scott Street

Date: 1905
Description: View of Scott Street, looking westward. A horse-drawn carriage is parked near a large sign for a drugstore. Caption reads: "Looking West on Scott Street, W...
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Yawkey House

Date: 1954
Description: View across street towards a house on the corner in fall or early spring. Yawkey house was given by the A.P. Woodson family of Wausau to house the museum o...
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Wausau Airport Groundbreaking

Date: 1928
Description: The groundbreaking ceremony for the new airport hangar at Wausau. Governor Fred R. Zimmerman, who can be seen on the right, (elevated above the crowd and w...
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Army Fly-Over at Wausau

Date: 08 13 1928
Description: An exhibition of flying by the 1st Pursuit Squadron of the U.S. Army Air Corps. The event took place at Marathon Park because President Calvin Coolidge, wh...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Wausau

Date: 1879
Description: This map is a bird's-eye view of Wausau, the County Seat of Marathon County. The map features an index of points of interest.
Postcard

Agricultural School

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the school. Caption reads: "Agricultural School, Wausau, Wis."
Postcard

Wausau Club House

Date: 1905
Description: View across intersection toward the Wausau Club House which has a wrap-around porch, and steps on two sides. There is a little girl standing on the sidewal...
Photograph

Wausau Paper Mills

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Description: Elevated view of the Wausau paper mills, with smokestacks in the center, and trees and water in the foreground.
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Wausau Memorial Hospital

Date: 1945
Description: View of the Wausau Memorial Hospital, with the Wisconsin River in the foreground.
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University of Wisconsin, Wausau Center

Date: 1946
Description: Front view of the University of Wisconsin, Wausau Center, with a flag atop the building and trees in the foreground.
Photograph

View of Wausau

Date: 1900
Description: Panoramic elevated view over trees towards a residential area in Wausau, Wisconsin. Hills are in the distance.
Postcard

View of Wausau

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of Wausau with the residential area in the foreground and a business district in the background. Caption reads: "A View of Wausau, Wis."
Postcard

Wreckage Left by Flood

Date: 07 1912
Description: Elevated view across the Wisconsin River, showing the wreckage left by the disastrous flood of July 24, 1912. A power dam on the Wisconsin River above Waus...
Postcard

Stroller's Bridge

Date: 1905
Description: View down unpaved road towards Stroller's Bridge, with the city and a public building in the background. Caption reads: "Stroller's Bridge, Wausau, Wis."
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Stewart Residence, Wausau, Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: View of the Stewart residence from the road. There is a stone wall along the sidewalk and a gate in front of the walkway to the front steps.
Postcard

Alexander Stewart Lumber Company

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view toward the lumber company. A bridge over a river is in the foreground. Caption reads: "Looking South from City Hall Tower, Wausau, Wis."
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Home of C.J. Rosenberry

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of the home of Chief Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry.
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Wausau Public Library

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of the Wausau public library with trees in the foreground.
Postcard

D. L. Plumer Mansion

Date: 1913
Description: One of the residences of D. L. Plumer, president of the 1st National Bank. The building was razed in 1971. Caption reads: "One of the Residences, Wausau, W...

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