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Manitowoc, Wis.

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye view of the city of Manitowoc with a population of 5,168 inhabitants as it appears in 1870, the year the village was granted a city charter by t...
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Wisconsin Central Freight Cars

Date: 05 05 1897
Description: Elevated view of Wisconsin Central freight cars in a rural storage yard near Manitowoc.
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St. Joseph's School

Date: 
Description: Looking north towards St. Joseph's School and surrounding buildings. Caption reads: "St. Joseph's School, Looking North, Kellnersville, Wis."
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Vieau Trading Post Historical Site Marker

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Description: Jacques Vieau, agent for the Northwest Fur Company of Montreal, built a trading post here in 1796, on what is now called Jambo Creek after the nickname the...
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St. Nazianz

Date: 1900
Description: A street in St. Nazianz.
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Divine Savior Church, Saint Nazianz, Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: Church of the Society of the Divine Savior.
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Salvatorian Seminary

Date: 1880
Description: Salvatorian Seminary and Provincial house.
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Karst Family

Date: 1895
Description: Women bringing lunch to the men working in the field. The men are harvesting grain using a horse-drawn grain binder.
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Lumber Mill

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Description: Cutover land near a lumber mill. Logs and boards are stacked near the building in the background.
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Hotel and Bowling Alley

Date: 1924
Description: Exterior view from across street of C.J. Hensel hotel and bowling ally. An automobile is parked near the raised platform in front of a storefront with larg...
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Saint Anne's Church and School

Date: 1924
Description: View across Packer Drive of Saint Anne's Catholic Church and Saint Anne Grade School. There is a pile of gravel and other material near a fence in the fore...
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Rockwood Public School

Date: 1924
Description: View of the front of the public school, a three-story brick building. Wooden buildings are in the background on the left. In the foreground is a barbed wir...
Postcard

St. Joseph's Church, Looking South

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Description: View of a church surrounded by snow. Buildings are in the background. Caption reads: "St. Joseph's Church, Looking South, Kellnersville, Wis."
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Twin River Point Lighthouse

Date: 1940
Description: A log gate and log-framed sign mark the entrance to the Twin River (Rawley) Point lighthouse. The keeper's house is next to the light and has a turret and ...
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Oschwald Tomb

Date: 1935
Description: The tomb of Rev. Ambrose Oschwald (1801-1873), faced with fieldstone, is built into the hillside behind the Loretto chapel at St. Nazianz cemetery. White ...
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Convent at St. Nazianz

Date: 1935
Description: View across lawn towards a car parked near the entrance of the convent at St. Nazianz. Built of light-colored brick, the convent has been known as the Pink...
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View of Marshall Street

Date: 1891
Description: View down tree-lined sidewalk along Marshall Street facing west. The northwest corner of S. 6th and Marshall Streets is circled by a fence, which continue...
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Saint Nazianz

Date: 03 17 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Birds Eye View, St. Nazianz, Wis." Elevated view of a small town from a field. A church is on the horizon.

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