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Bessie Gordon at Reed Organ

Date: 08 13 1941
Description: Bessie Gordon (b. 1901) at the cut-down reed organ under the tavern counter.
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Unidentified Singer

Date: 
Description: Portrait of man smoking a pipe. Probably Robert A. Steinbach (b.1887?), a singer of German folk songs, who recorded for song collector Helene Stratman-Thom...
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Cyanotype of Chippewa Indians

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Description: Cyanotype print of Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians near Bradley Junction which is near Minocqua. The group is standing in front of a wigwam, and a woman in the r...
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Buddy's Place

Date: 02 27 1942
Description: Two women pose next to gambling machines at Buddy's Place, in the township of Rib Mountain. The bar operated as a house of prostitution.
Postcard

Knowlton School

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of the school, with a young class and teacher posing in front. Caption reads: "Public School, Knowlton, Wisconsin".
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...
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View of Wausau, Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: View from bridge of the main business district.
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Third Street

Date: 1864
Description: View looking north up Third Street near Market Square. There are five boys and a horse in the middle of the road.
Postcard

Third Street Parade

Date: 1910
Description: View looking South down Third Street near Scott. The street is filled with a large crowd, bikes and automobiles. Banners and flags are along the sidewalk i...
Postcard

Newly Completed Post Office

Date: 1909
Description: View across street toward the post office just after completion. A man is standing on the sidewalk at the street corner. Caption reads: "Post Office, Wausa...
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View of Jefferson Street

Date: 1950
Description: View of Jefferson Street in downtown Wausau. In the foreground is the site of the old Marathon County Court House.
Postcard

Wausau High School

Date: 1915
Description: View of the high school from the north side showing the Assembly Hall. Snow is on the ground, and a few people are standing among the small trees in front...
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View of Wausau High School

Date: 1935
Description: View of Wausau High School. Students are walking along the sidewalk in front.
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Cereal Mills Company

Date: 1896
Description: View of the Cereal Mills Company building, with men and a horse-drawn buggy outside on of the buildings on the right. Another man is standing on the far le...
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Rib Mountain Outcropping

Date: 1936
Description: A rock outcropping with children at Rib Mountain State Park.
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Frank Deischel with Slot Machine

Date: 02 27 1942
Description: Frank Deischel, Wausau, President of the Tavern League of Wisconsin, standing with an illegal slot machine in Deischel's tavern.
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Cooking with Mrs. Jones

Date: 
Description: Agricultural extension cooking class, probably at Wausau, supervised by Nellie Kedzie Jones.
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: The Daddy of Them All

Date: 08 05 1922
Description: Two fishermen on a lake catch a giant fish. Both of the fishermen are wearing hats and one is smoking a pipe. A dock and the tip of a boat are in the foreg...
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Man Laid Out in Coffin

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Description: Deceased body of a man in coffin.
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Three Men in front of Blacksmith Shop

Date: 1895
Description: Three men and a horse standing in front of a blacksmith shop which has a sign above the doorway advertising M. Karger and Brothers Clothing and Furnishing ...

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