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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.
Photograph

Kids Drawing

Date: 05 02 1964
Description: Sitting on the school lawn, students draw Highway 51, Marathon Mill, Rib mountain and the Wisconsin River.
Photograph

Railroad Construction

Date: 1890
Description: Men building a culvert on the Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Westerm railway. In the background both horses and oxen teams are being used.
Photograph

Railroad Depot

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Description: View across railroad tracks towards the railroad depot. The employees posed in front of the depot are identified only by their last names, left to right: L...
Photograph

W.L.L. & T. Logging Operations

Date: 02 1914
Description: Two men dressed in business attire stand in the snow in front of logs cut as part of W.L.L. & T. logging operations.
Photograph

Milwaukee Road Repair Crew

Date: 09 1980
Description: View down tracks of a repair crew working on Milwaukee Road tracks, near Rothschild, using a crane to help lift a rail. An unidentified highway bridge over...
Photograph

Wisconsin Central Locomotive

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Description: View of the Wisconsin Central Railroad crossing a railroad bridge at Knowlton.
Photograph

Mrs. Endres Feeding Chickens

Date: 1925
Description: Mrs. John Endres feeding the chickens in the farmyard with her dog.
Photograph

Ginseng Beds

Date: 1938
Description: Workers preparing ginseng beds in northern Wisconsin.
Photograph

Bessie Gordon at Reed Organ

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

Bessie Gordon at Reed Organ

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

Unidentified Singer

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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...
Map or Atlas

Karte der deutschen Ansiedlung von Marathon City [and Marathon County], Wisconsin

Date: 1943
Description: This photocopy map shows inhabited farms, rivers, roads, and mills in the vicinity of Marathon City [and village of Edgar], including area between the Big ...
Postcard

Snowy Park Avenue

Date: 1920
Description: View down right side of a snow-covered street lined with trees toward the left side lined with houses. Caption reads: "Park Avenue, Berlin, Wis."
Photograph

Berlin from the Top of Brewery

Date: 1910
Description: View of the town, overlooking a grove of trees and a residential area and possibly Main Street. Caption reads: "View of Berlin Wis. Looking S.E. from Top o...
Photograph

Dam and Lumbermill

Date: 1900
Description: View of the Wausau mill and dam next to the river, where logs were first sorted.
Photograph

Raft Construction

Date: 1865
Description: Raft construction on the water.
Postcard

St. John's Catholic Church and School

Date: 1913
Description: View across lawn towards the church on the left, and the school on the right. Caption reads: "St. John's Catholic Church and School, Edgar, Wisconsin."
Photograph

Dinner Table of Dr. Joseph Smith

Date: 1912
Description: Formally set dining table, perhaps for Christmas dinner, with a small Christmas tree as a centerpiece. Streamers hang over the edges of the table from the ...
Photograph

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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