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A Photo Op with Vice President Gore

Date: 04 1999
Description: Vice President Al Gore holds an unidentified child for a photograph at the Wausau Airport. Gore was in town to speak to the Better Way Club. Wisconsin Con...
Map or Atlas

Farm Lands Marathon County : The Clover County of Wisconsin

Date: 1914
Description: Map shows townships, schools, saw mills, roads, railroads, and post offices. Text on the top left has a box of towns with land in Marathon County. Top righ...
Photograph

Library Dedication

Date: 10 1969
Description: Individuals at the dedication of the Wausau Public Library. From the left: Kermit Goertz, president of the local library board; Henry C. Ahrnsbrak, chairma...
Document

Letter from H.L. Wollenberg

Date: 12 01 1943
Description: A letter to Mr. H.M. Bower of Employers Mutual Liability Insurance written by H.L. Wollenberg.
Postcard

Logging

Date: 1908
Description: Colorized postcard of loggers posing with logs piled on horse-drawn sleds. Caption reads: "Logging, Athens, Wis."
Postcard

East Main Street, Looking North

Date: 
Description: Colorized postcard view across street of the facades of furniture and clothing shops. Caption reads: "East Main Street, Looking North, Athens, Wis."
Postcard

High School

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Description: Colorized postcard view of the exterior of the high school. A bell tower is on the roof. Caption reads: "High School, Athens, Wis."
Map or Atlas

Map of Rothschild Wisconsin

Date: 1965
Description: Map shows original plat, plat additions, and lot measurements for Rothschild, Wisconsin. Lake Wausau and the Wisconsin River are labelled. Map reads: "Comp...
Photograph

Homestead Act Applicants Waiting in Line

Date: 12 18 1890
Description: Elevated view looking down at homestead applicants waiting in line for 2-3 days in winter cold before a window in the Marathon County Court House, Dec. 18-...
Photograph

Couple in a Horse-Drawn "Cutter"

Date: 1906
Description: Winter scene with a man and woman driving in a horse-drawn "cutter" in the snow. They have a fur blanket over their laps. Behind them is a building, perhap...
Map or Atlas

City of Wausau

Date: 1932
Description: This map of Wausau shows lots and landownership, buildings, roads, railroads, parks, city wards, and the Wisconsin River. The map features an inset map sho...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Wausau Wisconsin

Date: 1955
Description: This map of Wausau distributed by the Wausau Chamber of Commerce was originally published in July of 1940 and shows the Wisconsin River. The map includes a...
Map or Atlas

Map of City of Wausau Wisconsin City of Schofield Wisconsin Village of Rothschild Wisconsin and Those Areas of Townships Maine Stettin Rib Mountain Texas and Wausau Adjacent to the Corporate Limits of the City of Wausau

Date: 1954
Description: This map of Wausau is pink, red, gray, and white. The map includes indexes of streets, industries, and community buildings and features a photograph of the...
Map or Atlas

Plat Plan of Cordy Lange County Wausau Wisconsin

Date: 1928
Description: This plat map of Wausau is oriented with north to the right and is dated "April, 1928." The map features a building description chart with an index and inc...
Photograph

Two Girls in an Orchard

Date: 1913
Description: Two young girls among flowering apple trees in the Wisconsin State Orchard.
Photograph

Stone Ruins

Date: 1900
Description: Stone ruins of a small industrial plant.
Photograph

Women of the Smith Family

Date: 1908
Description: Members of the family of Dr. Joseph Smith, seated on the porch.
Photograph

Womens' Picnic Party

Date: 1910
Description: Four women seated as a small picnic party in a wooded area. Jane Ashmun and Harriet Millard are seated on the left. One of Jane Ashmun's daughters is seate...
Photograph

Gopher Honey Tester

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Description: Gopher standing up on hind legs while chewing on a small twig. Lewis Francisco's "Honey Tester."

Caption reads: "This is Billy, the Honey Tester. He belo...

Photograph

Gooding Park

Date: 1963
Description: Winter scene with snow-covered trees after a storm in Gooding Park.

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