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Smelt Wrestling

Date: 04 1939
Description: Two men smelt wrestling at the Smelt Carnival in Marinette.
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Peshtigo Log Jam

Date: 1907
Description: Loggers breaking up a log jam in the Peshtigo River area.
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Squash Harvest

Date: 1920
Description: A woman stands amid a patch of squash plants and displays a large squash in Marinette County.
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Aviation-Minded Governor

Date: 1928
Description: Walter J. Kohler, Sr., (partially hidden, wearing a straw hat and with a flower in his lapel) makes a stop to which he had flown in his airplane, the "Vill...
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Wisconsin & Michigan Locomotive at Marinette

Date: 05 24 1936
Description: A Wisconsin & Michigan Railroad pulling into the station at Marinette. The conductor on the step has been identified as Ray Campbell.
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Peshtigo Train Depot

Date: 1920
Description: View down platform towards the Wisconsin and Michigan Railroad. A box car of the Minneapolis, Saint Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad is sitting on a rail s...
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Clearing the Land

Date: 1905
Description: Man and woman using a double-handled saw to clear trees from their land.
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Marinette County Farm

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of two women working in a large vegetable garden. A long building, perhaps a barn, and a smaller building are on the left. In the background ...
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Crowd Promoting Land Clearing

Date: 1923
Description: A street gathering of people interested in using war-salvaged explosives for a land clearance program.
Postcard

Scene in Residence Section

Date: 07 21 1909
Description: Photographic postcard view across dirt road toward two men and a child sitting on the sidewalk in front of a house in residential area. Caption reads: "Sce...
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Lakeside House on Green Bay

Date: 1909
Description: Scene near what may be Coleman, perhaps on the shore of Green Bay on Lake Michigan. View through tall grass towards a man standing next to an automobile lo...
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Two Young Men Posing

Date: 1910
Description: Two young men in a cynical pose, leaning against a siding wall, with a mock grave (headboard, hat and coat) in the foreground.
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Wagon with Oxen

Date: 1905
Description: Man and woman seated in a farm wagon drawn by oxen.
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Caterpillar Wausau-Plow Snow Plow

Date: 1920
Description: A winter scene showing two men standing behind the blade, on either side of the cab, of a Caterpillar Wausau-Plow Snow V-Plow. They are removing snow from ...
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Survivors with Peshtigo Fire Historic Marker

Date: 10 07 1951
Description: A group of survivors of the Peshtigo Fire of 1871 are gathered in front of the Peshtigo Fire historical marker. The marker dedication coincided with the 80...
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Packing Smelt

Date: 1935
Description: The description on the reverse of the print reads: "Commercial fishermen hauling in their net and immediately packing the small silvery smelt into boxes fo...
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River Improvement

Date: 06 1936
Description: Elevated view of a man, on the left, approaching three youths working on the Thunder River. One of the youths is holding a bucket while the others, standin...
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Dale Schneider and Warren Wagner

Date: 11 26 1981
Description: Two men are dragging a killed deer by its antlers out of a forest. One man is holding a rifle. Caption reads: "Dale Schneider, left, of Maribel, and Warren...
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Dave's Falls

Date: 1937
Description: View across water towards an unidentified man and woman sitting on rocks at the edge of the Pike River, with Dave's Falls behind them.
Postcard

Entrance to Chautauqua

Date: 1907
Description: View towards people sitting and standing near the front gates to the Chautauqua. Flags are on the arches. Caption reads: "Entrance to Chautauqua, Marinette...

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