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Wisconsin & Northern Railroad Engine

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Description: View from bottom of snowy hill looking up towards the Wisconsin & Northern Railroad engine #3, which was purchased from the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway.
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Menominee Reservation Sawmill

Date: 1910
Description: Sawmill on a Menominee Indian reservation, with logs floating in the water in the foreground. Caption reads: "Menominee Indian Mills."
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Main Street

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Description: Main Street in winter, including a clock tower.
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Government Indian School

Date: 1929
Description: The Government Indian School in Keshena.
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Keshena Indian School

Date: 1929
Description: The U.S. Department of the Interior, Keshena Indian School.
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St. Joseph's Indian School

Date: 1936
Description: St. Joseph's Indian School on the Keshena Menominee Reservation.
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Military Road Sign

Date: 1923
Description: Old Military Road sign. Sign reads: "1864 — 1924 Old Military Road — In March — 1863 — Abraham Lincoln affixed his signature to an act of Congress which en...
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Stout Manual Training School and High School

Date: 1912
Description: View across street towards the Stout Manual Training School on the left, and the high school on the right. Captions read: "Stout Manual Training School," "...
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Menominee Reservation Agency

Date: 1935
Description: U.S. Department of the Indian agency building on the Menominee Indian Reservation.
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Contract School in Keshena

Date: 1890
Description: Farmer's house with rear of the government Contract School on the Menominee reservation in the distance. The Keshena Creek flows between the farmhouse and ...
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Keshena Boardinghouse

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Description: Exterior of Keshena Boardinghouse with a group of men, women and children positioned on the front porch.
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Students and Teachers at Keshena Schoolhouse

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Description: Group portrait of Menominee Indian students and teachers in front of the Keshena Schoolhouse.
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Crushing Rock for Road Resurfacing

Date: 1910
Description: A crew of men crushing rock for Senator James H. Stout's improved highway.
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Abandoned Log Shack

Date: 09 17 1961
Description: A broken down, abandoned log shack on the Stockbridge Indian Reservation.
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Stout Institute

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Description: A building with an attached clock tower stands on the campus of the Stout Institute (now the University of Wisconsin-Stout). Trees and shrubbery stand on ...
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Menominee Indian Reservation Mills

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Description: Mill on the Menominee Indian Reservation between Antigo and Shawano. Two young boys are standing in the foreground on the shoreline looking at logs ready f...
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At Keshena Falls on Highway #47

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Description: Photographic postcard view across field towards a row of apartment buildings. Caption reads: "At Keshena Falls on Highway #47, Wis."
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Fishing at Keshena Falls

Date: 10 1962
Description: Elevated view of a fisherman netting his fish near the bridge at Keshena Falls. Caption on reverse reads: "This is an actual catch I just happened to be pr...
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Menominee Chief

Date: 07 08 1972
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Menominee Chief in priceless full head dress of rare Eagle feathers. Neopit, Wis." A native American man stands with his arms cross...

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