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Oconto Falls

Date: 1900
Description: Footbridge on river. Caption reads: "The Foot Bridge at Oconto, Wis., That went down with the Oconto Freshman Class."
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Liegeois Blacksmith Shop

Date: 1892
Description: Interior of shop. John Liegeois is sitting on bench, Louis is at wheel. A young child with a hat sits on a bench, and another man is also standing near the...
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John Liegeois at Dutton Farm

Date: 1900
Description: John Liegeois at Dutton Farm. John had an identical establishment in Little Suamico. Joeseph Jr. and John and Louis Liegeois and Rachel were born in (Robi...
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Holt's Mill

Date: 1856
Description: View across water toward the sawmill and various outbuildings located on the Oconto River. Steam is rising from a large pipe over over the main building, a...
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Holt's Mill

Date: 1856
Description: Large piles of logs waiting to be processed into lumber sit next to the Oconto River. In the background stand what appear to be piles of cut lumber. Captio...
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Elkhorn Creamery, Cream City, Wis.

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard view of the Elkhorn Creamery building.
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Oconto Harbor

Date: 12 17 1957
Description: View across icy water towards shipping boats in harbor. Trees are along the right shoreline, houses and buildings are along the left shoreline.
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Alice in Dairyland at Frigo Cheese Co.

Date: 07 26 1960
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Joan Engh, watching as a man ties a provolone cheese.
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Knitting Mill

Date: 07 1936
Description: View across street towards vines covering the walls of the two-story brick factory building housing the Oconto Knitting Mills. A painted sign on the buildi...
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William Pettigrew Holding Ax and Hammer

Date: 1912
Description: William Pettigrew, who was Foreman at Camp Four for sometime beginning in 1885, is holding a double headed ax in his right hand and a hammer in his left ha...
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Holt Lumber Company

Date: 1910
Description: View from the Oconto River of the Holt Lumber Company. A man is standing on a log boom and guiding logs to the sawmill. Writing on the postcard reads: "Hol...

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