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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Barnyard scene on the Rollo Shurfelt farm with people milking the cows. Several horses are in the yard as well. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Church of Christ, Scientist, built in 1886, the first Christian Scientist church outside of Boston, Massachusetts, and the first building erected in Americ... |
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| Description: | View towards the front of the library. A woman and three girls are standing on front steps. Caption reads: "Farnsworth Public Library, Oconto, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Hunters dragging deer from woods. In the center is Frank Langeois, son of Joseph Jr. |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Farnsworth Public Library in Oconto. The library opened in 1903 and was funded by a donation of $15,000 from Mr. George Farnsworth. Ab... |
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| Description: | View across lawn toward a high school, with a group of three men standing outside to the right. The school features a dome, arched doorways and windows, an... |
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| Description: | View from street toward the Farnsworth Public Library. The building is constructed of stone and brick; columns and a pediment frame the main entrance. A gi... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View along right side terrace, looking down tree-lined West Main Street. Houses are on the left side. Along the curb on the right a woman is standing besid... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard down road toward a building on the right. Signs indicate that the Post Office and Fire Marshall can be found within. Two automobiles ... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view toward buildings along the left on Main Street. A tavern is next to a general store with a gas pump on the corner. Two automobil... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a group of workers, all men, and one boy, posing outside of a wooden building. Three of the workers wear white aprons. Four of the... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a group of adults posing in front of a brick house. The house has a patterned design on the exterior. Below the peak of the roof, ... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a train stopped at the Chicago & North West railroad station. A small group of people stand in the grass waiting beside the tracks... |
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| Description: | Six men in suits and hats, probably employees of J.J. Hof Land Co., in front of the company office building. |
| Date: | 07 09 1895 |
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| Description: | A twenty-acre field of barley on the farm of Chas Parey, with two men standing waist-high in the barley. A hardwood forest lines the edge of the field in t... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view down the street towards the central business district; a post office, a gas pump and a bar. Two cars, a truck and some people ar... |
| Date: | 06 10 1955 |
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| Description: | A small group is gathered for the dedication and unveiling of the First Church of Christ, Scientist historical marker in Oconto. Raymond Sivesind, supervis... |
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| Description: | A man is sitting in a motorboat behind the steering wheel. A girl wearing a life jacket is behind him kneeling on the dock. Walking on the dock on the left... |
| Date: | 10 1970 |
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| Description: | Two people are walking down a dirt path lined with trees turning fall colors. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Mary Matilda Rumsey visiting "The Hermit" island, where George H. Holt had a summer cottage on Archibald Lake. Caption reads: "A 'Friend.'" |
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