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Main Street

Date: 1906
Description: Main Street, looking east, people standing on sidewalk and horse-drawn carriages on street. Signs on one building read: "City Meat Market." Caption reads: ...
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Oconto County Historical Museum

Date: 1952
Description: Oconto County Historical Museum.
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Oconto River

Date: 1906
Description: Oconto River, looking north. Caption reads: "Scene on Oconto River, Looking North, Oconto, Wis."
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Park Street

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Description: Looking north on Park Street. Caption reads: "Looking North on Park Ave. Oconto, Wis."
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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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Oconto River Falls

Date: 1908
Description: Falls of the Oconto River with footbridge. Caption reads: "The Falls at Oconto Falls, Wis."
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The Sample Room

Date: 1892
Description: Men standing along the bar of local saloon owned by Liegeois Brothers. Blacksmith Joseph Liegeois, Jr. and his brother John are on the end of the bar. John...
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Hunters Carrying Deer in Woods

Date: 1910
Description: Hunters dragging deer from woods. In the center is Frank Langeois, son of Joseph Jr.
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"Hi-Jinks"

Date: 1892
Description: Group of men staging an accident. Two men stand nearby watching as three other men pose on the wheels of an overturned vehicle.
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Opera House

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Description: Exterior of Opera House. Today this building is the Town Hall.
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Group of People Posed Along Storefronts

Date: 1900
Description: Large group of people posed in commercial area on a wooden sidewalk. Leigeois Bar, Implement Store, and Blacksmith Shop. Joseph Leigeois is shown in the fo...
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Baudhuin and Svoboda Storefront

Date: 1900
Description: Men and boys posing with horses and horse-drawn vehicles in front of the Baudhuin and Svoboda store. There is a Post Office sign on the building.
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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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Town of Maple Valley Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Built in the 1920s by Fred Long, the station located at 9932 County Trunk Highway M served farmers from the surrounding area and housed a small general sto...
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Farnsworth Public Library

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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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Treasure City Interior

Date: 05 25 1963
Description: An interior view of Treasure City, a souvenir shop on a highway which travels north from Chicago, Illinois. Nets of sea shells, displays of jewelery, and m...
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Evening Grosbeaks

Date: 02 13 1970
Description: Evening grosbeaks at a feeder seen through a window.
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First Christian Science Church

Date: 1886
Description: View across road toward the First Christian Science Church entrance and left side. Vertical siding covers the structure, and latticework and chevron stripe...
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High School

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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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