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School Group in Classroom

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Description: School group in classroom with teacher, possibly at Appleton, Wisconsin.
Map or Atlas

Survey of the Neenah (or Fox) River: No. 4 Little Chute

Date: 1840
Description: This map surveyed under the direction of Captain Thomas J. Cram is one in a series of seventeen that accompanied Cram's report on the Fox-Wisconsin river s...
Photograph

McCarthy as Primary Winner

Date: 09 10 1952
Description: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin, with supporters in his hometown of Appleton, hearing the news of his landslide victory over his Republican Party c...
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Newsreel Crew Interviewing Senator McCarthy

Date: 08 13 1952
Description: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy being interviewed by a newsreel crew after his victory in the 1952 Republican primary election. McCarthy was celebrating at the ...
Photograph

Appleton Woolen Mills

Date: 1904
Description: Interior office view showing Frank James Harwood, General Manager of Appleton Woolen Mills. Harwood became general manager in 1882 and served as the compa...
Photograph

Parade on College Avenue at Walnut Street, Looking East

Date: 1952
Description: Street view of a parade on College Avenue at Walnut Street. Crowds and cars line both sides of the street, looking on as bands, cars, and floats pass by. L...
Photograph

Mrs. Harvey Blue Pouring Maple Syrup Candies

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Description: Mrs. Harvey Blue pouring maple sugar candies. Mrs. Blue, in a flowered apron, is holding a white enameled pot in one hand, and a ladle of maple sugar confe...
Photograph

Successful Fox Hunt

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Description: A hunter poses with his gun and a dead fox after a successful winter hunt. Three other foxes hang from the eaves of a house. Snow covers the ground behind ...
Postcard

Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Bridge at Cherry Street

Date: 06 26 1939
Description: Colorized postcard view from hill toward the bridge along the right crossing the river. The bridge was completed in 1924. Caption reads: "Soldiers' and Sai...
Photograph

Boot Repair

Date: 1970
Description: A shoemaker repairs the sole of a boot using a sewing machine.
Photograph

Boot Repair

Date: 1970
Description: A shoemaker repairs the sole of a boot using a sewing machine.
Photograph

Boot Repair

Date: 1970
Description: A shoemaker in his shop at work.
Photograph

Milwaukee-Downer College Historic Marker

Date: 06 15 1965
Description: Leslie Fishel, Director of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, speaking from the stage at the dedication and unveiling of the Milwaukee-Downer Colle...
Postcard

Municipal Building and Bridge

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Description: View of the Municipal Building (City Hall), and a bridge lined with street lamps crossing the Fox River. Automobiles are driving along the street. Caption ...
Postcard

Law Street Bridge

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Description: Elevated view of a bridge, with arches between the pylons, crossing the Fox River in central Kaukauna. Caption reads: "Law Street Bridge, Kaukauna, Wis."
Postcard

Sleet Storm Damage

Date: 01 1916
Description: Damage to buildings and wires in a sleet storm. Handwritten on the back: "The after effects of sleet storm in Jan/16 at Seymour, Wis. By the looks of this,...
Postcard

Sleet Storm Damage

Date: 01 1916
Description: Damage to trees and wires in a sleet storm. Homes can be seen behind the ice coated wires, and a man is standing in the street on the left. Divided back.Ha...

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