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Battling Grasshoppers

Date: 07 1938
Description: Loading a truck with bait at the county mixing station at Balsam Lake during the grasshopper outbreak in northwestern Wisconsin.
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View of Town from Bluff

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of Osceola from the bluff. Caption reads: "Osceola, Wis., from the Bluff."
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View of Town from Bluff

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of Osceola from the bluff. Caption reads: "Portion of Osceola From Bluff."
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Main Street

Date: 1895
Description: View down Main Street. Will Brothers Meat Market can be seen on the right corner, and a tinshop is beside it on the left.
Postcard

Exterior of Residence

Date: 1905
Description: View across yard towards a residence. Caption reads: "Residence Scene Osceola, Wis."
Postcard

Old Mill Burning

Date: 05 22 1914
Description: Caption reads: "The Old Mill Burning."
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1930
Description: View from sidewalk on left side of bridge towards Main Street. Caption reads: "Main Street, Looking North, Osceola, Wis."
Postcard

High School

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of Osceola High School, with people standing near the entrance. Caption reads: "High School Building, Osceola, Wisconsin."
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Clear Lake High School Football Team

Date: 1933
Description: The football team of clear Lake High School. Gaylord Nelson, later governor of Wisconsin and U.S. Senator, is second from the left in the front row.
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Election Board

Date: 09 1925
Description: The Clear Lake election board inside the town hall.
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Clear Lake School Classroom

Date: 1925
Description: Students sitting in a classroom in the Clear Lake School. Gaylord Nelson, later governor of Wisconsin and a United States senator, is sitting at the front ...
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Mountain Meadow at Interstate Park

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Description: Mountain meadow at Interstate Park. This area was an ancient lake which became filled with peat. Prehistoric bison bones, copper points, and flint arrow po...
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Tent at Interstate Park

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Description: Tent covering the excavation site of the bones of extinct bison. Milo Mickelson and Lester Giesler are standing in the doorway of the tent.
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Wisconsin Flint Weapon Points

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Description: Five examples of typical Wisconsin flint weapon points found at Interstate Park.
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Averson Diamond Clinic

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Description: Exterior of building from across a street.
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Englehardt Farm

Date: 1905
Description: The manufacture of bricks was begun on this spot sometime in the latter 1860's by Henry Bretag, a German brickmaker, the father of Mrs. Englehardt. Brick ...
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Clear Lake High School Band in front of School

Date: 1930
Description: The band poses for a group portrait, most likely in front of a school building; the boys are dressed in uniform and are holding their instruments. Gaylord ...
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Children Swinging

Date: 
Description: Children playing on swing set in front of an automobile. A man is seated on a picnic table nearby.
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Milltown Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Built sometime in the mid-1930s, this unique station, located at 118 Highway 35, visually illustrates its ongoing changes and success over time as it respo...
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Osceola Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: This Art Moderne service station located at 202 North Cascade Street was built in 1947. With its dramatically curved facade, it undoubtedly grabbed the att...

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