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Governor Julius P. Heil Campaigning to Teenagers

Date: 10 1942
Description: Governor Julius P. Heil (1876-1949) speaks to Shawano High School students and others during his gubernatorial re-election campaign. He arrived during the ...
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Shawano Airport

Date: 1951
Description: Shawano Municipal Airport and airport managers Jack and Dorothy Wussow. In 1954 the Wussows gave up cold weather flying to become managers of an airport i...
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Wisconsin & Northern Railroad Engine

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Description: Three men stand in the snow in front of the Wisconsin & Northern Railroad engine #2 (the second locomotive with this number) in the woods on the Menominee ...
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Wolf River Paper Company

Date: 10 1939
Description: Elevated view of the Wolf River Paper Company factory, including smokestacks and a water tower.
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Wolf River Paper

Date: 10 1939
Description: View from shoreline towards the opposite shoreline of the Wolf River Paper Company factory complex on the Wolf River.
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Highway Department Garage

Date: 1930
Description: Shawano County Highway Department garage.
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Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: View down center of unpaved street. A sign on the building on the left corner reads: "The Upham & Russell Co. Hardware and Metals". A barber's pole is on t...
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Indian School

Date: 1890
Description: Indian School in Shawano.
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Shawano High School

Date: 1910
Description: View towards front of the school. Caption reads: "Shawano High School."
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Wolf River Dam

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Description: Wolf River Dam with ice and snow. Houses are in the background.
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Wolf River Paper and Fiber Company

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Description: Stacks of logs are in the foreground with a man in a hat near the river. There is a chimney billowing smoke near the factory.
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Herman Rafoth

Date: 1925
Description: Herman Rafoth, smoking a pipe, stands behind a two-story wooden house. Rafoth was the driver of a stage held up by Raymond Holzse on May 8, 1880. A woman...
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National Guardsmen During Milk Strike

Date: 05 18 1933
Description: National Guardsmen, who were sworn in as deputies, approach milk strikers through what appears to be a cloud of smoke.
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Medicine Man

Date: 1935
Description: A waist-up informal portrait of Match-o-ka-mah, described on the reverse of the photograph as "Medicine Man and Keeper of the Sacred Drum of the Wisconsin ...
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Rushing Waters

Date: 1956
Description: Water cascades beneath a footbridge and over boulders on a river. A canopy of trees is overhead.
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Greetings from Shawano

Date: 1970
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Shawano, Wisconsin." View of South Main Street with many businesses and automobiles parked at the curb. Heinz Drug on ...
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Greetings from Shawano

Date: 08 18 1971
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Shawano, Wis." On reverse: "A group of Indians in their ceremonial dress." A group of Native American men are standing...
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Emit. T. Raddant Brewery

Date: 02 06 1905
Description: Text on front reads: "Brewery, Shawano, Wis." The second Emit T. Raddant Brewing Company building, built in 1898. The brewery is six stories tall and built...
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Lutheran Church

Date: 02 05 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "Shawano, Wis. Lutheran Church." The St. Jakobi Luthern Church with an ornate steeple and trees.
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High School

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "High School, Shawano, Wis." The High School building, built of brick and stone, surrounded by a lawn and young trees.

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