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Skiing near Greenbush

Date: 1951
Description: Winter scene with skiers getting ready to push off, with bundled-up observers looking on in the foreground.
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Lincoln Beachey in Sheboygan

Date: 1912
Description: Lincoln Beachey's Curtiss Pusher and the crates in which the airplane was transported by rail to the Sheboygan fairgrounds. At the time, Lincoln Beachey wa...
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Sheboygan Airport

Date: 1925
Description: The first Sheboygan Airport operated by Anton Brotz, Sr. Parked in front of the hangar is a Curtiss "Jenny," as the World War I-era Curtiss JN models were ...
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Sheboygan Airport II

Date: 1925
Description: The second Sheboygan airport was built by owner Anton Brotz, Sr. after a fire destroyed his first hangar. Brotz is photographed here with his son, Anton, J...
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Ruins from Fire

Date: 08 30 1931
Description: Ruins from fire. There are railroad tracks in the foreground, and people standing and looking at the damage.
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Mexican Migrant Workers

Date: 07 15 1948
Description: A Mexican woman and her six children are standing on the porch of the multiple-family housing provided to them by the pea cannery for which their husband a...
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Train Wreck

Date: 05 18 1948
Description: Elevated view of wreck of a Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad freight train. The derailment is so severe that the train station has been knocked off...
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First Train

Date: 05 03 1948
Description: Elevated view of a Chicago and Northwestern passenger train, which is the first across a new bridge in Sheboygan. There is a group of people standing near ...
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Butternut House

Date: 1953
Description: View of the Butternut House in the Kohler Foundation restoration project. The service building at the right in the background is operated by the Conservati...
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Butternut House

Date: 1950
Description: View of the Butternut House without the cupola. The Butternut House was the residence of Sylvanus Wade's eldest daughter and her husband.
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Butternut House

Date: 1952
Description: View of the Butternut House, a Kohler Foundation restoration project. The home was erected in the early 1850's by Charles W. Robinson, son-in-law of Sylvan...
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First Methodist Church

Date: 1950
Description: View of the First Methodist Church, with two women standing on the church steps, and another woman standing on the sidewalk. The church was built in 1854 b...
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First Methodist Church

Date: 1950
Description: View of the First Methodist Church and the corner of the Service Building. The church was built in 1854 by Charles Robinson, the builder of Butternut House...
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Mullet River

Date: 1952
Description: View of Mullet River, showing the former site of a grist mill and dam.
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Wade House

Date: 1935
Description: View of the north elevation of the Wade House. The Wade House, one of the earliest stagecoach inns in Wisconsin, was built between 1847 and 1851 by Sylvanu...
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Wade House

Date: 1935
Description: View of the east elevation of the Wade House. The Wade House, one of the earliest stagecoach inns in Wisconsin, was built between 1847 and 1851 by Sylvanus...
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Wade House

Date: 1935
Description: View of the side porch at the Wade House.
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Wade House Inn

Date: 1920
Description: Front view of the Wade House. The Wade House, one of the earliest stagecoach inns in Wisconsin, was built between 1847 and 1851 by Sylvanus Wade. It became...
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Wade House

Date: 1955
Description: Front view of the Wade House. The Wade House, one of the earliest stagecoach inns in Wisconsin, was built between 1847 and 1851 by Sylvanus Wade. It became...
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Albert Schwark

Date: 1913
Description: Albert Schwark posing in front of a horse-drawn carriage.

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