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Wausau German Choral Society

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Description: Members of the Wausau German Men's Choral Society in Sheboygan, gathered outdoors, relaxing and drinking beer. A banner behind the group says "Wausau Liede...
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Hooping the Curd

Date: 1914
Description: Workers hooping the curd to make cheddar cheese at the Plymouth Cheese factory.
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Wade House

Date: 1858
Description: Ambrotype of the Wade House, a carriage inn located in Greenbush, also showing a section of the original plank road in the foreground.
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Workers Paraffining Cheese

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Description: Workers paraffining cheese at the Sheboygan County Farmers' Coop cheese factory.
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Charles Pfeifer, Deutsche Apotheke (German Apothecary)

Date: 1888
Description: Charles Pfeifer stands on the entrance steps to the drugstore with his wife Emma Pfeifer, who holds a baby. Other children and adults pose with them.
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Pfeifer's Drugstore

Date: 1888
Description: Exterior view of Charles Pfeifer's Drugstore, founded in 1858. From left to right are Charles Pfeifer, Fred Pfeifer, Mrs. Adam Heeb, Fulda Pfeifer, Mrs. Ch...
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Myron P. Roberts Drugstore

Date: 1864
Description: Street scene with customers in front of the M.P. Roberts Drugstore and C. Baack Flour and Feed Store.
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Chemistry Experiment

Date: 05 25 1951
Description: Chemistry experiment by two men being conducted with steam rising from equipment.
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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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Sheboygan Airport and Flying Nun

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Description: The real flying nun, Sister Mary Aquinas Kinskey, arriving at Sheboygan County Airport with two Franciscan sisters in a Cherokee C airplane. Sister Mary Aq...
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Kohler Airport

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Description: The airport at Kohler. On the ground (right) is "The Village of Kohler," the Mahoney-Ryan-Brougham owned by Walter Kohler, Sr., and Carl Kohler's Aeronica ...
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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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Remains of a Fire

Date: 08 30 1931
Description: Elevated view of crowds gathering to survey the smoke and ash left after a fire demolished buildings.
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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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Making Cheese

Date: 10 1929
Description: Corner of Swiss cheese-making room, showing a cheesemaker stirring ingredients in a copper kettle.
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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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Flood Damage on Railroad Tracks

Date: 05 05 1905
Description: Observing the flood damage to railroad tracks in the business section of town.

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