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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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Map of Sheboygan Wisconsin

Date: 1914
Description: This map shows Sheboygan in 1914. The top of the map has the date of "NOV 17 1916" stamped in red ink. The map shows numbered plots and labeled streets, an...
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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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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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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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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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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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American Club

Date: 1925
Description: The American Club, a fine club house for workers in a modern industrial villiage near Sheboygan. It was built by Kohler Manufacturing Company as a part of ...
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American Club

Date: 1930
Description: The American Club, a fine club house for workers in a modern industrial villiage near Sheboygan, Wisc. built by Kohler Manufacturing Company as a part of t...
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Kohler Company Plant

Date: 1948
Description: Aerial view of the Kohler Company plant.
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Kohler Company Housing

Date: 1925
Description: Kohler of Kohler Company housing for employees in a modern industrial village near Sheboygan, Wisc. A smokestack in the background has a sign that reads: "...
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Kohler Ravine Park

Date: 1935
Description: View of Kohler Ravine Park. In the right foreground is a small bridge, and on the right is a set of wide, concrete steps leading from the road down the hil...
Map or Atlas

Plan of Kohler

Date: 1913
Description: The plan of Kohler.

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