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La Sure's

Date: 11 12 2004
Description: The fish fry group outside of La Sure's. The signboard advertises today's special, fish fry.
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Waiting for Bass Run

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of people in a park along the shoreline waiting for the White Bass run.
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Local Resident Pickets at Kroger Store

Date: 1969
Description: Picketers on the sidewalk in front of a Kroger supermarket in Oshkosh demonstrating for and against the grape boycott. Signs read, "Eat Grapes Best Medicin...
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Sandi Utech Picketing in Support of Grape Boycott

Date: 1969
Description: Sandi Utech picketing on a sidewalk in support of the grape boycott. She is carrying two signs that read "Grapes = Poverty" and "Honor Picket Line: Boycot...
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Oshkosh Packing & Provision Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Oshkosh Packing & Provision Company, a meat packer and preserver, with an illustration of the company buildings on the waterfront, with w...
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Oshkosh Brewing Co. Billhead

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Description: Billhead of the Oshkosh Brewing Company, in business from 1894-1971, with the company trademark of a waist-up view of Chief Oshkosh wearing a jacket and bo...
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Oshkosh Brewing Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Oshkosh Brewing Company, active from 1894-1971, with the company trademark of a waist-up view of Chief Oshkosh wearing a jacket, a banded...
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Ice and Coal Wagon

Date: 09 20 1926
Description: Oshkosh Pure Ice and Coal Co. horse-drawn wagon. Note on back: #3, camera pointing west and set 23 feet east of east curb, east wheel of wagon was 3 feet w...
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Ice and Coal Wagon

Date: 09 15 1926
Description: Oshkosh Pure Ice and Coal Co. horse-drawn wagon as seen from the back. Two blocks of ice are visible in the wagon. Note on back: Sept. 15, 1926-4:30 pm. Ne...
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Ice and Coal Wagon

Date: 09 20 1926
Description: Oshkosh Pure Ice and Coal Co. horse-drawn wagon. Note on back: Near Oregon & 11st. #2, camera set pointing in an easterly direction and 26 ft. 4 in. west f...
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Buckstaff-Edwards Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Buckstaff-Edwards Company of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, manufacturers of coffins and caskets and wholesale dealers in caskets and undertaking supp...
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Schmit Bros. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Schmit Brothers Trunk Company of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, manufacturers of "Trunks, Traveling Bags and Valises." Features a background image o...
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City of Oshkosh Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the City of Oshkosh, Comptroller's Office, with a three-quarter view of the city hall, people standing or walking by the building, and a hors...
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Art Deco bar

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Description: Interior view of an art deco-style bar lined with stools. There is a radio behind the bar along a mirrored wall where bottles of liquor are displayed aroun...
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Hollister Amos & Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Hollister Amos & Company, a lumber dealer in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, with an embossed red heart imprinted with the motto, "Buy only Wolf Rive...
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Chief Oshkosh Beer Label

Date: 1962
Description: Label for Chief Oshkosh Beer with an arrowhead-shaped shield in the center bearing the name of the brew. There is also a depiction of the brewery with Lake...
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L.W. Dukerschien Heating and Ventilation Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the L.W. Dukerschien Heating and Ventilation Company of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, with images of a boiler ("Particular Attention given to Remodelin...
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Frank Percy & Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Frank Percey & Company, dealers in "Guns, Ammunition, Hardware, Base Ball Goods, Pocket Cutlery, Fishing Tackle, Raw Fur, &c." in Oshkosh, Wi...
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Peoples Bock Beer Label

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Description: Peoples Bock Beer Label with the word Peoples in an arrow, a drawing of a goat, and stalks of wheat. The label also bears the phrases "Hits the spot...
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Wisconsin Woman Picketing for Grape Boycott

Date: 1969
Description: A woman wearing a paisley dress is carrying a United Farmworkers (UFW)/AFL-CIO sign in front of a Kroger store that reads, "Honor Picket Line/ National Cou...

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