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Oshkosh Public Library

Date: 1908
Description: View across street towards the Oshkosh Public Library, located on Washington Avenue. The cornerstone was laid in May of 1899 and the library was finally co...
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Post Office

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of the Post Office. The first post office in Oshkosh was established in the 1840s, and the postmaster was Joseph Jackson. Caption reads: "Pos...
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Post Office

Date: 1910
Description: View across street towards the post office. The first post office in Oshkosh was established in the 1840s, and the postmaster was Joseph Jackson. Caption r...
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Post Office

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Description: Exterior view from street towards the post office. The first post office in Oshkosh was established in the 1840s, and the postmaster was Joseph Jackson. Ca...
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Post Office

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Description: Exterior view of post office. The first post office in Oshkosh was established in the 1840s, and the postmaster was Joseph Jackson. Caption reads: "The Pos...
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Oshkosh Public Museum

Date: 1952
Description: The Oshkosh Public Museum. Occupies the former home of Edgar Sawyer, lumberman and businessman. It was built in 1908 and became a museum in 1924. This muse...
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Oshkosh Public Museum

Date: 1915
Description: View of the Oshkosh Public Museum in the winter months with snow on the ground. Formerly the home of Edgar Sawyer. The home was built in 1908 and became a ...
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Paine Lumber Co.

Date: 1911
Description: Log entrance of the Paine Lumber Co. Edward L. Paine founded the lumber mill in 1853 on the east bank of the Fox River. Caption reads: "Log Entrance, Paine...
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Oshkosh Public Museum

Date: 1920
Description: View of the Oshkosh Public Museum, formerly the Sawer Foundation and the residence of Edgar Sawyer. The home was built in 1908 and became a museum in 1924....
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Paine Lumber Co. on Fox River

Date: 1910
Description: View of Paine Lumber Company from across the Fox River. Pilings are in the foreground. Founded in 1853 by Edward L. Paine, located on the east bank of the ...
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Oshkosh Opera House

Date: 1900
Description: Stereograph of the interior of the Oshkosh Opera House, located on High Street. This opera house was built in 1883 and was renovated in the 1980s.
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Opera House

Date: 1883
Description: The Oshkosh Grand Opera House. This is the interior elevated view showing the curtain painted by Louis Kindt of Kenosha, which depicts a scene from Goethe'...
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Hotel Athearn

Date: 1937
Description: View across intersection towards the Hotel Athearn, which was built in 1891 across the street from the Grand Opera House. It was designed by the same man t...
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Fraternal Reserve Association Building

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement reads: "Castle-Pierce Printing Company" and "May 1915". Text on right reads: "F. R. A. Building" and "Library". The image includes a view of ...
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Libbey House

Date: 1900
Description: Residence of D.L. Libbey, built about 1880. Caption reads: "D. L. Libbey House, Oshkosh, ca. 1880".
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Lighthouse

Date: 1937
Description: Lighthouse built by State Senator William Bray of Oshkosh, on a point where the Fox River empties into Lake Winnebago.
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Main Street

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph of Main Street viewed from the bridge. The Revere House is just beyond the bridge on the right, and on the left is a sign on the side of a buil...
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Main Street

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph of the south side of Main Street.
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Morgan House

Date: 1890
Description: View from street towards the Morgan home, the residence of John R. Morgan. A stone block on the terrace in front of the house reads: "Morgan".
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Main Street

Date: 1946
Description: View of Main Street, with cars driving on both sides of the street. Commercial buildings are on the left. Caption reads: "Kodachrome by Charles Edquist: an...

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