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White Bass Run

Date: 1942
Description: People fishing for bass off dock.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Omro

Date: 1870
Description: This bird's-eye-view map shows roads, a river with boats, and homes. The bottom margin of the map includes an index.
Photograph

Oshkosh Harbor

Date: 1855
Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of the Oshkosh harbor, showing the bridge over the Fox River and several moored sailing vessels.
Map or Atlas

Oshkosh, Wis. from H.L. Cottrill's Block

Date: 1850
Description: Bird's-eye view of business district of Oshkosh, "drawn after nature" by the artist.
Map or Atlas

Oshkosh, Winnebago Co., Wisconsin

Date: 1867
Description: Bird's-eye view of Oshkosh, "drawn from nature."
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Neenah

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye map of Neenah.
Photograph

Boats at Menasha Locks

Date: 
Description: People on recreational boats waiting for the Menasha Locks to open into the Fox River.
Photograph

Medina Junction Washout

Date: 1915
Description: Four men inspecting the washout of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie tracks caused by a flood at Medina Junction. The view is looking west from th...
Photograph

Marathon Paper Corporation Factory

Date: 09 14 1963
Description: The Marathon Paper Corporation plant along the historic Fox River canal.
Photograph

Menasha Factory View

Date: 09 29 1963
Description: The Menasha Woodenware plant and water tower on Doty Island from across the Fox River canal, with a small railroad dolly in the foreground.
Photograph

Menasha Factories View

Date: 09 29 1963
Description: View down railroad tracks towards the railroad bridge, with industrial plants on Doty Island.
Map or Atlas

Part of a Military Road from Fort Crawford to Fort Howard

Date: 1833
Description: Map of part of the military road from Fort Crawford to Fort Howard. "Recorded on pages 668.669 Book B." Surveyed by Lieut. Center. Scale: 2 miles = 1 inch.
Photograph

Fire Department at Northern Hospital for the Insane

Date: 1893
Description: Institutional fire fighting department at the Northern Hospital for the Insane, executing drills on the exterior of the building. Fire fighting equipment i...
Photograph

City Square

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view of City Square, where the Bank of Menasha is seen on the corner and Little Lake Butte des Mortes is in the distance.
Postcard

Island Paper Mill and Dam

Date: 1905
Description: The Island Paper Mill and dam in Menasha. Caption reads: "Dam & Island Paper Mill, Menasha, Wis."
Photograph

Main Street and the Fox River

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view of Main Street looking east toward the Fox River and the boat landing. Lake Winnebago is in the distance.
Photograph

Corner of Main Street and Tayco Street

Date: 1870
Description: The corner of unpaved Main Street and Tayco Street looking south towards Doty Island. The slanting timbers controlled the primitive draw bridge across the ...
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Whiting Paper Mill Ruins

Date: 08 24 1888
Description: The George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. Sixteen men were killed by the explosion of a bleacher; the bleacher exploded as the nigh...
Photograph

George A. Whiting Paper Mill

Date: 1949
Description: Aerial view of the George A. Whiting Paper Mill.
Photograph

George A. Whiting Paper Mill

Date: 08 24 1888
Description: Slightly elevated view of the George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. Sixteen men were killed by the explosion of a bleacher; the ble...

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