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Farmer Making Soap

Date: 1910
Description: The farmer and his wife are making soap outdoors. Lye is made by letting rain water seep through wood ashes for several months. Lye and fat produce soap. T...
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Men Waving Hats in Field

Date: 07 30 1895
Description: Men, waving their hats, standing in a field of shoulder-high oats on the farm of Edward Dascam, one and one-half miles northeast of Antigo, Langlade County...
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Dining Room at Lumber Camp

Date: 1885
Description: Dining room, probably at D. Sullivan's lumber camp.
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Loggers Posed with Logs

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Description: Loggers posed between two large stacks of logs near Antigo, perhaps the camp of D. Sulivan.
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Schwister — Ready for the Start

Date: 1911
Description: John Schwister and his home-built airplane, "the Minnesota Badger," at the Langlade County Fairgrounds.
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Girls Dressed Up for Town

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Description: A group of girls gathers on a wooden walkway in the central business district.
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Group of Circus Musicians

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Description: Musicians with the Gollmar Brothers Circus pose in front of banners advertising the circus sideshow features near the entrance to the museum annex tent.
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Indian Children at Home

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Description: Four Indian children posing in front of a tipi on a Menominee Indian reservation.
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Fifth Avenue, Looking West

Date: 1882
Description: Caption reads: "5th Ave Antigo Wis Looking West Photo taken in 1882". View down road with felled trees lining both sides. Two men are posing further down t...
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Hoo Hoo Club Hotel

Date: 04 24 1910
Description: The Hoo Hoo Club Hotel, a lumbermen's social organization. Two men are standing near a man driving a sled carrying milk cans pulled by two horses in front ...
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Nah-Ko-Tah-Rat and Daughter Ah-Ta-New-Ka

Date: 1930
Description: Nah-Ko-Tah-Rat and his daughter Ah-Ta-New-Ka pose together in traditional Indian clothing.
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Indian Basket Sellers

Date: 1909
Description: Three Potawatomi women selling baskets posing by a tree. There is a building in the background. Caption reads: "Indian Basekt Sellers."
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5th Avenue and Superior Street

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Description: Exterior view across intersection toward Ed. E. Williams' Drug Store, Langlade National Bank, and The Gismonda Soda Fountain at 5th Avenue and Superior Str...
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Congregational Church

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Description: Photographic postcard view of the church. The church structure includes a two-level, square belfry on the left. Two small children are sitting on a four-wh...
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Hotel Butterfield

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Description: Color view of the Hotel Butterfield. A man is standing on the sidewalk, leaning against a pole. Caption reads: "Hotel Butterfield, Antigo, Wis."
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Post Office

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Description: Color postcard view of the front of the old Post Office. Scene shows the front exterior of the building with flagstaff, a car driving down the street and p...
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5th Avenue

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Description: Photographic postcard view of 5th Avenue. Citizens and horse-drawn wagons line the streets and sidewalks. Stores are on both sides of the street, and a ban...
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After the Snow

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Description: Photographic postcard scene of a neighborhood in Antigo after a snowfall. Snow is covering the trees in front yards and the streets. A young boy is standin...
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At Work on the New Episcopal Church

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Description: Photographic postcard view of workers building the new Episcopal Church. Workers in hats and overalls, and holding shovels, are standing among scaffolding,...
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Laying of the Corner Stone of the Episcopal Church

Date: 08 19 1908
Description: Photographic postcard of the crowd gathered to see the laying of the corner stone for the new Episcopal Church. Men and women, many of them wearing hats, a...

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