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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Dells Dam on the Wolf River

Date: 10 02 1907
Description: Photographic postcard view looking up at twelve workers wearing hats posing on top of the Dells Dam on the Wolf River. Water is flowing through the dam at ...
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12800 Ft. of Lumber

Date: 1909
Description: Team of horses driving through Antigo hauling 12800 Ft. of lumber. Three men and one driver are sitting on top of the large pile of wood as a crowd of peop...
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Millet Field

Date: 07 30 1895
Description: Two men stand in a field of millet owned by Henry Higgins.
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Joseph Seipold Pea Field

Date: 07 30 1895
Description: Two men stand in the five-foot tall pea field of Joseph Seipold three miles northeast of Antigo. Another man stands atop a horse-drawn wagon loaded with ha...
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J.C. Lewis Potato Field

Date: 07 30 1895
Description: Two men stand in the potato fields of J.C. Lewis. The man on the right is pointing with his right arm toward the center. There is a hard maple grove in the...
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Pie Plants in Garden

Date: 07 30 1895
Description: A garden lush with tall pie plants (rhubarb) belonging to Mrs. H.H. Wooledge. One stalk is leaning against a wooden chair, and the leaf of the plant reachi...
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Oat Plant

Date: 1895
Description: Two men demonstrating the height of oat plants grown in northern Wisconsin, near Antigo. The man on the right may be W.A. Henry.
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J.W. Chadek

Date: 07 30 1895
Description: Poppy (Papaver somniferum) field on the farm of J.W. Chadek. Three men stand in the field. In the background more people stand among farm buildings.
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Women's Bicycle Race

Date: 1895
Description: Four women in dresses and hats riding bicycles on a race track at the Langlade County Fair Grounds. Bleachers at left are empty, but there is a man in a ca...
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Boy on Clermont Street

Date: 1885
Description: View of Clermont Street with a young boy in the foreground, homes and trees in the background. Fences and sidewalks line both sides of the street.

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