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Shawano Airport

Date: 1951
Description: Shawano Municipal Airport and airport managers Jack and Dorothy Wussow. In 1954 the Wussows gave up cold weather flying to become managers of an airport i...
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Herman Rafoth

Date: 1925
Description: Herman Rafoth, smoking a pipe, stands behind a two-story wooden house. Rafoth was the driver of a stage held up by Raymond Holzse on May 8, 1880. A woman...
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The Dells

Date: 1924
Description: Elevated view of The Dells. A group of people are standing on a rock formation on the right overlooking the river. On the left is a rocky shoreline, and in...
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Hotel Carley

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Description: Photographic postcard view of the Hotel Carley. Two women are sitting on the far left steps of the hotel. One man is sitting in a chair near the entrance, ...
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Arrest at Gresham

Date: 01 27 1975
Description: Members of the Wisconsin National Guard arrest a group of Native Americans during the takeover of the Alexian Brother Novitiate near Gresham. The arrest wa...
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Standoff at Gresham

Date: 1975
Description: An unidentified member of the Wisconsin State Patrol points his revolver at several Native Americans at a vehicle checkpoint near Gresham. The State Patrol...
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Shalagoco Country Club

Date: 1939
Description: A group of women golfers at the No. 1 tee of the Shalagoco Country Club.
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August Kroll Letterhead

Date: 1888
Description: Letterhead of August Kroll of Leopolis, Wisconsin, dealer in hardware, stoves, and tinware, with an image of the interior of a store and customers being he...
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J. Swenholt Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of J. Swenholt, postmaster and dealer in general merchandise in Wittenberg, Wisconsin, with an interior view of people shopping and tending to m...
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Tigerton Post Office Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Post Office at Tigerton, Wisconsin, with a stock Chinoiserie image of a man standing and a woman holding a fan sitting in either a boat o...
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School House

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a school with the students gathered on the board sidewalk. Adults are gathered near the front steps of the entrance to the school...
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Oshkosh Trading Post

Date: 1935
Description: Two men and a woman are walking from a parked automobile toward the covered porch of the Oshkosh Trading Post, a low, log building on the Menominee Indian ...
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Jerome Francis Franklin, Sr. and Family

Date: 1916
Description: The extended Franklin family posing in front of a store (possibly the family owned Drug Store or Hardware Store) with messages wishing Perry Small Franklin...
Postcard

Big Eddy Falls, Menominee Indian Reservation

Date: 1953
Description: View upriver across water towards the Big Eddy Falls on the Wolf River. A group of people are standing on the right bank. Caption reads: "Big Eddy Falls, M...
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Main Street

Date: 02 05 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street, Shawano, Wis." An unpaved street lined with businesses. The signs read: "Shawano County Journal", "Repair Shop," "Restau...
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Main Street

Date: 07 02 1906
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street, Shawano, Wis." Slightly elevated view of a parade featuring an ornate circus wagon which is pulled by eight horses. The ...
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Street Scene

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "St. Scene, Shawano, Wis." Horse-drawn buggies are traveling on a street lined with businesses, with pedestrians on the sidewalks. Sig...
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North Beach at County Park

Date: 1929
Description: Text on front reads: "North Beach at County Park on Shawano Lake, Shawano, Wis." A giant water slide and hut can be seen in Shawano Lake at the beach. Swim...
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Greetings from Shawano

Date: 07 20 1960
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Shawano, Wis." A scene of a beach in autumn with canoes tied up to a pier. Two people relax on the shore with a chair ...

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