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| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | View of the boom company office and the site of the old trading post. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Marinette looking toward the mouth of the river from the tower of City Hall. Fences, fields, and industrial buildings are in the foregroun... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Exterior view across intersection toward the Lauerman's Store on a street corner. There are pennant strings hanging on upper floors of the building, and a ... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | Shows sections and acreages. Covers portions of the area now occupied by Marinette and the Town of Peshtigo, Marinette County. "Rec’d Sept. 24 with Sur. Ge... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Shows wards, sections, plat additions, selected buildings, churches, schools, and manufacturing companies. "We have revised this map from H. McCallum’s 189... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Water depths shown by bathymetric tints and soundings. Relief shown by contours. "Depths in feet." "Aids to navigation corrected to May 4, 1951." On verso:... |
| Lumberman, Financier and Congressman |
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| Biography of Isaac Stephenson who was a lumberman, financier and congressman. |
| Fur Trader |
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| Brief biography of Queen Marinette, well-known for her charity work with the impoverished and sick. Marinette city and county adopted her name in tribute. |
| Learn about the Kreiter Piano Company, which produced pianos in Milwaukee and Marinette between 1880 and 1945. |
| Witnesses Tell Their Stories |
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| Learn about the attack on Pearl Harbor through these firsthand accounts from Wisconsinites who were there when it happened. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Paper dress made by Scott Paper Co., 1966-1967. (Museum object #1969.184.13) |
| A Hand-Book for the Homeseeker |
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| Read about the dream of successful farming in northern Wisconsin in 1895. |
| Photographs of Public Libraries in Wisconsin |
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| Learn about how the Wisconsin Free Library Commission helped to establish and improve free public libraries in Wisconsin. |
| Read about Black history in Wisconsin. There are many links to original documents, pictures, eyewitness accounts, and other primary sources. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Stand of pine trees and pitched tents, with automobiles, in the Marinette Tourist Camp. |
| Date: | 12 17 1957 |
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| Description: | Carferry slip with pilings in the foreground, and a shoreline in the background. The pier is made of timbers. In the background on the left is a factory wi... |
| Date: | 12 17 1957 |
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| Description: | View of icy Lake Michigan from Ogden Street Bridge. There are piles of coal on the left and right, and what may be a jetty in the far distance. |
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| Description: | Aerial view of harbor. In the foreground is a lighthouse and breakwaters. Bridges cross the harbor, and there are factory and industrial buildings near the... |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Marinette Harbor looking out towards Lake Superior. A lighthouse and breakwater extend out into the lake. Industrial buildings, cranes, and ... |
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