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Sawyer House
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Advertisement reads: "Castle-Pierce Printing Company" and "Sept. 1915". At bottom it reads: "Oshkosh, Wisconsin". Text on right reads: "Beautiful Homes in Oshkosh" and "Town residence of E. P. Sawyer Algoma Street". Home of Philetus Sawyer’s son Edgar. Built in 1908, it became the home of the Oshkosh Public Museum in the 1920s. It still stands (with additions) at 1331 Algoma Boulevard, Oshkosh, WI 54901.
1914
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Sawyer House
1868
The Philteus Sawyer residence located on the northwest corner of Algoma and West Algoma Streets. Sawyer was mayor of Oshkosh from 1863-1864, and became a U.S. Senator in 1881. Sawyer died in Oshkos...
Carl Schurz Monument
1915
Advertisement with the Carl Schurz monument. Caption reads: "Castle-Pierce Printing Company, Aug. 1915", and at bottom: "Oshkosh, Wisconsin". Text on right reads: "Lake Front Washington Street" and...
Chicago and North Western Railway
1915
Advertisement reads: "Castle-Pierce Printing Company" and "Jan. 1915". At bottom it reads: "Oshkosh, Wisconsin". Text on right reads: "North Station C. & N. W. Railway of Oshkosh". View of pedestri...
Oshkosh Public Museum
1920
View of the Oshkosh Public Museum, formerly the Sawer Foundation and the residence of Edgar Sawyer. The home was built in 1908 and became a museum in 1924. Caption reads: "Sawyer Foundation Oshkosh...
Fraternal Reserve Association Building
1920
Advertisement reads: "Castle-Pierce Printing Company" and "May 1915". Text on right reads: "F. R. A. Building" and "Library". The image includes a view of the Fraternal Reserve Association Building...
Sawyer Residence
circa 1910
A view of the residence of Edgar P. Sawyer. A group of children are sitting on the lawn on the right. Original caption reads: "E.P. Sawyer Residence, Oshkosh, Wis."
