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OCONTO COUNTY
Wisconsin
MYSTERY PHOTOS
FORGOTTEN PEOPLE, PLACES and TIMES

Here you will find a collection of unidentified old Oconto County photographs. The contributors have posted them with the hope that those visiting will be able to identify the people, places and times. Any information found on these photos has been printed beneath to help make a connection.
Please click on the name of the contributor, below each photo, for a direct e-mail link to that researcher.

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FOUND: wedding portrait of Michael Frank Ehlinger and Louisa Simmons, June
                1903.
 A -This unidentified couple pose for a very attactive wedding protrait.
 RITA
From the collection of Christina Brust Miller Philippi.Town of How.
 
B  -Location in the county is unknown, but may be Pecor Creek. Three adults and tree children pose on a rustic bridge.
RITA
 From the collection of Christina Brust Miller Philippi.Town of How
 

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 FOUND: Marie Nyguaard of Gillett
C -This photo took place in a studio where great care was taken to reproduce the Victorian romantic idea of country.
 RITA
 From the collection of Christina Brust Miller Philippi.Town of How.
FOUND: Johanna Joy Brendemuhl wife of John Miller, in Suring c: 1900
 D -Taken in a home, the delicate light and shadows of this photo was a beautiful example of photography used as art. Hints of depth are offered in the very dimly lit objects on the right..
 RITA
 From the collection of Christina Brust Miller Philippi.Town of How.

 E -Come hear the band. An unidentified group of musicians poses on a stage. Could they be a proud father and his sons?
 RITA
From the collection of Christina Brust Miller Philippi.Town of How.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 F -Two ladies take a cooling walk in the water with children on what was possibly a family outing along the Oconto River. Two other women with a young child watch from the bank on the right.
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 RITA
From the collection of Christina Brust Miller Philippi.Town of How
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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FOUND: Catharina Philippi born 1866, daughter of Matthias Philippi and first wife Gertrude Lambertz 
c:1883 She remained in Germany.
 G -This young woman is an absolute mystery and may have been photographed in Germany around 1880.
RITA
From the collection of Christina Brust Miller Philippi.Town of How.
 H - Over 100 years ago these two men enjoy a rugged stretch of the Oconto River during a fly fishing trip.
RITA
From the collection of Christina Brust Miller Philippi.Town of How.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 I - The identity of this child, who is seen here with his dog and wagon near the family house is unknown. The location is also a mystery.
 RITA
From the collection of Christina Brust Miller Philippi. Town of How.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 J -All that was written on the back of this old and faded photo was the word "Pa". He stands tall and straight in front of his tidy Oconto County homestead, half log and half clapboard.
RITA
From the collection of Christina Brust Miller Philippi.Town of How
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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 K -This is believed to be the entire student body of the new Suring High School.Teachers seem to be standing along the back walls to the left and right.
 RITA
From the collection of Christina Brust Miller Philippi.Town of How.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

FOUND: Brother of Barbara Weber (Mrs. Joseph Philippi) taken at the family cheese factory in Marytown, WI
 L - The proud owner of a local cheese factory stands next to the tank where milk is stirred and turned to curds and wey, then pressed "dry" of liquid wey and packed into the round metal molds on the left. It will age to become Colby, or Chedder, or Muenster or Swiss, or another wonderful offering.
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From the collection of Christina Brust Miller Philippi.Town of How.

M -Proud hands show off buggy and wagon horse stock at this unidentified farm.
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From the collection of Christina Brust Miller Philippi.Town of How.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 N -An unknown woman feeds the chickens next to what appears to be a new outbuilding.
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From the collection of Christina Brust Miller Philippi.Town of How
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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FOUND: Brother ( rea) rof Barbara Weber (Mrs. Joseph Philippi) and employees taken at the family cheese factory in Marytown, WI
P-Meanwhile, the previously seen cheese factory owner (right) has brought in his workers to pose with ladles, strainers, and paddles at ready in the tank. The staff seems to be quite young..
 RITA
From the collection of Christina Brust Miller Philippi.Town of How.

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