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c:1870
Founder,Richard Yeaton, arrived in 1857 holding the title to much of
the
land where the village now stands. He started the first blacksmith shop
which crafted and supplies many of the first tools, such as axes, saws,
shovels, used to clear the land. He came from New England.
Although Mr. Abrams owned the original land, he never lived or settled
here. |
ABRAMS
Oconto County
Wisconsin
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Please
click on the photos below for a larger view.
The
following picture postcards are contributed and from the collection of
Dennis
Kohlman.
Many of the following photographs were taken by Roy Hannan in 1910.
Abrams bird's eye
view.
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Abrams Catholic
Church.
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Abrams Main Street
looking East
1910 |
Abrams detail of Main
Street looking East 1910 |
Abrams Main Street
looking West 1910 |
Abrams German
Friedens Kirche
Evangelical Lutheran Church
1910 |
Abrams farm
(unidentified) 1910
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Abrams Main Street
with Hotel Abrams, Baudhuin & Svoboda Store, Saloon and other
buildings. |
Abrams
Methodist Episcopal Church 1910 |
Abrams magnificent
men in their flying machine 1911 |
Early Abrams from across the railroad tracks
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Abrams passenger
railroad station with Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul train 1910
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Abrams School faculty
and student body 1910 |
Abrams School detail
of faculty
and student body 1910 |
Abrams School back of
photograph 1910 |
Threshing in Abrams
c: 1908 |
contributed
by: Dan West.
A real photo postcard of
the Grunwaldt Hardware store in Abrams, sittingright next to the saloon
owned by Joseph Liegeois. It's a great photo and you can just
see
the exact
saloon in your photo as
well as a part of the hardware store.
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Abrams Saloon and Real
Estate Company of Joseph Liegeois.
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C:1880
Mr. and Mrs Paul Guskey,
early pioneering couple.
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Abrams Methodist Church
Photo C:1950
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C:1890
Note the "pressed Tin"
siding used on
the side of this wood frame
building.
It was fashionable to apply
such siding
and then paint it to look
like brick
or quarry cut stone,
giving a more substantial
appearance.
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Abrams Highway C: 1880
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1886
The Blacksmith Shop where
tools and plows for settlers were made and repaired, kitchen equipment
was produced, horseshoes made, sized and applied, harness fittings made
and repaired, wagon fittings, knives and any number of useful items
could
be found for sale, or made to order. The livery stable for visitors and
townsfolk without barns is next-door.
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1910 Main Street 4th of
July Parade.
Abrams had the last surviving
Civil War Veteran
in Oconto County,
George Lince died at Abrams
in 1940; age 91 years
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Main Street Abrams 1971
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