Postcards of Oshkosh

Remember the Hotel Athearn?  The fountain in Riverside Cemetery?  Relive memories of Oshkosh through these postcards.  This collection consists of views of businesses, churches, parks, city streets, country roads and other structures throughout the city of Oshkosh, Wisconsin.  According to postcard dealers, these small town views are highly sought after cards.  Dating of the cards for year or era was determined by postmarks and identifiying certain features present on the postcard.  Example:  there are no lions on the library postcard, thus the card would be dated before 1912. 

Additional postcards can be found in the Main Street, Oshkosh Wisconsin collection.

To browse a directory choose "select year" below to view the detailed listing for each directory and choose a specific section to locate a personal or business name and much more using the Find feature in the Acrobat viewer. View other information in the special sections for each directory. After using this collection, please provide feedback using the comments form at the bottom of the page.

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Need assistance with house renumbering that occurred in 1957?

Contributions to Picture Oshkosh may be sent via oshkoshalbum [at] oshkoshpubliclibrary [dot] org (email).  Some forms must be filled out when submitting items via email.  Below you will find links to these forms.

• Registration Form
• Identification Form - we need you to provide us with information on your items.  
• Agreement - please print this form out, sign it and return to the library.  You may either drop it off at the 2nd floor Reference Desk or mail it to the following address; Oshkosh Public Library, Picture Oshkosh, 106 Washington Ave., Oshkosh, WI, 54901.

If you have any questions, please call the Reference Desk, 920.236.5205 or email, oshkoshalbum [at] oshkoshpubliclibrary [dot] org