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Exterior of Portage Jail
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Group posing on lawn outside of the large brick building with a steep hip roof. Four men are identified (from left to right) as the turnkey, William MacKenzie, the Undersheriff, and John MacKenzie, the Sheriff. The three women are not identified. The man on the left is standing with a horse and buggy. The woman sitting in a chair has a dog at her feet.
1900
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John MacKenzie and Portage Jail
1900
Sheriff John MacKenzie poses in front of the Portage jail with his staff.
Men and Women in Buggy
Group seated in a horse-drawn buggy are on the side of a road next to a river. The two women are sitting on the laps of the two men.
Horse-Drawn Haying Operation
1900
Men, women, horse-drawn mowers and buggies in a field. A horse-powered hay stacker is in the background with two men on a large haystack.
Three People with Horse and Buggy
1920
A woman in a dress is talking to two men in hats who are riding in a horse and buggy. They are in a field near a tree.
Buggy Race with Fred Pabst
Two men are racing small horse-drawn buggies on a dirt track at an exhibition at the Pabst Farms. The man on the left is identified as Fred Pabst, Milwaukee brewer. Groups of people are watching fr...
Horse and Buggies
Two buggies, each pulled by a single horse, and carrying either a man and women or two women on a path lined with well trimmed trees. This path is probably at the Spaulding home at Harrison and Ele...
