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Farmhouse Facade

Date: 1915
Description: View across lawn toward the front of the house, with a stone front porch and a balcony above. A fence is along the right and left bordering the yard. Field...
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Farmhouse with Windmill Tower

Date: 1915
Description: View across fence toward a house, with a windmill in the side yard. Pumping machinery is under the windmill tower support. An outbuilding is in the backgro...
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Farmhouse Facade in Early Spring

Date: 1915
Description: View of a house surrounded by trees. Snow is on the ground, and the base of a windmill is on the right near the house.
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Man in Touring Car

Date: 1915
Description: A man poses in the driver's seat of a car in the yard in front of a farmhouse with a porch. Caption reads: "Man in open touring car in front of farmhouse."
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Comic Shooting Scene

Date: 1900
Description: Staged scene of a man pointing a rifle at another man, who has thrown his hands up and is leaning back. A third person is lying on the ground. A pond is be...
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Ellen Clara Sabin

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Description: Portrait of Ellen Clara Sabin, around the time she became president of Downer College.
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Ellen Clara Sabin

Date: 12 1893
Description: Portrait of Ellen Clara Sabin, while she was president of Downer College. It is signed: "Affectionately yours, Ella C. Sabin. Xmas, 1893."
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Law Firm Family

Date: 06 20 1958
Description: Father and four sons who are attorneys at the Hartman law firm of Juneau. The Hartman family partners are, from left: George, Jr.; Leo C.; father George A....
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Aerial View of Wittnebel's Tavern

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Description: Aerial view of Wittnebel's Tavern.
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Field Trip

Date: 1977
Description: A Holstein calf is stretching its neck through the bars of a pen to peer at the boy who is bending over to take a close look. Feed buckets are hanging on t...
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Four Boys in Swimsuits

Date: 1979
Description: Four boys in swimsuits are laughing and smiling as they walk down a road.
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Duck Hunter

Date: 10 1968
Description: A duck hunter with his gun on his shoulder navigates a marsh using swamp skis. Another hunter is standing in the background.
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Old Mill

Date: 1965
Description: Abandoned stone and wood mill, with many missing boards, is surrounded by trees.
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Spring

Date: 1965
Description: A Red-Winged Blackbird singing while perched on a cattail spike in the Horicon Marsh.
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Baseball Team

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Description: A team portrait of a baseball team. In the top row from left to right are Henry Matthews (kneeling), Fred Smith, Sam Tarraut, Fred Thomas, and Henry Jenny....
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Juneau Hotel

Date: 06 1946
Description: View across street towards the hotel. Caption in album reads: "Where I roomed 6-26 1946 while installing dial switchboard for Dairyland Milk Coop."
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Juneau Hotel

Date: 06 26 1946
Description: View across street towards the hotel. Caption in album reads: "Where I roomed 6-26 1946 while installing dial switchboard for Dairyland Milk Coop."
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Threshing Scene

Date: 1936
Description: A man is unloading bundles of grain from a horse-drawn wagon to another man (barely visible) who will feed the bundles into an Advance-Rumely threshing mac...
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Dodge County Farm

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view from hill of chickens ranging near their coop behind a farmhouse and outbuildings on a tidy farm. There is a large barn on the right with two...
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Northern Pike Spawn Collection

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Description: Two men are collecting northern pike spawn on Fox Lake. One man is standing and holding the pike's head, while the other is sitting in a chair with a conta...

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