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Reverend Chrysostom Verwyst

Date: 01 1918
Description: Reverend Chrysostom Verwyst in an outdoor candid pose, wearing his robe.
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Feeding a Calf

Date: 1900
Description: Winter scene with Bertha Gesell feeding a calf from a pan.
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Betsey Busied by Bossy's Butter

Date: 1905
Description: Woman churning butter.
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Betsy's Abode

Date: 1905
Description: A woman poses in front of her log cabin with her dog.
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Betimes Betsy Bethinks On The Bible

Date: 1905
Description: Woman reading the bible outdoors while seated in a chair.
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Bossy and Betsy

Date: 1905
Description: Woman milking her cow.
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Bossy's Bibacious Bouncing Baby

Date: 1905
Description: Woman feeding calf from a bucket.
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Pioneers of Buffalo County Memorial Marker

Date: 09 10 1922
Description: Pioneers of Buffalo County memorial marker. Taken during the dedication ceremonies with a young girl standing next to an American flag.
Postcard

Man in Boat on Mississippi River

Date: 1905
Description: View of Alma across the Mississippi River, with a man in a rowboat in the foreground. Caption reads: "Alma, Wisconsin, from the Mississippi."
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Main Street in Cochrane

Date: 1910
Description: Main Street looking north. "Hotel and Saloon" are on the right side, along with other buildings down the right and left side. Main Street is a dirt road. T...
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Alma Shooting Society

Date: 1910
Description: A Swiss "Schutenfest" club, affiliated with the Central Shooting Society of Wisconsin, started about 1877 and lasted until about 1920. Group of men posing ...
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Boys Undressing to Go Swimming in the Mississippi River

Date: 1900
Description: Boys undressing to go swimming in the Mississippi River. Alma, Wisconsin is across the river in the background.
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Gerhard Gesell Portrait

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait of Gerhard Gesell sitting in a chair reading an issue of the "Photographic Recorder".
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Merton Sutter with All-Steel Thresher

Date: 1938
Description: Merton Sutter receiving a 4-H farm accounting award in front of a McCormick-Deering All-Steel Thresher. Original caption reads: "Winner of $300 merchandisi...
Postcard

View of Alma, Wis.

Date: 1908
Description: Photographic postcard view over the Mississippi River showing of the town of Alma. Bluffs are behind the town. In the foreground, two men wearing hats are ...
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LeAnn Wenger, 1976 Buffalo County Honey Queen

Date: 1976
Description: LeAnn Wenger, the Buffalo County Honey Queen. Wenger's hometown is Fountain City, Wisconsin. She is standing in front of a honey display, wearing a Buffalo...
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Men Washing a Surrey

Date: 1900
Description: View across yard towards four men washing a surrey using metal buckets in front of a stable. A boy wearing a suit, necktie and straw hat is standing behind...
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Family Gathered Around a Christmas Tree

Date: 1903
Description: A family, two parents and five children, gathered around a decorated Christmas Tree with gifts underneath.
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Successful Hunt

Date: 11 29 1987
Description: Seven men are posing in a barn with eight killed deer strung up behind them. Caption reads: "SUCCESSFUL HUNT — Every member of this hunting party bagged a ...
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Stebbins House

Date: 1905
Description: Three men and a woman are posing with a dog at the side of a rambling wood frame farm house. The house has a two-story section with a porch and two single-...

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