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Russell Gottschall

Date: 1932
Description: Russell Gottschall, 13, holds a puppy as he poses in front of a border of roses, lilacs and peonies which he planted near the road at his home, Woodlawn Fa...
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Two Members of the School Board

Date: 1933
Description: Lavaughn Cooper, in bib overalls and plaid jacket, and Bud Briggs, wearing knickers and a sweater, school board members of the Eagle Corners School, Distri...
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Hofseth Farm

Date: 1932
Description: View down hill towards a barn on the Magnus Hofseth farm. Two cars are parked near the house. The barn has a gambrel roof and wooden ventilator. The loft d...
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Picnic

Date: 1933
Description: Children and adults enjoy a picnic in the wooded schoolyard at the Cloverland School, District No. 2. Pans of food have been placed on boards supported by ...
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Cloverland School

Date: 1933
Description: Students at the Cloverland School, District No.2, stand hand in hand, with arms outstretched, in front of the brick school building. The front porch extend...
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Through the Arch

Date: 01 15 1933
Description: Winter scene with two people on a sled leaving a wake of powdered snow as they pass through the arch at the end of a man-made run. Other people watch in th...
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Mission Church

Date: 1933
Description: The Catholic church of St. Francis Solanus is located on the Lac Courte Oreilles reservation. The church was built 1923-1924 of native pipestone under the ...
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Tall Corn

Date: 07 04 1933
Description: An unidentified man wearing a shirt and necktie poses with corn "shoulder high July 4, 1933."
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Raising the Flag

Date: 1932
Description: Two unidentified girls pose holding an American flag at base of a flagpole at Lauderdale Lake School. There is a large barn in the background and a car is ...
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Getting Water

Date: 1931
Description: George Stallman and Walter Shinkus pose with a bucket at the water pump outside the Tibbets School. They are "getting water for the school." There are hou...
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Smith School

Date: 1931
Description: The Smith School, Joint Districts 5 and 7, Towns of Medina and Deerfield, stands on a rise. It is a small brick structure with enclosed front porch, square...
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View of the Krueger Family on Their Farm

Date: 1900
Description: View of the Krueger family standing in a cleared field, with a view of their farm in the background. August Krueger is sitting with a dog in a wagon pulled...
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William F. Petersen and Sons

Date: 1927
Description: Dr. William F. Petersen sits in the doorway of a toy teepee playing with his sons Conrad, left, and Edward, dressed in Indian costumes. Edward wields a toy...
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Falling Into the Lake

Date: 08 1915
Description: B (William Norris) beginning to fall off the log boom into the lake. This is in the Narrows between Sand Point and Namakan Lakes.
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Forest of Fame

Date: 1933
Description: Two signs are posted in an open area planted with young trees. One sign identifies the "Forest of Fame Mt. Vernon," and the other sign the "Elm Tree from B...
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Two Boys

Date: 1930
Description: Two unidentified boys sitting on a wooden crate with their feet resting on a larger wooden box. The smiling boy on the left is holding a toy car. There is ...
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The Milwaukee Boat House

Date: 1930
Description: The Edmund B. Gustorf house, built in the 1920's in the shape of a boat, sitting on a low rise at the corner of East Hampshire Street (foreground left) and...
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Henriette Brumder

Date: 1900
Description: Henriette Brandhorst (Mrs. George) Brumder posing outdoors with a bouquet of blossoms in her left hand. She is wearing a short fitted jacket over a striped...
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George Brumder

Date: 1900
Description: George Brumder (1839-1910) grasping one fork of a small tree growing on the shore of Pine Lake. He is wearing a suit and hat.
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George Brumder

Date: 1901
Description: George Brumder, Milwaukee publisher and businessman, standing on his pier at Pine Lake. He is wearing a suit and hat. There is a low wall on the right, whi...

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