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Wilmot Stage Stop

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Description: Exterior view of the Wilmot Stage Stop inn, which was established in 1848.
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City Hall

Date: 1915
Description: A view of City Hall, erected in 1883. Caption reads: "City Hall, Platteville, Wis."
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Cistercian Monastery

Date: 1940
Description: Sanctuary of Cistercian Monastery. Two men are kneeling down before the altar. Caption reads: "Sanctuary of the Cistercian Monastery, Okauchee, Wis."
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Hick Soldiers' Monument

Date: 1910
Description: Hicks Soldiers' Monument, located in Monument Square. Presented to the city by Col. John Hicks. The monument was unveiled on July 8, 1907. Caption reads: "...
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Hotel Athearn

Date: 1905
Description: Hotel Athearn, which was built across the street from the Grand Opera House. Designed by William Waters. Caption reads: "Athearn Hotel, Oshkosh, Wis."
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Park Street from University Campus

Date: 1905
Description: Parker [sic] Street, looking toward Lake Mendota. A portion of the Wisconsin Historical Society building is on the right. Caption reads: "Parker St. from U...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Rabbits Are Scarce

Date: 1909
Description: Rear view of a hunter hauling away a giant rabbit through a snowy forest landscape. He is wearing a leather jacket with fringe and boots. Text in the lower...
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Tall-tale Postcard: If My Pole Had Not Broken

Date: 1910
Description: Photomontage of a fisherman attempting to reel in a giant fish from a river. Beside him sits a few beer bottles and a bag.
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Woman Aiming Gun

Date: 1906
Description: Woman in a dress and hat standing in a field and aiming a gun.
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Infant Dorothy Zander in Fur Coat

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio portrait of Dorothy Zander as an infant dressed in a white fur coat and bonnet.
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Portrait of Three Men

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of three men, two sitting and one standing in front of a painted backdrop.
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Two Basketball Players

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Rudolph Faust and his brother jointly holding up a basketball in front of a painted backdrop. The Faust brother on the right...
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Three Cross Plains Baseball Players

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Description: Studio portrait of three young men of the Cross Plains baseball team in front of a painted backdrop. From left to right: Peter Berg, Ray Gorman, and Ernie ...
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Two Fashionable Women

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of two women, Mrs. John Zander (Mamie Endres Zander), and Catherine Endres Mick, wearing fashionable clothing, including muffs,...
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Infant Sitting on Large Chair

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Description: Studio portrait of an infant dressed in white sitting on a large, wicker chair.
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Two Men In Conversation

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of two men in front of a painted backdrop. The men are dressed in business suits, holding cigars in their hands and using hand ...
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Mother and Child

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Description: Studio portrait of mother and child in front of a painted backdrop. The woman is seated and wearing a black dress, the toddler is standing and dressed in w...
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Fathers and Sons Drinking

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Description: Studio portrait of two fathers and their sons holding drinks in front of a painted backdrop. In the front row, from left to right, are Jacob Birrenkott of ...
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Two Fashionable Women

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of two women standing in front of a painted backdrop. They are dressed in black and are wearing fashionable coats, muffs and ha...
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Six Bollenbeck Sisters

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Description: Studio portrait of the Bollenbeck sisters, three of whom were nuns, in front of a painted backdrop. First row from left to right: Mary Haack, Sister Claudi...

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