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Homecoming Powwow

Date: 1908
Description: Ho-Chunk men and women sitting and standing around a large medicine drum in an area portioned off by canvas barriers in front of a lodge. Identified as the...
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Men Dressed as Minstrels

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Description: Eight men posing together dressed as minstrels in blackface makeup.
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Farm Family in Living Room

Date: 1900
Description: A farm family posing in their living room. Sitting from left to right is John Dietrich (1874-1947), Grace Bowman (1879-1964), and Mrs. Lizzie Macke Dietric...
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Medical Students Horseplay

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Description: A medical student is playing with electric shock equipment as Dr. Eugene Krohn, sitting at his desk with his feet up, is looking on. This is a carefully po...
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Moses Pauquette Displays Fish

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Description: Moses Pauquette shows off his catch of fish with his fishing creel at his tavern on Water Street. He stands before the bar, leaning on his left arm. His ca...
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Horse with Long Mane

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Description: A stallion with long curly mane, owned by Jack Allison. Allison, a horse dealer from Taylor County, and the horse stand in front of the Post Office on Main...
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Five String Musicians

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Description: Five men playing string instruments while standing on a town sidewalk. They are identified from left to right as: unidentified man, Anton Hagen, Ole Strand...
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By the Piano

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Description: Two women and a man posing by a piano.
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Man and Woman in Parlor

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Description: Elderly woman and man posed in a parlor with large wood stove. Probably Mr. And Mrs. Squires who owned a business in town, the Squires Oyster House.
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Self-Portrait of Man

Date: 1882
Description: Charles J. Van Schaick sitting on a stone balustrade in front of a painted background, ca. 1882–1885. The photograph was probably taken by one of his assis...
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Family Scything in a Field

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Description: Three men scythe a field, possibly of wheat. Behind the men there are three children and a woman standing in a row.
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Farmers and Threshing Machine

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Description: A group of eight farmers resting on or near a wooden threshing machine.
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Group Picking Cranberries

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Description: A group of men and women pick cranberries in a bog.
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Three Men Extracting a Stump

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Description: Three men working with a two-horse team on a hill turning a winch to extract stumps, probably a Svenson Grubber sold by J.H. Carnahan.
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Horses and Colts on Farm

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Description: Two men are attending to three horses and three colts in a farmyard.
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Young Man in Horse-Drawn Vehicle

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Description: A young man sits in a covered buggy that is pulled by a team of two horses.
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Horses Pulling Wagon

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Description: A man sits in a horse-drawn vehicle that is pulled by a two-horse team.
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Man and Women in Buggy

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Description: A man and woman sit in a buggy that is pulled by a two-horse team.
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Horses Pulling Buggy

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Description: A team of two horses pull two men seated in a canvas-back buggy. Buildings are in the background.
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Man in Carriage

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Description: A man sits in a carriage pulled by two horses in a farmyard.

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