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Target Shooting at Villa Louis

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Description: Target shooting on the east lawn of Villa Louis. Nina S. Dousman is on the extreme right of the image.
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Jenkin Lloyd Jones at Podium

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Description: Jenkin Lloyd Jones at a podium with flowers.
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G.A.R. Memorial Hall

Date: 1973
Description: The G.A.R. Memorial Hall on Monona Avenue.
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Studio Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Man and Woman

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man and woman, the former posing half-sitting and wearing a suit jacket, vest, trousers, and a...
Photograph

Open Casket with Body of European American Man

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Description: Open casket with the corpse of an European American man lying inside it wearing a dark-colored suit coat and bow tie. Floral arrangements are placed above ...
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Genoa Junction Free Public Library

Date: 10 07 1905
Description: Interior view of the Genoa Junction Free Public Library. Reverse of cardboard mounting reads: "Genoa Junction Free Public Library, Genoa Junction, Wisconsi...
Print

Burr McGuire

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Description: Engraved portrait of Burr McGuire who was captured by Company A, 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, on the morning of August 18, 1862 near Jackson, Missouri.
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Men Holding Turkeys

Date: 12 03 1915
Description: J.M. Browning and Mr. Powell, wearing hats, suits, and ties, each holding a turkey while standing on a dirt road. Several individuals are in the background...
Print

Valentine with Little Girl and Bird

Date: 1920
Description: Valentine's Day card with a little girl in a red outfit gazing at at bird in a tree. She is standing on a path with grass all around. There is an ornate b...
Book or Pamphlet

Malt Shipping

Date: 1934
Description: Three men packing malt sacks for shipping, Rahr Malting Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 1934.
Photograph

Studio Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of an unidentified European American woman posed sitting in a chair with a tasseled back. She is wearing a dark-colored dress with...
Photograph

Baseball Team Owner

Date: 10 24 2012
Description: La Crosse Loggers baseball team owner Dan Kapanke, at a Republican Election Rally at La Crosse County Republican Headquarters. He is a former Wisconsin Sta...
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Soldiers Using Radio in Vietnam

Date: 1965
Description: Six soldiers along a roadside in Vietnam. One soldier operates a radio while another writes. Other men sit on the other side of the road, and in the far ba...
Photograph

Helen Gilbert Van Vechten

Date: 1895
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Helen Gilbert Van Vechten. In 1897 Helen co-founded the Philosopher Press in Wausau, and became an expert in all matters rel...
Photograph

James Sisters

Date: 1895
Description: Formal oval-framed group portrait of Vida James, Ada James and Beulah James. Ada James (center back) later became active in the Wisconsin Women's Suffrage ...
Photograph

Picnic in New Glarus Woods Picnic Grounds

Date: 1940
Description: Two men and two women have gathered at a picnic table in New Glarus Woods State Park (established 1934). A small bucket and dishes are sitting on the table...
Photograph

Kilkare Lodge

Date: 1935
Description: External view of Kilkare Lodge. Many of the windows are open.
Photograph

John L. Gillin

Date: 05 28 1942
Description: Caption reads: "Photograph of oil portrait of Prof. John L. Gillin painted by Christian Abrahamsen. Unveiled at Gillin farewell dinner at the Memorial Unio...
Print

John Stevens Cabot Abbott

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Description: Lithographic portrait of John S. C. Abbott, an American historian, and pastor. He was the author of The Mother at Home, The History of the Civil ...
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Cyrus Hall Adams

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Description: Lithographic portrait of Cyrus Hall Adams, a Chicago commodities broker who merged his father's company with Cyrus McCormick & Co., to form McCormick, Adam...

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