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Blockhouse Mine

Date: 1940
Description: Blockhouse lead mine with cows grazing.
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Barn on the Nelson Dewey Farm

Date: 1932
Description: View towards a barn, with a railroad bridge in the foreground.
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Documents Relating to Herman A. Feiker's Physician Qualifications

Date: 1904
Description: The top document is a physician's certificate dated 1904, issued to Herman A. Feiker, brother of photographer, by the State of Illinois. The bottom documen...
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Group of Women and Girls in the Woods

Date: 1892
Description: Six young women are posing on a ladder in a woods. There is a young girl in front of them. A woman and a young girl are standing off to the side.
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Child with Wagon and Teddy Bear

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Description: Full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young child in a dress with puffed sleeves, holding a wagon with a stuffed bear.
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Cowboy with Gun and Whip

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man dressed as a cowboy. He is aiming a gun in one hand and holding a whip in the other. Th...
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Young Child Wearing Frilly Hat

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a little girl wearing a dress and a frilly hat is posing on a bench. At her feet is a fur rug.
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Woman with Hat and Fur

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of a woman in a fur and a lace collar wearing an elaborate light-colored furred and feathered hat.
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Two Women Wearing Hats

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Description: Full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two women wearing fancy hats and tailored suits.
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Mrs. Elston

Date: 1941
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Mrs. Laura Elston, wife of Henry Elston of Muscoda.
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Lorin Gillett (1915-1985)

Date: 1920
Description: Indoor portrait of Lorin Gillett at approximately five years of age.
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Lorin Gillett (1915-1985)

Date: 1933
Description: High school graduation portrait of Lorin Gillett. He is wearing a graduation gown and mortarboard.
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Lorin Gillett (1915-1985)

Date: 1936
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Lorin Gillett at approximately 21 years of age.
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Wisconsin River Valley from Bogus Bluff

Date: 1938
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin River from Bogus Bluff. There is a tree in the foreground and sandbars in the river.
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Conrad and Maria Schmitt

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Description: Full-length portrait of Maria and Conrad Schmitt, Sherwin Gillett's mother- and father-in-law.
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Conrad Schmitt

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Conrad Schmitt (b. 1843), Sherwin Gillett's father-in-law.
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Maria Schmitt

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Maria Schmitt (b.1842), mother-in-law of Sherwin Gillett.
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Sherwin Gillett as a Young Man

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Description: A portrait of Sherwin Gillett.
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The Gillett Children

Date: 1916
Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the Gillett children, left to right: Sherry (b. 1913), Lorin (b. 1915), and Harry (b. 1910).
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The Gillett Children

Date: 1920
Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the Gillett children, left to right: Harry (b. 1910), Sherry (b. 1913), and Lorin (b. 1915).

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