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Football Team

Date: 1899
Description: Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of members of a Whitewater, Wisconsin football team.
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Trolley Car Pulling Flat Car Carrying McCormick Binder and Mower

Date: 1899
Description: Group of people posing on a trolley car, which is pulling a flat car loaded with a McCormick grain binder and mower as part of an event culminating the "Cr...
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Studio Family Portrait

Date: 1899
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of elderly couple with their grown children.
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Circus Performers Astride Horses

Date: 1899
Description: Two horses stand next to each other in front of what may be a painted backdrop of a tree-lined street. A male circus performer stands in the center holding...
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Hotel Chequamegon

Date: 1899
Description: View of the original Hotel Chequamegon, built by the Wisconsin Central Railroad interests and opened in 1877. It was built of wood with a wrap around porch...
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Portrait of Family

Date: 1899
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man and woman posing sitting, surrounded by two young men, a young woman, a girl and a boy.
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Portrait of Eight Women and One Man

Date: 1899
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of eight women, three of whom are sitting, and one seated man.
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Portrait of Young People

Date: 1899
Description: Studio portrait of three men and a woman standing, and four women sitting in front of a painted backdrop. Young man standing on the extreme right is probab...
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Allen's Hotel

Date: 1899
Description: Allen's hotel. A horse-drawn vehicle is in front of the hotel.
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Park Hotel

Date: 1899
Description: The Park Hotel, located on the Capitol Square.
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Studio Portrait of Henry and Frank Winneshiek

Date: 1899
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk men posing sitting. They are wearing hats, and the man on the left, Henry Winnes...
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Studio Portrait of Will Thunder and Charlie Greengrass

Date: 1899
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young Ho-Chunk men posing standing near a prop stone wall. Charlie Greengrass (HoeHumpChe...
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Studio Portrait of Martha White Blackhawk St. Cyr

Date: 1899
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk girl, Martha White Blackhawk St. Cyr, posing standing with her left hand resting on a draped c...
Map or Atlas

Verona Directory

Date: 1899
Description: A post office directory of Verona, Wisconsin.
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Men with Oxen at Mill

Date: 1899
Description: A group of men are standing with three or four teams of oxen pulling wagons at what appears to be a mill. Several buildings and a chute are in the backgrou...
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"McCormick Day" in Owatonna

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view of a large crowd gathered on a dirt road in front of a strip of commercial buildings to celebrate the arrival of a McCormick agricultural equ...
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Hotel Hutchinson

Date: 1899
Description: View of Hotel Hutchinson, situated at the corner of two streets. The entrance stands beneath a bell tower and a group of boys, some with bicycles, stands n...
Map or Atlas

Douglas County, Wisconsin Showing Copper Bearing Formation

Date: 1899
Description: This 1899 map of Douglas County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities, villages and railroad stations, mines, roads, railr...
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Alma Seipp

Date: 1899
Description: A standing, three-quarter length portrait of Alma Seipp wearing a graduation cap and gown posed in front of a painted backdrop. She has her hand on her hip...
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Levi Alden

Date: 1899
Description: Carte-de-visite profile portrait of Levi Alden, founder of the Janesville Gazette and later an editor of the Madison State Journal. He was a ...

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