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The Union House Tavern

Date: 1900
Description: The Union House Tavern, known as Schulkamp's Corner Saloon, 2601 East Washington Avenue at Milwaukee Street. A group of men are standing on the porch holdi...
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African American Tenant Farmers Picking Cotton

Date: 1900
Description: Men, women, and children - likely tenant farmers or "sharecroppers" - picking cotton by hand.
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Temperance Demonstration by Three Men

Date: 1900
Description: Three men in long coats and hats are standing outdoors and staging an elaborate temperance portrait, which includes jugs and an artificial human skull.
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Three Men Drinking Beer

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three unidentified white men dressed in bib overalls. One man is sitting in the center betwee...
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Jacksons at Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1900
Description: Russell Jackson (?), Joseph W. Jackson, and Dr. James A. Jackson, Sr., (with cigar), in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Cutting Crew in the Woods

Date: 1900
Description: A cutting crew of three men posing in the woods with a work horse next to felled trees.
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Man and Boys

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio group portrait of young Ho-Chunk men. Standing (l to r) are George Otter (Hay Cho Kah), Johnnie Thunder (Hoonk Nee Kah), and George Bear...
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Man and Woman with Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 1900
Description: A man wearing a hat and smoking a pipe is sitting in a field on a mower drawn by two horses. A woman is posing in front of the horses wearing a dress and h...
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Man and Child with Binder

Date: 1900
Description: A man wearing a hat and smoking a pipe is raking cut stalks from a binder as a boy is riding a horse pulling the machine across a field. A windmill is stan...
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Group of Men and Boys with Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: A man smoking a pipe sitting on a horse-drawn grain binder. Around him are young boys with horses. Another man is standing on the right. In the background ...
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W.H. Rogers Lumber Co. Camp

Date: 1900
Description: Lumber camp group, W.H. Rogers Lumber Co., near Nashville.
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Five Horse-Drawn Binders in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Five men with horse-drawn binders in a line in a field. Another man on horseback is behind the group. The man in front is smoking a pipe, and the horse beh...
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In the Backyard

Date: 1900
Description: Edward Petersen, left rear, and his son William F. Petersen, right rear, pose behind three unidentified people sitting on a rustic bench in a yard. Edward ...
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Men Washing a Surrey

Date: 1900
Description: View across yard towards four men washing a surrey using metal buckets in front of a stable. A boy wearing a suit, necktie and straw hat is standing behind...
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Mary Livingston and W. Blair Flandreau

Date: 1900
Description: Mary Livingston and W. Blair Flandreau are standing on the porch of the original Forest Lodge, along with another woman with her back to the camera. Mary i...

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