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Family Group in Front of Farm Buildings

Date: 1890
Description: Man and woman posing sitting, each holding a child in their lap, and a young man, girl, and a boy holding a toy horn, are posing standing. The group is pos...
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House and Family

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Description: Family posing in yard of house with four horses, with two pulling a horse-drawn carriage. There are four women, two men, a young man, five young girls, and...
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Farm Family Outdoors

Date: 1900
Description: Farm family posing in front of a log home. There is a man on crutches in the center, a woman is holding a small child standing on a table, and two children...
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Raking Lawn

Date: 1910
Description: Woman in hat and young girl raking the lawn.
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Powwow Group

Date: 1908
Description: Ho-Chunk performers gathered behind a drum and Winnebago baskets at the 1908 Homecoming. Standing from the left are Jim Swallow (MaPaZoeRayKeKah), William ...
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Farm Family and Farm

Date: 1889
Description: A farm family posing in front of farm buildings and farmhouse. The young daughters are wearing matching dresses. Men in the background are standing with a ...
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Teacher and Students in Schoolyard

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Description: A teacher and students posing outdoors in the schoolyard of Shamrock School. The teacher is holding a reading chart and the children are holding books.
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Couple with Small Child in Yard

Date: 1898
Description: Man, woman, and small child posing standing in a yard in front of a frame house.
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Father and Daughter in Yard

Date: 1898
Description: View across yard towards a man posing sitting, and a girl and dog standing. In the background is a frame house.
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Family and Dog in Front of House

Date: 1898
Description: A man, woman, mother-in-law, and three children posing in the yard in front of a clapboard frame house. The young girl in the middle is holding a doll, and...
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Family Posing in Yard

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Description: A family of five posing with their dog in the yard in front of their house. On the left is an older man sitting in a chair with a child in his lap, and in ...
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Woman and Girl on Water Street

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Description: Woman and girl across the street from the J.J. McGillivray Sash and Door Company.
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Man pulling Girl in Sled

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Description: Man and small girl in a homemade sled in front of the steps that lead to the photographic studio of Charles J. Van Schaick. Storefront on the left sells cr...
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Tailor's Storefront

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Description: Storefronts identified from left to right include: J. Sannes Merchant Tailor with a sign on building for "Lemonade and Pop," and an unidentified storefront...
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Storefront with Woman and Children

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Description: Woman and children on a raised storefront.
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Dry Goods Store

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Description: Interior of a dry goods store, possibly Monsos Brothers. Woman and girl purchasing supplies.
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Restaurant Interior

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Description: Two women and a child in a highchair sitting at a table, possibly in a restaurant. Woman on the left is using a toothpick. Calendar on the wall from the Fi...
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Walking Dredge

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Description: View across grass towards men, boys, and girl posing on top of a walking dredge.
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Woman and Girl in Buggy

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Description: View across unpaved street towards a woman and girl posing in a buggy pulled by a horse. Eckern's Store is in the right background.
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Group Posing in front of House

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Description: Four women, a man, and two girls posing in front of a two-story and one-story house.

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