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Two Women with Cleaning Implements

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Description: Two women are standing on the small porch outside an open kitchen door, near implements used for daily household tasks such as washing, scrubbing, sweeping...
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Iron Works

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Description: Elevated view of York Iron works. Large group of men posing in yard. The boardinghouse is on a hill in the far background. Early iron was mined at Mayville...
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Two Women Outside a Log Cabin

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Description: Two women stand outside the doorway of a log house in winter. They are posed with a washtub, broom and dust pan.
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High School Graduation in Opera House

Date: 1897
Description: Two young men and ten young women in white dresses sitting in a semi circle on the stage of the Black River Falls Opera House. The stage is decorated with ...
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Boy Mowing the W.R. O'Hearn Yard

Date: 1898
Description: Boy mowing the lawn in front of an elaborate Victorian frame house, probably the residence of W.R. O'Hearn located at Tenth and Harrison Streets. The house...
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Family in front of Hans Kjorstad Residence

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Description: View of group posing on the lawn in front of a two-story frame house. Four men in the background on the left are standing near two teams of horses; three m...
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Group Posed Outdoors

Date: 1910
Description: Large group posing in front of a frame house.
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Man and Woman in Wagon

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Description: Man and woman in a horse and wagon in front of a building with two women seated on the stoop, probably the Spaulding home, the present location of the Dr. ...
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Circus Wagon in Parade

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Description: Rear view of a circus wagon going through town, with a band on top pulled by a team of six horses. People are walking in the street behind the wagon, and t...
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Man Riding Bicycle

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Description: Man riding a bicycle on a residential street, carrying packages in his left arm. Behind him is a woman and a girl walking behind. Fences are along the side...
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People near a House

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Description: Seated man, probably William O'Brien, a woman with umbrella, Maggie Beatty O'Brien, and William Miles O'Brien, posing in front of a house. Two men are in t...
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Two Women in Front of House

Date: 1895
Description: Two women standing in the doorway of a house, numbered 419.
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Woman Knitting Near Window

Date: 1898
Description: Elderly woman sitting in a rocking chair knitting in front of a window.
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Large Group on Staircase

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Description: Large group posed on a staircase, possibly a fancy dress party.
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Group Posing Near Frame House

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Description: Two women stand behind an elderly man and woman seated in front of a frame house. There is a man visible through the screen door.
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Group in front of House

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Description: Two men and a women seated in chairs, two young men and two young women standing behind the chairs, and two girls and a boy seated in front of the chairs, ...
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Woman Wearing Fur Stole

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Description: Woman wearing a fur stole, and posed standing on a board sidewalk.
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Woman Holding Books

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Description: Woman with books posed standing on a board sidewalk, possibly in front of the William T. Price home.
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Pow Wow Scene

Date: 1908
Description: Drummers and dancers at pow wow led by Chief Winneshiek, below Lutheran Church in a canvas enclosure.
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Woman in Yard with Tent

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Description: A woman stands near a large, white tent that is erected in a yard. There is a building on the right.

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