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Kruegers Husking Corn

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Description: August, Mary, Tina, Saraphina, Jennie and Edgar Krueger husking corn.
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Pasture with Brick House and Barns

Date: 1870
Description: A pasture is in the foreground with a brick house, barn and connected outbuildings behind it.
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Teacher and Classmates Ready to Pick Seed Corn

Date: 1917
Description: A group of boys from the Walkenhorst School holding fabric bags while posing in a field with their instructor on their way to select seed corn.
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Krueger Barn

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Description: Reagan, the dog (named after the past president) joined the Krueger family for this group portrait.
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Mill Pond

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Description: A group of men and boys pose by a pond. A boy holds a long, probably bamboo, fishing rod. Two men jokingly pose as if they are dancing the tango.
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Street Scene

Date: 1922
Description: View down an unpaved street in a residential area, and storefronts further down. Near a garage on the right is a horse-drawn wagon and automobile. Two men ...
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Judge Slaughter's Home

Date: 03 10 1915
Description: View from a field of Judge Slaughter's house. The house is surrounded by a white picket fence. On the balcony, there is a large group of people.
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Excavation Site for Theresa Public School

Date: 1962
Description: "Shirley Widmer & daughter, Brenda, check out the excavation for the new addition to the Theresa Public School."
Postcard

Santa and Girl in Sleigh

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Description: Photographic postcard of Santa and a young girl, Mary Jane Turner, in his sleigh. Her head is next to his and her arm is around his shoulders. Reindeer can...
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Three Wooden Buildings

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Description: View across fields and fences of three wooden buildings in the country, probably a mill. A man stands in the wagon drawn by a team of horses in front of on...
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Uhrenholdt Family

Date: 1910
Description: Uhrenholdt family on the family farm in Seeley.
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Field of Potatoes on the Farm of Oswald Scheller

Date: 09 04 1895
Description: A promotional card depicting Oswald Scheller and his family on their farm in northern Wisconsin.

The caption below the image reads: "Field of potatoes on...

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Gathering in a Field

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Description: Elevated view of a large group of people gathered in an open field surrounded by a wooden fence.
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H.H. Bright and his Daughters and Friend

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Description: Four girls posed sitting in a buggy pulled by a single horse, and man posed standing nearby, probably H.H. Bright and his daughters and their friend.
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People and Horses in Front of a House

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Description: Two young girls, a man and an infant are posing sitting in a wagon pulled by a team of two horses wearing fly-nets. On the right a man and a woman are posi...
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Group of People in Yard in Front of House

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Description: Two groups of people are posing in yard. On the left a man and woman are posing sitting, with the man resting his hand on a dog. Standing around them are t...
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High Jump

Date: 1932
Description: A boy is caught mid-air in his approach to the high jump. Many other children and adults watch. One man identifiable by the "W" on his sweater is a student...
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Memorial Day

Date: 05 1993
Description: Mourners, miltary band, and white crosses on Memorial day.
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Man Posing with Child on Tractor

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Description: A man and child pose sitting on a tractor in a farmyard. In the background is a barn, and piles of hay behind a fence on the right. In the far background i...
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 63

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Description: You came to know that book by its covered distance,
well remembered by the measure
of the trudging barefoot mile

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