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Husking Corn

Date: 1903
Description: Elevated view of the Krueger family husking corn. From right to left are: Mary, Sarah, August, Florentina, and Jennie Krueger. A dog is lying on the ground...
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Kruegers Playing with Toys

Date: 1900
Description: Jennie and Edgar Krueger (twins on right) and Effie Goetsch (Carr) playing with toys outdoors. Effie was the daughter of Ernest Samuel Goetsch and Anna Sch...
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Working with a Binder

Date: 1899
Description: View of August, Alex, and Mrs. Alex (Florentina) Krueger working with the binder in a field.
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Loock's Hill

Date: 05 13 1900
Description: A horse and buggy riding down Loock's Hill.
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Loock's Hill

Date: 05 1900
Description: Sarah Krueger steering a buggy down Loock's Hill.
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Alex Krueger on Loock's Hill

Date: 05 13 1900
Description: Elevated view across road of Alex Krueger sitting on a rail fence on Loock's Hill, site of present Highway 109. There is a carriage parked below him on the...
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Picnic on Concordia Island

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Description: View of wagons and carriages lined up on a road on Concordia Island for a picnic.
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Fountain on Concordia Island

Date: 06 17 1900
Description: Children and adults standing near a figural fountain on Concordia, later Tovoli, Island.
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Concordia Island

Date: 06 1900
Description: Groups of people cross a wooden bridge on Concordia, later Tivoli, Island.
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Fishing Near the Dam

Date: 04 1900
Description: Men standing on either side of the river, fishing near the rough and ready dam. In the background is the Octagon House, built in 1854.
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Fishing on Crawfish River

Date: 1901
Description: Boys are standing on boats, catching red horse fish using dip nets in the Crawfish River. The dip nets are set up on scaffolds in the river. In the backgro...
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Fishing on Crawfish River

Date: 1901
Description: View from shoreline of a man standing in a boat, dipping for carp on the Crawfish River. Behind him dip nets are set up on scaffolds in the river. There ar...
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City of Madison

Date: 09 1900
Description: Elevated view from the Wisconsin State Capitol roof of the city of Madison. State Street leads toward the Wisconsin State Historical Society and Bascom Hal...
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Lief Eriksson Statue

Date: 09 1900
Description: View of a statue in Juneau Park, created by American sculptor Anne Whitney in 1887. The statue is a replica of the original which resides in Boston, Massac...
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Apple Orchard an Swedish Settlement

Date: 05 10 1902
Description: Elevated view across a field and apple orchard towards a Swedish settlement, with several homes and buildings along a road.
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African American Settlement

Date: 05 14 1902
Description: View of road along an African American settlement. A road is leading up to several houses on the left and a fenced-in field on the right. Two horse-drawn c...
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Peach Tree Orchard

Date: 05 12 1902
Description: Elevated view of Alexander Krueger standing in a 20 acre fruit tree orchard owned by Paul C. Goetsch. Alexander is standing next to one of the trees and t...
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Playing with the Cattails

Date: 1904
Description: View over water towards Jennie and Edgar Krueger playing amongst the cattails at water's edge while their grandmother, Mary Krueger, is sitting along the e...
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Sarah Krueger Next to Split-Rail Fence

Date: 1904
Description: Full-length outdoor portrait of Sarah Kruger standing next to a split-rail fence on Loock's hill.
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Outdoor Portrait of Florentina Krueger in a Hat

Date: 1910
Description: Outdoor portrait of Florentina Krueger sitting in a chair wearing a white dress and an elaborate hat.

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