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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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Extended Family of Bill Jay

Date: 1898
Description: Group posing standing and sitting in the grass in front of a board house, possibly the Bill Jay family. The two children sitting are probably Edward and Sa...
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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 in front of House

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Description: Three women, four men (one seated), a boy, and a girl posing in front of a house.
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Group of People near House

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Description: Man, four women, four girls, and two boys in the yard of a house near hammocks.
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Family in Yard

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Description: A young boy is mowing the lawn, while two women and a man are posing in the yard and on the porch of a two-story house.
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Group Posing with Bicycles

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Description: Group posed standing and sitting on grass with bicycles and oars in front of an open wooden building with covered hanging vines. One man is holding a set o...
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Ho-Chunk Group in Front of County Jail

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Description: Ho-Chunk men and women sitting outside on the lawn of a large building with bars. Identified as probably the family of Jim Swallow at the County Jail. Jim ...
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Portrait of Woman, Child, and Dog

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Description: An outdoor portrait of a woman, young child, and a dog, posing sitting on the ground in front of a tree. The woman is sitting in the middle and is wearing ...
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Images of Women Compilation

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Description: A compilation of seven different images into one, all of either the headshots of women or full-length portraits of women. The edges of the images are rough...
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Man on Porch Stairs

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a man standing on steps leading to the porch of a house. He is leaning on the railing and is wearing a suit, tie and hat.
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Merchants Hotel

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Description: View of front of Merchants Hotel, located at the intersection of First and Fillmore Streets. Two men are posed sitting on the first floor porch, and two wo...
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Jackson County Poor Home

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Description: Man posed sitting in a buggy pulled by a single horse in front of a two-story brick building, probably the Jackson County Poor Home.
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Union High School

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Description: Union High School, constructed in 1871. It later probably became a grade school. A man, woman and three children are posed sitting and standing on the step...
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Merchants Hotel

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Description: View from street of two men posed sitting in a wagon full of grain bags and pulled by a team of four horses in front of the Merchants Hotel. L.S.Y. June, t...
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Group of People Posing with Horses on Street

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Description: View down unpaved road towards a frame house and storefront. In the background in the yard of the house is a man standing and a woman sitting with a child....
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Jones House

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Description: Exterior view of a frame house. A man is posed standing on the small side porch on the left, and two children are posed sitting looking out of one of the f...
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Alma Center Band

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Description: Band posed playing in a circle formation, probably the Alma Center Band, in a concert on the lawn in front of the Jackson County Court House. The house in ...
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Rainey Family and Vance Family Picnic

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Description: Five children, three women, and a man are posing sitting, and four women and a man are standing, around a picnic in a yard in front of wooden buildings. Pr...
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Group Playing Lawn Tennis

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Description: Two men and two women playing lawn tennis. Behind them is the front of a small church, a large two-story house and other wooden buildings in the far backgr...

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