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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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Dr. Edward A. Bass with Son Cary

Date: 1895
Description: Dr. Edward A. Bass pushing his son Cary in a baby carriage along a wooden sidewalk on Nebraska Street (now West Montello Street).
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Family Posing in front of House

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Description: A portrait of a family, a father, mother, and three daughters, standing in their yard behind a wooden fence in front of a small house.
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Family in front of Frame House

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Description: Three boys sitting on a wooden fence near a gate where a women and man are standing next to a baby carriage with a seated infant, in front of a frame house...
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The Plocker Tavern

Date: 1925
Description: A copy of an older photograph of the William Plocker (Plokker) Tavern south of Fairwater. An unidentified couple sits in the front yard; the man holds a ra...
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Man and Dog

Date: 1905
Description: A man sits in a bentwood chair, holding his hat in his lap, as his dog sits nearby. They are sitting on the front lawn of a large house.
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William Irvine and Child in Horse-Drawn Sleigh

Date: 1900
Description: Winter scene with William Irvine (1851-1927) seated in his sleigh next to his daughter Ruth (1891-1987) wearing a hat and wrapped in furs, Chippewa Falls, ...
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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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Kjorstad Home

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Description: Group of people posing on the porch of a two-story frame house. Possibly the residence of Han Kjorstad. On the porch is a young girl standing and holding a...
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Group of People Posing in front of House

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Description: Two women, two men, and two girls standing in front of a wooden house (probably the backyard), near a clothesline with drying wash. Two boys are standing o...
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Conrad Seipp and Family

Date: 1884
Description: Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp (1825-1890), seated at left, poses with his second wife, Catherine Orb Seipp (1846-1920), seated to his left, with other family...
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Carriage

Date: 1890
Description: A team of two horses is harnessed to a highly polished carriage with a side lamp. The driver is holding a long whip and is wearing a top hat, winter coat a...
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Brumder Summer Home

Date: 1895
Description: A view of the two and one-half story wood frame house built by George Brumder in 1893 on Pine Lake. There are two chimneys, and decorative ironwork on the ...
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Family Group at Pine Lake

Date: 1895
Description: Members of George Brumder's family posing on the porch of the summer house on Pine Lake. They are, from left, Henriette Brandhorst (Mrs. George) Brumder; H...
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Concrete Block House

Date: 1910
Description: Six men in work clothes posing near a porch of a house under construction. Hollow core concrete blocks, most likely manufactured on site with local sand an...
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J.K. Severson House

Date: 1903
Description: An automobile with driver and four passengers is parked beside the porch of a two-story wood frame house at 1923 East Washington Avenue. On the reverse of ...
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Kusick Family

Date: 1905
Description: A man and woman, most likely Valentine and Elizabeth Kusick, are sitting on their porch steps. They are flanked by two men standing on the lawn, and there ...
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Wedding Group

Date: 1905
Description: A large group of well-dressed men, women and children are posing in front of a wood frame house. At the center of the group is a man with a boutonniere, pr...
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Kusick Family

Date: 1905
Description: Valentine Kusick is sitting in the grass in a chair in front of the porch railing of his well-kept house. His wife Elizabeth is sitting at the top of the p...

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