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Schmidt and Glade Brewers

Date: 1870
Description: Group portrait of workers, a young boy and a dog outside the Schmidt and Glade Brewery posing with tools and barrels.
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Family at Board Fence

Date: 1875
Description: Family posed at board fence of brick house. Two woman, one holding a parasol, are standing in front of the fence on the left near the gate. Two men are sta...
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Potosi Brewery Employees

Date: 1900
Description: Brewery employees, many of them from the Schumacher family, posing with barrels outside the brewery.
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Thomas B. Jeffery

Date: 1897
Description: Thomas B. Jeffery, founder of the Thomas B. Jeffery Company of Kenosha in 1902. Before that Jeffery produced several experimental automobiles, including th...
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McCormick Reaper Works Employees

Date: 1890
Description: A group of factory workers sit on wooden benches in front of a brick building to have their portrait taken. The workers were employees of the McCormick Rea...
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Group of Men and Women on Steps

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Description: A group of two men and nine women posing on the steps leading into a brick building.
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Group of Men and Women on Steps

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Description: A group of two men and nine women posing on the steps leading into a brick building.
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Civil War Reunion Group

Date: 1908
Description: Group portrait of men and women at a Civil War reunion posed on the steps in front of a building. Those identified are 4) C. W. Sackett of Beloit 5) Herman...
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People Posing in front of House

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Description: Photographic postcard of a group of adults posing in front of a brick house. The house has a patterned design on the exterior. Below the peak of the roof, ...
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Urban Garden

Date: 1918
Description: A man is using a garden plow to cultivate an urban garden located near a row of commercial brick buildings.
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Captain William Hogbin

Date: 1915
Description: Captain William Hogbin stands on the steps of his tailor shop at 414 West Gilman Street. Captain Hogbin was born in England and trained as a tailor there. ...
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Honor Among Thieves

Date: 07 22 1988
Description: Publicity photograph of the four band members from Honor Among Thieves, a Madison, Wisconsin rock band. From right to left are Pat Dieter, Doug DeRosa, Joe...
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Chambers Island Lighthouse

Date: 1920
Description: View from water of a man with a beard standing on a pier near a small boathouse. In the background is a lighthouse with keeper's house and outbuilding.
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Homeless Man on Church Steps

Date: 02 22 2012
Description: A homeless man is sitting on Saint Patrick's Catholic Church's steps as a woman on the sidewalk is walking past.
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Man with Push Cart at Osborne Works

Date: 07 30 1913
Description: An elderly factory worker dressed in pants, a striped shirt, suspenders and a hat is posing with a large push cart at International Harvester's Osborne Wor...
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Governor Nelson Dewey and a Group of Wisconsin Legislators

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Description: Group portrait of men standing under the porch of a brick building. Nelson Dewey is the second man from the right in the front row with a long white beard ...
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Group Portrait at High School Graduation

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Description: Group portrait of five people at a high school graduation. The graduate is wearing a blanket with a Native American motif draped over one of her shoulders,...
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Man Wearing Business Suit at McCormick Works

Date: 05 01 1913
Description: Full-length portrait of a man standing on a metal grate in front of a brick wall. A window on the right has a metal grate protecting it.
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Man Wearing Business Suit at McCormick Works

Date: 07 30 1913
Description: Full-length portrait of a man standing on a wood platform in front of the brick wall of a factory building. A ladder for a fire escape is on the wall behin...
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Halle Steensland and Family

Date: 1875
Description: Detail from original of part of the family and the house. Original caption reads: "Halle Steensland and his wife Sophia pose with their five children (left...

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