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A Happy Christmas

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday postcard with Santa Claus with a walking stick, carrying a sack and holding a Christmas tree on his shoulder. He is in front of a snow-covered hous...
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First Four-Wheel Drive

Date: 1909
Description: Five men pose with the first successful four-wheel drive vehicle, which was made in Clintonville in 1909. The inventor, Otto Zachow, is the man seated at t...
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Thorsen Residence

Date: 1904
Description: Exterior of house at 525 Jefferson Street. The first bathtub in Milwaukee, made of tin, was put into this house. A man in a horse-drawn sled is parked in...
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Men with Wagon Outside Abbey Hotel

Date: 1915
Description: Man seated atop a horse-drawn wagon in the snow outside the "Abbey Hotel." Another man stands on the left near the wagon.
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Christmas Greetings

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday postcard of Santa Claus, wearing the traditional red suit and hat with white fur trim, waving to two children. Santa has a basket of toys and dolls...
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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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Locked Antlers

Date: 1924
Description: Two men hold the heads of a pair of whitetail bucks with locked antlers. There is a boy and a dog in the background near a rock outcropping and snow is on ...
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Snow-Covered Road

Date: 1900
Description: Winter scene with a man sitting in a wagon pulled by a single horse down a snow-covered road. The horse is wearing blinders and a turnout blanket. Two men ...
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House in Black River Falls

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Description: View from road of two men standing behind a fence next to a snow-covered frame house. A woman and young girl pose standing on the porch of a house two hous...
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Van Gorden House

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Description: Two men, two women, two girls, and a boy are posing standing in the snow in front of a two-story frame house. The boy is displaying a horse. Possibly the S...
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Lieutenant R. Jens

Date: 1918
Description: Outdoor portrait of Lieutenant R. Jens of Company C, 310th United States Engineers. He is wearing an officers great coat, leggings, and a fur hat. Behind h...
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Lieutenant H. Pryale

Date: 1918
Description: Outdoor portrait of Lieutenant H. Pryale of the 310th United States Army Engineer Corps, C Company, wearing a heavy coat and gloves, as well as a fur hat. ...
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Officers of the 310th U.S. Army Engineer Corps

Date: 1918
Description: Group outdoor portrait of the officers of the 310th United States Army Engineer Corps, standing left to right: Lieutenant H. Pryale, Company C; Colonel P.S...
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Horse-Drawn Sleigh

Date: 02 10 1901
Description: Winter scene with Herman Riebe, his four sisters, and a cousin riding in a bobsled pulled by a team of white horses through the snow. A fence, a snowy fiel...
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Tending the Cattle During Winter

Date: 1906
Description: August, Edgar, and Alexander Krueger feeding cornstalks to the cattle during the winter. The cattle are lined up along the fence eating from troughs. Augus...
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Old Orchard During Winter

Date: 1905
Description: Jennie, Edgar, Mary, and Alexander Krueger standing in an old orchard on their property during winter. Between Edgar and Jennie is a sled, and a dog is sta...
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William Wendorf Posing Outdoors during Winter

Date: 12 1904
Description: William Wendorf standing outside in the snow near a fence and a shed. He is wearing his white suit from Costa Rica and a straw hat, and is holding a cane ...

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