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Logging Crew

Date: 1895
Description: A Knapp, Stout & Company crew with J. Bracklin (in fur coat), logging superintendent.
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Man in Horse-Drawn Sleigh

Date: 1885
Description: Winter scene with a European American man with a beard and moustache sitting in a sleigh pulled by a single horse on snow-covered ground in front of the C....
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William Reckmeyer

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of William Reckmeyer, Milwaukee furrier.
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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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F. and G. Stanley Families

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Description: Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of some 22 members of the F. and G. Stanley families, associated with the F. and G. Stanley Manufacturing Pla...
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John Edmunds' Charter Oak Grist Mill

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Description: Two girls and a boy posed by a tree in front of a two-story wooden building, probably the John Edmunds' Charter Oak grist mill built on Squaw Creek in 1866...
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Group in front of Sawmill

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Description: View down hill of a large group of men, some displaying horses, in front of a sawmill and its power plant. One of the men is holding a dog, and two of the ...
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John Gilbert and Greta Garbo

Date: 01 1927
Description: John Gilbert and Greta Garbo pose for photograph at the premiere of their film "The Flesh and the Devil." She is wearing a fur coat, white gloves and is ho...
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John Gilbert and Greta Garbo

Date: 08 12 1933
Description: Actor John Gilbert and Greta Garbo shake hands and smile at one another their first day on the set of the movie "Queen Christina." She is wearing a fur coa...
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Skiers

Date: 01 1928
Description: Winter scene with Ferdinand Hotz, holding a cigarette, posing on skis. His wife, Clothilde, stands on the left with a long walking stick; daughter Helen (L...
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Krueger Family Four Generation Picture

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Description: Portrait of four generations of Krueger men. William and August are sitting from left to right. Behind them, Alex is standing holding Edgar. There is a fur...
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Logging Camp, Black River Falls, Wisconsin

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Description: Elevated view of men posed standing in a logging camp, displaying six teams of two oxen. One man is posed seated in a buggy pulled by a single horse, and a...
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Group of People Posing in front of House

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Description: Two men, six women, and a young girl are posing standing in the yard in front of a single-story frame house. There is also a man and woman sitting in a bug...
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Krueger Family

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Description: View of the Krueger family in front of the old house, taken at the time of Grandfather Goetsch's funeral.
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Goetsch and Krueger Families

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Description: Portrait of the Goetsch and Krueger families, taken at the time of Grandfather Goetsch's funeral.
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Travelling "de luxe" in Russia, by Horse-Drawn Sled

Date: 1918
Description: Lieutenant Colonel P.S. Morris, Commanding Officer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in heavy fur clothing, laying in a sled with a horse harnessed and ready ...
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Group of Men and Women

Date: 1908
Description: Group of well-dressed men and women wearing hats posing outdoors standing in a line, probably on a street in Milwaukee. Possibly a group of convention dele...
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Couple in a Horse-Drawn "Cutter"

Date: 1906
Description: Winter scene with a man and woman driving in a horse-drawn "cutter" in the snow. They have a fur blanket over their laps. Behind them is a building, perhap...
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Wisconsin Beekeepers Association

Date: 1921
Description: Group portrait of the Wisconsin Beekeepers Association at the Wisconsin Markets Expo.
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Group Portrait of Men and Women

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Description: Studio group portrait of women and men posing sitting and standing. They are all wearing hats and coats. Two of the men wear thick, fur coats. Against the ...

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