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Family Group in Front of Farm Buildings

Date: 1890
Description: Man and woman posing sitting, each holding a child in their lap, and a young man, girl, and a boy holding a toy horn, are posing standing. The group is pos...
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Flying Santa

Date: 11 20 1966
Description: As a crowd of onlookers watch, Santa Claus alights from his special holiday helicopter with the help of an aide at Southgate Shopping Center.
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Street Scene

Date: 1890
Description: Small town business district with a group of men and women posed on the board sidewalk on the right. Another group of men and boys are on and around a trac...
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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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Portrait of Children and Adults

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Description: Man and woman with boy and girl posing outdoors.
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Studio Portrait of Children and Adults

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Description: Studio portrait of a seated man surrounded by two standing boys and a girl in a dress in front of a painted backdrop. The man and boys are wearing suit jac...
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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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Group of People Posed Along Storefronts

Date: 1900
Description: Large group of people posed in commercial area on a wooden sidewalk. Leigeois Bar, Implement Store, and Blacksmith Shop. Joseph Leigeois is shown in the fo...
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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 Posed on Porch

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Description: A family is posed outside their three-story brick home in the yard. A woman in the middle sits in a chair with a child in her lap. Four other children stan...
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Street Cleaner

Date: 1914
Description: Street cleaner cleaning a street. A man and boy stand on the opposite sidewalk watching. Another street cleaner is on the left. Perhaps in Milwaukee.
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Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Depot

Date: 1909
Description: View from railroad tracks of a group of six people standing on the platform of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul depot. Beyond the depot is a water tower...
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Portrait of Man and Child Outdoors

Date: 1920
Description: Outdoor portrait of man seated in a rocking chair with child standing next to him. They are both wearing hats and neckties. In the background is a house wi...
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First Wisconsin Calvary Veterans

Date: 06 10 1880
Description: Elevated group portrait of the veterans of the First Wisconsin Calvary. They are standing in rows in the street. Horses with wagons are behind them, and a ...
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Unidentified Rural Schoolhouse

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Description: View through trees of a group of children and adults standing in front of a clapboard one-room schoolhouse. an outhouse is visible behind the shcool.
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Knowlton House

Date: 1910
Description: A photographic postcard of "The Old Tavern" built at Knowlton in 1849. It is a large wooden classical revival style building. A dog joins a group of peopl...
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Three Men and Young Girl on Boardwalk

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Description: Three men stand on a board sidewalk with a young girl. A decorative wooden fence lines the boardwalk and a house is in the far background.
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The Phillips Family

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Description: The members of the Phillips family stand on the lawn outside of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Armory (Red Gym or Old Red).
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F.D. Eyerley and Daughter

Date: 1897
Description: F.D. Eyerley crouches down to give his daughter a kiss. A bicycle is propped against a wooden fence which runs the perimeter of the front yard of the West ...
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Group Seated on Front Stoop

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Description: View over fence of a group of people and one dog seated on steps leading up to the door of a house. Syl is seated on the far right of the group wearing a h...

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