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Michael Baltus Family in Front of New Home

Date: 1895
Description: Michael Baltus family posing in front of their log cabin two miles east of Auburndale Station, Wood County, with a new frame house under construction nearb...
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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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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Van Schaick with Son Shirley

Date: 1898
Description: Studio portrait of a man, woman, and child sitting in a rowboat in front of a painted backdrop. Probably Mr. and Mrs. Charles Van Schaick and their son, Sh...
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Family Outside of One-Story House

Date: 1898
Description: Eight people posing in front of a one-story clapboard house holding possessions. The man on the far left is holding a gun and wears a ammunition belt aroun...
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Anita McCormick Blaine, Emmons Blaine, and Emmons Blaine, Jr.

Date: 1891
Description: Group portrait of Anita McCormick Blaine (1866-1954), her husband Emmons Blaine (1857-1892), and their young son Emmons, Jr. (1890-1918).
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Man, Woman, and Two Children

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Description: A studio portrait of a seated man in a suit jacket, vest, and trousers holding a young girl on his lap. A woman in a dress is standing behind a baby on a t...
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Portrait of a Couple, Baby Girl, and Dog

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Description: A studio portrait of a standing man and woman, and a small girl and dog sitting on a prop stone wall in front of a painted backdrop. The woman and girl are...
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Couple Holding Small Girl

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Description: A studio portrait of a seated man and woman with a small girl sitting on their laps. The woman and girl are wearing dresses. The man is wearing a suit jack...
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Group Portrait of Native Americans

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Description: A studio portrait of a group of Native Americans. A woman in a dress holds an infant in her lap, a man stands behind her, and two young men, one standing a...
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Studio Portrait of Joe Thunderking Lowe and Family

Date: 1904
Description: Studio portrait of a large Ho-Chunk group posing in front of a painted backdrop, including five men, three women, three girls, and two smaller children. Th...
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H.H. Bennett's Family Portrait

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Description: Henry Hamilton Bennett and his extended family posing outdoors with umbrellas.
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Quinney Family

Date: 1900
Description: Posed studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the Quinney family, including Bridget (O'Keefe) Quinney, her sons Thomas (Tom) and William (Bill), ...
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Studio Portrait of a Man, Woman and Infant

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Description: A studio portrait of a man, woman, and infant sitting in front of a painted backdrop. The woman is on the left and is holding the infant in her lap. The ma...
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Rogers Family

Date: 1917
Description: Portrait of some of the William Henry Rogers family. Pictured are Maude Rogers Taylor, her parents, William and Martha, and her second son, Lynn H. Taylor.
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People Posing in front of Wooden Building

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Description: Group portrait of five men, and a woman holding a baby, standing in front of a large, two-story wooden building, possibly a farm implement or feed store. A...
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Door County Apple Orchard

Date: 08 19 1895
Description: The family of Joseph Zettel sits under a flowering apple tree. The family grows the Duchess of Oldenburg apple variety in their orchard three miles north o...
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Logging Camp

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Description: Group of men, women and children standing on the snow-covered ground in front of a log building. Some of the men are posed holding logging tools, and two o...
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Group of People Posing in front of House

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Description: View from road of three men, three women, and three girls posing standing by the gate in a picket fence that is in front of a frame house. One woman is hol...
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People in Yard Outside a Frame House

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Description: Group portrait of three women, one of them holding a baby, sitting in chairs, with two men, and a young boy and girl posing standing. The group is in a yar...
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Group of People Posing in Front of House

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Description: Group portrait of a man, four women, an infant, three young girls, and a boy in a yard with chickens and cats. In the background on the right is a photogra...

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