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Peter Lagacy Family

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Description: The family of French-Canadian immigrant Peter Lagacy, posing with produce, including a large cabbage, potatoes, and carrots, in front of their log farm hom...
Postcard

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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Thomas and Florence Quinney's Farmhouse

Date: 1920
Description: Thomas (Tom) and Florence Quinney standing in front of their farmhouse which has a climbing vine growing on it.
Photograph

Self-Portrait of Photographer Wearing Cape

Date: 1930
Description: The photographer stands on a park or garden path holding his gloves. He wears a coat with attached cape, hat, and large cravat.
Photograph

E.B. Trimpey Hunting

Date: 1913
Description: Ephraim Burt Trimpey poses while hunting, holding a shotgun. He wears a hunting jacket and cap, corduroy pants and high boots. He also sports a vest with...
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Logging Crew Breaking to Eat

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Description: A few dozen men stand on and around a sandy path surrounded by low shrubbery. They are wearing work clothes, and some of them are carrying bowls filled wit...
Postcard

Man with Two Wheeled Hand Cart

Date: 1920
Description: John Virnig, Sr., harness maker, grips the handle of a two wheeled hand cart as he poses on the sidewalk in a neighborhood. He is wearing a hat, shirt and ...
Photograph

Richard

Date: 2011
Description: A bearded man named Richard, a friend of the photographer.
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Jones House

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Description: Exterior view of a frame house. A man is posed standing on the small side porch on the left, and two children are posed sitting looking out of one of the f...
Photograph

Greenlee Family in Car

Date: 1906
Description: Two men, two women, and a boy are posing sitting in an automobile parked in the yard next to a frame house. Probably Eugene J. Greenlee and son Eugene in t...
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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...
Photograph

Lunch in the Woods North of Lake Europe

Date: 1919
Description: Three men enjoy a picnic; the man on the right smokes a cigar.
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Group Portrait of Men and Women on Estate

Date: 1895
Description: Group of relatives and associates of John Johnston, posed sitting and standing on the steps of the estate. Some of the men wear bowler hats and hold canes,...
Photograph

Stroll Along Sunlit Path

Date: 1905
Description: Dr. Joseph Smith strolling down a path with his hand in his left pocket.
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Six Children of William Krueger

Date: 07 1899
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the six children of William Krueger. In the front row sitting on the grass are, from left: Henry, Minnie, and Albert. In the back...
Photograph

Wedding Guests

Date: 08 27 1912
Description: A well-dressed couple stand in the back of an chauffeur-driven open automobile on the drive at Black Point Estate. The woman, who is wearing a very tall ha...
Photograph

Cecil's Boot Ranch

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Description: Portrait of Jerry Smotherman, an employee of Cecil's Sandals and Boot Ranch, sitting on a western saddle placed over the back of the Southeast Asian-styled...
Photograph

Deutscher Press Club

Date: 07 1906
Description: An informal group portrait of members of the Milwaukee Deutscher Press Club and others, taken at Villa Henriette (mistakenly labeled "Villa Brumder"), the ...
Photograph

Mr. Rottmann

Date: 1905
Description: A well-dressed man with a mustache and goatee is posing standing outdoors for a full-length portrait. He is wearing a suit with a light-colored vest, and i...
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Ed Kearns House

Date: 1905
Description: View over tall grass towards Ed Kearns, standing at far right, posing with his family near the porch of the house. A little girl is standing next to him, h...

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