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Native Americans near Keshena

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Description: Native Americans on the Menominee Reservation near Keshena, Wisconsin. A white man in the foreground appears to be drawing something out of camera range. T...
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Russian Soldiers at Oceanskaya

Date: 1917
Description: Group of uniformed men and boys standing with two men wearing turbans. Original caption reads: "Gen'l Scott, Sihko and group of Russian soldiers at Oceansk...
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Man and Child with Binder

Date: 1900
Description: A man wearing a hat and smoking a pipe is raking cut stalks from a binder as a boy is riding a horse pulling the machine across a field. A windmill is stan...
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Cranberry Harvest Party

Date: 1885
Description: Large group of cranberry harvesters posing with implements. Many of the individuals are wearing boutonnières and corsages made from cranberry sprigs. Many ...
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Group of Men with Hay Stacker

Date: 1895
Description: A large group of men and a boy are working in a field harvesting hay. There is a large pile of hay with a man standing on top of it. Other men are using a ...
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Willms Cigar Factory, Milwaukee

Date: 1896
Description: Workers at the Willms cigar factory, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, posing with cigars and cigar boxes. Gustav Willms (c. 1854-1917) sits on the far left with six c...
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Group Posed on Lath Bundles

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Description: A group of people, consisting of men, women and children, posed on a pile of wooden lath bundles. One man is standing.
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Man, Girl and Boy

Date: 1930
Description: Group of three people standing outside on a sidewalk in front of a stone dwelling with a porch and steps behind them. A man holds a bottle, ready to pour i...
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Logging Camp

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Description: Group of men, women, children and a dog posed sitting and standing in front of a log building in the snow. Two men are holding two teams of two horses.
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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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Logging Clean-Up Crew

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Description: Group of men and a boy posed holding logging tools and standing in front of tents on the banks of a river, probably just south of Black River Falls. A man ...
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Group Seated on Porch

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Description: Two men and one woman are seated on a porch. The men are smoking cigars. Two children can be seen standing behind the screen door behind them.
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Group of Men and a Young Girl

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Description: View across field towards a group of men and a young girl posing in a field. In the background are trees.
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W.H. Rogers Lumber Co. Camp

Date: 1900
Description: Lumber camp group, W.H. Rogers Lumber Co., near Nashville.
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Greenwood Brewery

Date: 1886
Description: Outdoor group portrait of a crowd visiting Greenwood Brewery. Individuals pictured include: First row, left to right: Anton Novy, Edward McDonough, Frank R...
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Standing Next to Blossoming Apple Tree

Date: 1903
Description: Edgar and August Krueger standing in front of a blossoming apple tree. Edgar is holding a rifle, while August is holding a long pipe with a cord and tassel...
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Group Portrait of the Krueger and Buening Families

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of the Krueger and Buening Families in front of the Krueger household. Florentina, Edgar, August, Alexander, Mary and Jennie Krueger with Ed...
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Buening and Krueger Families

Date: 1910
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Florentina, Jennie, Alexander, August, Mary, and Edgar Krueger with Ed Buening, Mrs. Buening, and their son in front of the Krueg...
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Automobile Race

Date: 1948
Description: Pencil drawing depicting the first automobile race held in Wisconsin. The two vehicles each carry two men on a rural road. A handful of spectators, includ...
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The "Lorely"

Date: 1910
Description: Elsa Seipp Madlener, center, poses with her husband Albert, right, and another man, possibly Ed Daily, the engineer of the steam launch "Lorely." A handwri...

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