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Extended Family of Bill Jay

Date: 1898
Description: Group posing standing and sitting in the grass in front of a board house, possibly the Bill Jay family. The two children sitting are probably Edward and Sa...
Photograph

George Johnston of Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Date: 1892
Description: Outdoor photograph near Aberdeenshire, Scotland of probably George Johnston (1803-1893), 89-1/2-years-old, and an unknown man, possibly a brother-in-law, 7...
Photograph

Four Generations of Kruegers

Date: 08 11 1901
Description: Informal outdoor group portrait of, left to right: William (holding cane), August, Alex and Edgar Krueger sitting in chairs in front of a trellis on the si...
Photograph

Kjorstad Home

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Description: Group of people posing on the porch of a two-story frame house. Possibly the residence of Han Kjorstad. On the porch is a young girl standing and holding a...
Postcard

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.
Photograph

Man with Grapevine

Date: 1895
Description: A man in a suit and hat bending over while holding a grapevine. In the background is a fence and some farm buildings.
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Family in front of Home

Date: 1895
Description: A family of eight posing in front of their home.
Print

The Presidential Candidates

Date: 1856
Description: Engravings of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates from the Democratic, Republican and Know Nothing parties for the Tuesday, November 4th, 185...
Photograph

Henry Elston Family

Date: 1937
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Henry Elston Family of Muscoda, with a dog sitting in the foreground. According to US censuses they are from left to right: M...
Print

Six O'Clock Club Dinner Menu

Date: 12 17 1900
Description: Front cover and interior of the menu for a Six O'Clock Club dinner on the topic of municipal ownership of Madison utilities. On the cover are two embossed ...
Photograph

Four Friends and a Dog in a Tent

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Description: Arnold Gesell (2nd from left) and three friends posing in the open doorway of a tent, with a dog resting in the grass. The men are wearing trousers, shirts...
Photograph

Four Generations Portrait

Date: 08 11 1901
Description: Outdoor group portrait of four generations of three Krueger men and one boy. Sitting left to right are: William (holding cane), Alexander and August Kruege...
Photograph

Four Generations Portrait

Date: 08 11 1901
Description: Outdoor portrait of four generations of three Krueger men and one boy. The men are sitting in chairs in front of ivy climbing up the side of a house. Sitti...
Photograph

Four Generations Portrait

Date: 08 11 1901
Description: Outdoor portrait of four generations of the Krueger family are sitting in chairs in front of a house with ivy climbing up the side. From left to right sitt...
Photograph

Alexander Krueger Reading a Newspaper

Date: 1904
Description: Portrait of Alexander Krueger sitting outdoors in the yard in a wicker chair with a newspaper open in his lap. His hat is on the ground next to him. The ho...
Photograph

Portrait of Alexander Krueger

Date: 1904
Description: Outdoor portrait of Alexander Krueger standing in front of the ivy-covered windows of a house. He is wearing a hat and has his left hand in his pants pocke...
Photograph

Outdoor Portrait of George McConnell

Date: 1897
Description: Outdoor portrait of George McConnell. He is sitting in a chair looking to the left. A building with a vine growing up along a window is in the background.
Photograph

Outdoor Portrait of Thomas Turvill

Date: 1897
Description: Outdoor portrait of Thomas Turvill standing on a porch. He is seen leaning against the railing and trellis which is covered in foliage.
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1895
Description: Front cover of catalog featuring a framed portrait of Cyrus H. McCormick surrounded by foliage. A putto is pulling away a drape from the portrait with one ...
Photograph

U.S. Military Academy Sole Survivors

Date: 1916
Description: Handwritten caption reads: "Sole Survivors, Class of 1866. U.S. Military Academy. Fiftieth Anniversary of Graduation." Twelve men are lined up in two rows ...

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