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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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Walter Bray

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Description: Seated studio portrait of Walter Bray, Richard Quinney's great great grandfather.
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Rachel Baker Bray

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Description: Seated studio portrait of Rachel Baker Bray, Richard Quinney's great great grandmother.
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Car in the Farmyard

Date: 1916
Description: Will and Lorena Holloway seated in a car parked in a farmyard while chickens forage in the foreground.
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Mary Potter Reynolds

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Description: Wooden-framed studio portrait of Mary Potter Reynolds, Richard Quinney's great great grandmother.
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Nathan Church Reynolds

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Description: Wooden-framed studio portrait of Nathan Church Reynolds, Richard Quinney's great grandfather.
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Log Cabin

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Description: A view of a "log cabin of a pioneer". Two other log cabins are visible in the background.
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Grignon House and Family

Date: 1896
Description: The house built by Charles A. Grignon between 1837 and 1839 for Mary Meade, his Pennsylvania bride. Mrs. Grignon and her family are standing in front of th...
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Monument in Memory of First Settlers

Date: 1922
Description: Monument dedicated to the first settlers of Coon Valley. The monument is in Norwegian. There is a cemetery in the distance.
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Nathan Myrick

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Description: Portrait of Nathan Myrick, first white settler of La Crosse.
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Swingli House

Date: 1925
Description: Outside the Swingli House, near a memorial for the first New Glarus settlers.
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New Settlers in Taylor County

Date: 1895
Description: A promotional card displaying a group of thirteen people outside their new home in Northern Wisconsin.

The caption bellow the photograph reads, "These pe...

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Pioneer Reenactors

Date: 05 1995
Description: "Pioneer reenactors set up their tents on the Rock River in Mayville."
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Pioneer Days

Date: 09 07 1997
Description: "Pioneer Days is celebrated at Firemen's Park. Civil War reenactors, in period garb, put on a show of battlefield conditions."
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Israel Donalson

Date: 09 1855
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype. Waist-up portrait of Samuel Donalson, 1767-1860, around the age of 90, sitting and holding a cane. Mr. Donalson was an early set...
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Bridget O’Keefe Quinney

Date: 1895
Description: Posed three-quarter length studio portrait of Bridget (O'Keefe) Quinney. She is wearing a dress, collar pin and earrings. This image was extracted from a f...
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"Pioneer Military Road" Plaque Marker

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Description: Plaque marker identifying the “Pioneer Military Road” route from Fort Howard at Green Bay to Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien.
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Far Traveled Ox-Drawn Cart

Date: 1838
Description: Ox-drawn cart in which Mr. and Mrs. Salmon Upson traveled from Connecticut in 1838.
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Colonel William Martin

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Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of Col. William Martin of Tennessee. Williams was an early Tennessee settler who fought in the Indian Wars and the War of 1812....
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Harrison Ludington and Talbot Dousman

Date: 1857
Description: Portrait of Harrison Ludington, the future 13th governor of Wisconsin (left) and Talbot C. Dousman (right). They are both wearing top hats and suits. They ...

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