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Stanley Herrling Farm

Date: 06 06 1961
Description: Stanley Herrling pulling in a rainbow trout from the trout pond. This is one of a series of photographs of a rural Cross Plains farm which was purchased 6 ...
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Men Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Men are working in a field near a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder. People are watching at the edge of the field in the background. On a hill above...
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Young Man and Woman on a Stile

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Description: A laughing young man and woman sitting on a stile. The man is wearing a straw hat and bow tie; she is wearing a striped dress and matching jacket. The woma...
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Yahara River Spillway at Lake Mendota

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Description: View across pond towards three boys standing on the board walkway of the spillway at Lake Mendota and the Yahara River. In the background is the far shorel...
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Man Sitting in a Chair in the Water Fishing

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Description: View across water towards a man wearing a hat and hip waders sitting on a wooden chair partially submerged in the water. He is holding a fishing pole. A ma...
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Lawson Plant Exterior

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior view from field across pond towards Alfred Lawson's aircraft plant, with buildings and smokestacks. Men are working with a pile of lumber on the l...
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Reclaimed Marsh Land on a University of Wisconsin Farm

Date: 06 30 1895
Description: A man is standing in the right foreground near a tall plant, perhaps corn. In the center is a square-shaped pond with high banks. A man is in the backgroun...
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Bernice Boyum Bergner

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Bernice Boyum Bergner, Sid Boyum's sister, wearing a beige coat. In the background are trees and a pond.
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Ducks Unlimited Releasing Ducks

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Description: Members of Ducks Unlimited releasing ducks from cages as part of their conservation efforts. A woman is holding a duck in her hands as four men watch.
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Ice Skating at Tenney Park

Date: 02 2014
Description: Two young men are playing hockey on the lagoon at Tenney Park. Snow is on the ground and the small foot bridge is in the background.
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Sid Reading Newspaper in his Backyard

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Description: Sid sitting on a stool on top of his "Hippopotamus" sculpture in his backyard at 237 Waubesa Street. He has a cigar in his mouth and is reading a newspaper...
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Sid fishing near a pond

Date: 06 1957
Description: View of Sid fishing in tall grass at a pond or river. He is looking over his shoulder towards the camera.
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Ralph at the Old Place Pond

Date: 10 15 2014
Description: Portrait of Ralph Quinney, standing with his right hand on the trunk of a tree. He is wearing eyeglasses, and a baseball cap with the word "Cabela's" writt...
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Richard at the Old Place Pond

Date: 10 15 2014
Description: Portrait of the photographer, Richard Quinney. He is wearing a black jacket, eyeglasses, and a white baseball cap, and is standing with his right hand rest...
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Beaver Removal

Date: 1935
Description: A warden, wearing high laced boots and leather jodhpurs, is holding a beaver by the tail while standing in shallow water. A second man, wearing waders, is ...
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Wyalusing State Park

Date: 08 1940
Description: View looking down towards a woman wearing a striped dress and holding a purse standing at a low stone wall at the Point Lookout observation area above the ...
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Ski Lift During the "Song of Norway"

Date: 1967
Description: Elevated view of two boys riding a ski lift high above a crowd of people and a stage below them a the bottom of a hill. The crowd is waiting for the musica...
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Swimming in Bay City

Date: 06 20 1966
Description: Group portrait of four young women sitting on the edge of a dock with their feet in the water. One woman is holding a Pepsi bottle. In the background, boat...
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Arms Children at Tenney Park

Date: 1965
Description: Some of the children of Lewis Arms (and possibly their friends) ice skating and riding on sleds on the ice at Tenney Park in the winter.
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Boys Fishing During Spring Break

Date: 04 19 1954
Description: Emil Thomas taking his beagle, BeBe, on a leash with him to fish. Walking along the dirt shore of the pond at Tenney Park, the dog is pulling on the leash,...

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