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Hunting Camp in the Woods

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Description: About a dozen men stand in the woods by a large tent. The carcass of a deer is hanging from one of the trees. A horse stands nearby. There are some traces ...
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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...
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Family with Portrait

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Description: Seven members of the Fragon family sitting and standing for a portrait around a framed painting of a young man, possibly a deceased family member. An older...
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City Employees

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Description: A group of about two dozen male city employees, three carrying shovels, stand in front of the double doors of a large brick building. There is a wooden wal...
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Portrait of Four Men

Date: 1886
Description: J.R. Sharp, P.E. Woodley, W.M. Bour, and R.M. Seymour sit and stand for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop wearing work clothes, ties, and ha...
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Fishing

Date: 1920
Description: Three men and a woman pose with a pole of a stringer of fish. One of the men holds his pet dog. Behind them on the left is a bathtub, hand-pump for water, ...
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Women at Table

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Description: Five women are sitting at a table set for perhaps a Valentine's Day party. The setting was likely a Home Economics project for the women at the Northern Wi...
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Governor's Citizens Committee on Public Welfare

Date: 08 09 1936
Description: Outdoor group portrait of fourteen people who make up the Governor's Citizens Committee on Public Welfare. They are posed front of a building at the Northe...
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A Fine Meal — Caught Near "Old Timers" Resort

Date: 1930
Description: Group portrait of four men standing behind a row of fish on a stringer. Two large muskies are in the center. The men are standing in front of a two-story l...
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Holcombe Parsonage

Date: 1920
Description: View of front porch of the first parsonage occupied by the Reverend Mr. Row.
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Chippewa Falls Deer Hunters

Date: 1947
Description: Five deer hunters are posing with their rifles and seven killed deer and one small animal (possibly a rabbit) hanging from a buck pole behind them. A log b...

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