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International Harvester Employee

Date: 04 01 1915
Description: Old man wearing a suit and hat with his back against a brick wall. The man is likely an employee at International Harvester's Osborne Works. One of his leg...
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Cecil McLaren, Tennis Champion

Date: 11 08 1934
Description: University of Wisconsin coed, Cecil McLaren, from Cincinnati, Ohio, holding tennis racket, co-champion in Western girls' doubles and finalist in National g...
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Paula Parker

Date: 07 23 1934
Description: Outdoor portrait of Paula Parker, playing for Westmoor of West Allis in the Wisconsin Women's Junior Golf Championship.
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Hattie Pautz and Her Dolls

Date: 04 1901
Description: Hattie Pautz, sitting and posing with her dolls in front of the side of a building. On the ground next to her is one of the dolls in a doll-sized lawn swin...
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Two Girls in Bonnets

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Description: Two young girls in bonnets standing on a porch facing each other and holding hands. These may be daughters of Gerhard Gesell, the photographer, he often po...
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McCormick Works Employee

Date: 03 31 1919
Description: Full-length portrait of a man standing outdoors in front of a building. He is wearing eyeglasses, and overalls over a shirt, vest and necktie.
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Child on Scale

Date: 1897
Description: A young girl wearing a coat and hat is standing on a scale that is chained to a post near a building.
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Wisconsin Women's Golf Association Tournament

Date: 06 05 1949
Description: Tony Mierzwa, Maple Bluff Country Club pro, talking over final details for the women's state golf tournament with Mrs. Oscar (Inez) Toebaas, the general ch...
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Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Group Posing Outdoors

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Description: Three Ho-Chunk men wearing hats and a Ho-Chunk woman wrapped in a shawl are posing outdoors sitting on a bench in front of a corrugated metal building.
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Ho-Chunk Woman and Three Children in Town

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Description: Ho-Chunk woman, and three Ho-Chunk children wearing winter clothes, standing on a board sidewalk in town, probably Black River Falls. Two of the children a...
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Women Golfers at Maple Bluff Country Club

Date: 05 17 1950
Description: Marie Adele Fish, left, chairman of the women's organization at Maple Bluff Country Club, is joined by Dorothy Guild outside of a building (possibly the cl...
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Fairway Golf Range

Date: 04 05 1951
Description: Joan Wilke, a university student from Milwaukee, practicing her golf swing at the Fairway Golf Range, 2211 South Park Street.
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Our Lady of the Valley

Date: 1950
Description: Outdoor portrait of a Trappist monk holding a bucket of leaves or greens in one hand and carrying a sack over his opposite shoulder. Trees and a wooden str...
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Briefing Book

Date: 1988
Description: Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin crouches just outside of his car, reviewing the information in his briefing book during a congressional trip to Hond...
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Building Dedication

Date: 04 1992
Description: Congressman David R. Obey speaking at the podium at the dedication of the new Naval Reserve building. Three naval officers, a man in a suit, and three sail...
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St. Peter's Lutheran Church

Date: 11 1993
Description: "This is the view form the top of the steeple looking straight down."
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Men and Wagon

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Description: Group of people posing with a wagon from which several dead prairie-chickens are hanging. One man is sitting in the wagon with a dog. Seven men are standin...
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Boy Feeding a Colt

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Description: Boy standing on a roadside feeding a colt from his hand. On the left are buildings and a fence. In the background on the other side of the road are trees i...
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Throwing Rice After the Ceremony

Date: 09 30 1978
Description: As a bride and groom leave the First Unitarian Society Meeting House, they are showered with rice.
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Robert Doyle and Captain Money

Date: 11 05 1943
Description: Robert Doyle and Australian Captain William (Bill) A. Money, chat on Goodenough Island, in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). In t...

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