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Fishing On Breakwater

Date: 1910
Description: Long row of men in suits and hats fishing on the breakwater.
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Ha-Noo-Gah Chun-Hut-Ah-Rah

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Description: "Second Boy and Pony Indian." Ho-Chunk man standing with legs crossed, leaning on his pony. A typical dwelling (chipoteke) is in the background.
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Kruegers Playing with Toys

Date: 1900
Description: Jennie and Edgar Krueger (twins on right) and Effie Goetsch (Carr) playing with toys outdoors. Effie was the daughter of Ernest Samuel Goetsch and Anna Sch...
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Girls on a Stone Wall

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Description: Two bonnetted farm girls sit on a stone wall, apparently cracking nuts.
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Man Riding Horseback

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Description: A man poses on a horse in a field.
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Dorothy Opstedal Smith and Son

Date: 06 27 1949
Description: Outdoor portrait of Mrs William L. (Dorothy) Smith, St. Louis, Missouri, and her son Tony, visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Opostedal...
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John Greencloud Standing in Field

Date: 1906
Description: Ho-Chunk man posing standing in a open field holding a flintlock gun. He is wearing garters, moccasins, a breech cloth, necklace, and feathers in his hair....
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Girl Climbing Rocks at Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 1938
Description: A girl climbing over the rocks at Devil's Lake State Park against a scenic view of the lake and surrounding areas.
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Women Golfers at Blackhawk Country Club

Date: 05 17 1950
Description: Women Golfers at Blackhawk Country Club. Lucy Pearson tabulates her score at the end of the day.
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Blackhowk Country Club Junior Golf Day

Date: 07 01 1952
Description: Three girls stopped at the soda vending machine during the first junior day at Blackhawk Country Club. Left to right are Connie Zeitner, Betty Blue, and Ba...
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Uncle Walter Arms and Elinora

Date: 1951
Description: Elinora (mother of Lewis Arms, Jr.) stands in the snow and shoots a rifle, while Walter Arms, uncle of Lewis Arms, looks on.
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Virginia Mueller

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Description: Virginia Mueller stands on a dune with her hands on her hips. In the far background is a valley with trees and fields.
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Mike Lynch's

Date: 1938
Description: Exterior view of three men standing in front of a log cabin. A wagon sits nearby. A flag hangs off the porch, and oars are stored on the exterior cabin wal...
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People in Countryside, Cuba

Date: 1959
Description: A man wearing a straw hat is sitting on the ground holding a baby in the countryside in Cuba. A woman sitting behind him is looking at the photographer. Th...
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Women's Junior Golf Match

Date: 07 18 1954
Description: Twelve year old Carol Sorenson of Janesville stands on a golf course with a golf club. She will compete with Marilyn Hall of Milwaukee for the junior golf ...
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Women's Junior Golf Match

Date: 07 18 1954
Description: Portrait of Marilyn Hall of Milwaukee, before competing in a match with Carol Sorenson for the junior golf championship of the Wisconsin Women's Golf Assoc...
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Kay and Brenda Widmer

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Description: "Kay & Brenda Widmer pause on a high hill on McArthur Road southwest of Theresa."
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Smiling Man on Sled

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Description: Winter scene with a man lying on a small sled with a big smile on his face. He is wearing dark clothes and a cap. A snow-covered hill, a barn and fences ar...
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Man Standing Next To Headstone

Date: 1930
Description: A man stands next to a headstone in a cemetery. He is wearing a suit and hat. The name on the headstone is "LOKKE."
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John Edmunds' Charter Oak Grist Mill

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Description: view of a woman, two girls, and a boy posed on the porch of a two-story wooden building, probably the John Edmunds' Charter Oak grist mill built on Squaw C...

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