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Man in Horse-Drawn Buggy

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Description: Photographic postcard of a man sitting in a buggy drawn by a horse wearing a fly-net. Behind him is an automobile with two men leaning against the side. Al...
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Businesses on S. Sixth Street, Walker's Point

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Description: Street view in the S. Sixth Street neighborhood of Walker's Point. The storefronts include the H.J. Heinz Co.; H. Mullen, a clothing and shoe store; J. Ger...
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Collapse of a Structure

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Description: Group portrait of men wearing winter coats and hats. They are standing on a metal roof, examining a large collapsed industrial structure which is behind th...
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The Traveling Salesman

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Description: A traveling salesman, dressed in a suit and light hat, stands beside his carriage. A case of perfume and remedy wares sits near his feet. The small carriag...
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Group Looking at Pigs

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Description: Three young women, one of them holding child on the fence, line up along the opposite side of a fence to look at a herd of pigs. They are all smiling. On t...
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The Family in a Car

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Description: A smiling Anna Fiebelkorn is driving a touring car. William Fiebelkorn is next to her with two children in front of him. In the back seat are a woman with ...
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A Rural Procession of Carriages

Date: 1910
Description: View of a procession of horse-drawn carriages along a dirt road through a field. The second carriage from the left is a hearse. There is a farm in the back...
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House on Monona Avenue

Date: 1905
Description: View across street towards house at 210 Monona Avenue (now Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard), a property owned by Colonel George M. Neckerman and Elizabet...
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Group Portrait of People Standing on a Pier

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Description: View across water towards a group of people, men, woman, and young girls and boys, posing on a pier in front of a building on the shoreline of Sister Bay. ...
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Harold McCormick and Daughters

Date: 1914
Description: Harold McCormick and his two young daughters pose on a sled/sledge in front of a painted background.
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Montello Granite Works

Date: 1906
Description: Charles Richter, second from left, poses in front of a building at the top of the Montello granite quarry. His wife stands at the front of the group, weari...
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At the Fox River Lock

Date: 1905
Description: View across water towards a motor launch with striped canopy moored along the shore just above the Fox River Lock on Buffalo Lake. A finely dressed party o...
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Student Night Aboard S.S. Von Steuben

Date: 09 07 1932
Description: A group of mostly young people are sitting and standing around wooden tables, raising steins of beer while posing for a group portrait. Nearly all of the g...
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Reuben Gold Thwaites Speaking at Newport

Date: 08 1909
Description: A man is standing on a small ridge, surrounded by people sitting on the ground. He is holding an open book and speaking. Caption reads: "Reuben G. Thwaites...
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Red Circle Inn

Date: 1910
Description: A real photo postcard of the two-story, wood frame Red Circle Inn. There are two women, one of whom is holding a child, on the open first floor front porch...

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