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| Description: | Polish opera singer Ganna Walska in front of the Coliseum in Rome, Italy. Ms. Walska was the second wife of Harold Fowler McCormick. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Calbraith Perry Rodgers, with a cigar characteristically clenched in his jaw, was the first man to fly across the United States. He undertook this flight i... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young boy with a tricycle. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the Middleton family cat sleeping in a doll carriage under a crocheted baby blanket, wearing a matching bonnet. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Black and white postcard view of Cedar Island Lodge, located on the Brule River, owned by Henry Clay Pierce, businessman and financier. It was dubbed the S... |
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| Description: | A woman in an Indian dress and headband sits at High Rock in the Upper Dells looking over the Wisconsin River at a tour boat. |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a young, smiling child sitting in a baby carriage covered in flowers. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | John Virnig, Sr., harness maker, grips the handle of a two wheeled hand cart as he poses on the sidewalk in a neighborhood. He is wearing a hat, shirt and ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Man and small boy posing at the back of a Ford automobile in a farm yard. |
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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... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View from the street of three people standing in front of a small house. There is a small Oeil-de-boeuf window in the upper story. The windows have shutter... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Black and white postcard with three views of the cabins and guests at the Chippewa City Resort. Captions read: "Chippewa City Resort, Proprietor Prosper Le... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | A man in a suit and hat, and a ribbon on his lapel, poses in front of a cart with a sign that reads: "E.D. Ochsner, Taxidermist, Prairie du Sac, Wis." Bunt... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the James G. Dunn Grocery, with William John Dunn standing on the left and Maggie (O'Hare) Dunn on the right. Handwritten on the... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait of a Native American Woman (Ojibwa) wearing traditional dress. Caption reads: "Chippewa Indian Squaw, Hayward, Wis." |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view across street towards a church. There is an inset portrait of Leonard E. Blackmer, Pastor and Manager at top left. Caption reads: "St. Pa... |
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| Description: | View across unpaved road towards a brick warehouse next to a dwelling. Attached to the postcard is an inset portrait of a seated women in the upper right c... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Amos and Andy, Gene Murray's Ox Team, Reedsburg, Wis." Mr. Murray posing with his oxen team and covered wagon. Text on the wagon cove... |
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