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Husking Corn

Date: 1903
Description: Elevated view of the Krueger family husking corn. From right to left are: Mary, Sarah, August, Florentina, and Jennie Krueger. A dog is lying on the ground...
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Kleinstueber Machine Shop

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Description: Elevated view of Kleinstueber's Machine Shop, where Christopher Latham Sholes perfected his typewriter. The sign on the top of the building reads: "Brass F...
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Colonel and Mrs. Woods Arrive

Date: 1901
Description: Colonel and Mrs. Woods (right center) arriving on Madeline Island dock for summer visit. Thomas Stahl and his dog team (at left), loading luggage into dog ...
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Street Scene

Date: 1890
Description: Small town business district with a group of men and women posed on the board sidewalk on the right. Another group of men and boys are on and around a trac...
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Family in front of Hans Kjorstad Residence

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Description: View of group posing on the lawn in front of a two-story frame house. Four men in the background on the left are standing near two teams of horses; three m...
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Woman and Girl in Buggy

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Description: View across unpaved street towards a woman and girl posing in a buggy pulled by a horse. Eckern's Store is in the right background.
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H.W.B. Shocco Sunday School

Date: 1912
Description: A large group of women, men, young boys and girls in Sunday dress clothes are separated into three wagons pulled by an International tractor. The original ...
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Everetta and Cary in Buggy

Date: 1895
Description: Everetta and Cary Bass in a horse-drawn carriage with an unidentified woman. Behind them is a fence, trees, and a field.
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Closing Day Exercises in District #15, North Lancaster

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Description: A large group of children and adults pose in a field around trees. There is a tent in the background with flags, and two women sit in a carriage on the lef...
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In the Cotton Field

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Description: A group of agricultural workers and their children pose with a wagon full of cotton in a cotton field, location unknown. Caption reads: "In The Cotton Fiel...
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Ike and Smith Children

Date: 1959
Description: President Eisenhower greets the children of reporter Merriman Smith at his farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The photograph is undated, but as Christian He...
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Lorbieke-Onernek Wedding

Date: 1916
Description: Family and friends gathered in front of a home for the wedding of Joseph Lorbieki and Agnes Onernek. Three musicians can be seen near the center. A windmil...
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Lehigh Valley Railroad Station

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Description: View across railroad tracks of group of children awaiting the arrival of a train outside Lehigh Valley Railroad Station.
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Mr. and Mrs. William Roddy

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Description: Elevated view of group of people at a livery. A man and woman, possibly Mr. And Mrs. William Roddy, are posed sitting in a buggy pulled by two horses in fr...
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John Edmunds' Charter Oak Grist Mill

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Description: Two girls and a boy posed by a tree in front of a two-story wooden building, probably the John Edmunds' Charter Oak grist mill built on Squaw Creek in 1866...
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Three Wooden Buildings

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Description: View across fields and fences of three wooden buildings in the country, probably a mill. A man stands in the wagon drawn by a team of horses in front of on...
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Group in Front of Buildings

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Description: View from road of several men, a woman, girl and young boys posed in front of buildings in a lumber town, probably McKenna. There are two blurred images in...
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Farm of Chris Klein near Phillips, Price County

Date: 1895
Description: The front (top) and back (bottom) of a promotional card created to attract farmers to the agricultural land in northern Wisconsin. The card features an ima...
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H.A. Bright House

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Description: Elevated view of a woman and two girls posing standing in a yard behind a fence. On the road on the left are two women sitting in a buggy pulled by a singl...
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Kjorstad Home

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Description: View of group of people posing on the lawn in front of a two-story frame house, possibly the residence of Hans Kjorstad. On the left is a man sitting in a ...

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