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Gesell Family Burlesque

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Description: The Gesell family in costume with broom, sword, and other props for a humorous picture. Family members identified as follows: Gerhard Jr. (drinking from pi...
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Family Cast

Date: 02 12 1963
Description: Six members of the same family form the complete cast of a library playhouse production that was to be televised.
Photograph

Second Herman Amberg Preus Spring Prairie Parsonage

Date: 1869
Description: This is the second Herman Amberg Preus Spring Prairie parsonage. Four men in the foreground pose with rakes and tools. One man sights along a shotgun. Oth...
Photograph

Large Family around Table for Coffee

Date: 1873
Description: A family of sixteen in yard around table set for coffee. Three men are in the background, one holding a shotgun. There is a frame house with shutters and s...
Photograph

Women on Horses

Date: 1874
Description: Group portrait of family in yard. Two women are posing on horses, one man has a rifle, and another man has a hoe. A woman is sitting in front of the porch ...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: The Great Speckled Bird

Date: 01 08 1973
Description: Cover of "The Great Speckled Bird," an underground newspaper, featuring an illustration of a Frosted Flakes cereal box, pouring out atomic bombs on a Vietn...
Photograph

Copy Photograph of Steve Waukon and His Mother

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Description: Copy photograph of a studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man posing standing on the left in front of a painted backdrop. He is holding a war club, and is wearing...
Photograph

Copy Photograph of Steve Waukon and His Mother

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Description: Copy photograph of a studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man posing standing on the left in front of a painted backdrop. He is holding a war club, and is wearing...
Photograph

Herman and Lewis Gudmundsen

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Herman and Lewis Gudmundsen from Dunkirk, Wisconsin. They enlisted into Company A, 23rd Wisconsin Infantry, on August 15, ...
Photograph

Twins at Lister Bag

Date: 11 04 1943
Description: Twin soldiers, Corporal John Kellner (left) and Private First Class Bob Kellner (right) of Milwaukee get a drink at the lister bag, in the camp on Goodenou...
Poster

Comment ils écrivent L'Histoire

Date: 1918
Description: Poster depicting three soldiers resting on a battlefield. One soldier is smoking a pipe, one soldier is writing a letter, and the third soldier is looking ...
Poster

Emprunt de la Defense Nationale

Date: 1915
Description: Poster with an illustration of a woman standing with two children at her feet, and carrying a baby on her shoulder. She is watching as her husband is wavin...

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