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Robert Ansorge

Date: 1910
Description: Dressed in overalls, young Robert Ansorge grips the links of a makeshift play pen fence with his left hand. His right hand is on his forehead, and he is lo...
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Ansorge House

Date: 1910
Description: View across front lawn of family posed in yard of house located on S. 3rd Street. Otto Ansorge leans on the bannister of his front porch. An unidentified w...
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Along Lake Winneconne

Date: 1910
Description: Wearing a long, white dress, white shoes and a large, ribboned hat, Mary Ansorge poses on a large stone on the rocky bank of Lake Winneconne. Her daughter,...
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Up a Tree

Date: 1910
Description: Outdoor group portrait of five young people at Lasley's Point near Lake Winneconne. Two woman and one man sit in the branches of a tree, and a man and woma...
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Interior of Greenhouse

Date: 1909
Description: View of the interior of a greenhouse at the Winnebago County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy.
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Winnebago County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy

Date: 1907
Description: View across lawn of the newly completed Winnebago County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy.
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Miller and his Studebaker

Date: 1911
Description: George Miller, a local barber, poses sitting in a Studebaker parked on a lawn. In the background are trees and a house.
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Bersch's Resorters' Inn

Date: 1910
Description: View across railroad tracks towards Bersch's Inn, a three-story house with a wrap-around porch, and flat, grassy yard. Trees flank both sides of the Inn. L...
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Construction Crew

Date: 1907
Description: A work crew, and a young boy, posing outdoors at the construction site of the Winnebago County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy.
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Ice Storm Aftermath

Date: 1922
Description: A man walks through debris along a metal railing at Cottonwood Villa after an ice storm. The lake, with houses and trees along the shoreline are in the bac...
Postcard

Steamer "Thistle"

Date: 10 11 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Steamer 'Thistle,' Winneconne, Wis." Many passengers pose on the deck of a steamer on Lake Winneconne. The shoreline in the backgroun...
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Quarry at Red Granite

Date: 1910
Description: Rock piles at the quarry at Red Granite. Poles, wires and machinery are on the edge of the quarry in the middle distance. Two men are walking or standing o...
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Two Women in Garden

Date: 1910
Description: Two women wearing hats and dresses stand under a large, blossoming tree in a garden. They are both reaching up and holding a blossom while looking at the c...
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Becker House

Date: 1910
Description: View from sidewalk of a group of unidentified people, presumably the Becker Family, sitting and standing on and near the front steps of a large house. The ...
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Tennis Players on Court

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of a line of people, some holding tennis rackets, posed in a line behind a net on a dirt tennis court between North 3rd and 4th Street. Hous...
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Boat in Yard

Date: 1910
Description: Large boat on a stand in a boatyard. A man wearing a hat and suspenders stands on the right in the open doorway of a building. There is another building on...
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Fire Damage

Date: 1910
Description: Five men standing on the far left survey fire damage on Main Street between N. 2nd and N. 3rd St in Winneconne. The area is completely destroyed. Surroundi...
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Confirmation Ceremony

Date: 1910
Description: Twins Marie Johanna and Friedrich Wilhelm Ginnow pose in front of a decorated altar on their confirmation day. This was the last confirmation class at the ...
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Riverside Hotel

Date: 1910
Description: View across street of a group of people posing on the front steps and and front porch of the Riverside Hotel on N. 1st Street opposite the railroad depot. ...
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Oakes Family

Date: 1910
Description: Bundled up in winter clothes, the Oakes Family poses outside the family home on the front walk. Snow covers the ground. The group includes (left to right):...

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