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Cats and Dogs on Sidewalk

Date: 1895
Description: Cat, kittens, and dogs sitting on a platform near a board sidewalk. Farm buildings and several woodpiles are visible in the background.
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Children with Dogs

Date: 1895
Description: Two children pose on a lawn seated on a buggy; one child holds a kitten, and another kitten sits in the wagon near the other child. Two dogs sit on the gro...
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Portrait of Kent Wood with Two Dogs

Date: 1897
Description: Outdoor portrait of Kent Wood, with a pipe in his mouth and sitting in a cart, posing with two dogs. All three are in profile. The side of a building is be...
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Hunting Prairie Chickens

Date: 1895
Description: Two hunters check their shotguns while their hunting dogs wait in the field.
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Eau Claire Deer Hunters

Date: 1885
Description: Six deer hunters are posing with their rifles, dogs, and nine killed deer hanging from a buck pole supported by log structures on the left and right.
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Group Portrait of the Thwaites-Turvill family

Date: 06 1897
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Thwaites-Turvill family. Seven members of the family, and three dogs, are sitting on chairs and a bench in the front yard of ...
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Men Outside of Post Office

Date: 1873
Description: Men with guns and dogs and wagons in front of a rural post office. Some men have assumed exaggerated poses, probably for humorous effect.
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Hop Pickers at Harvest Time

Date: 1895
Description: Hop pickers posing by stands of harvested hops.
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Family Posed on Elaborate Porch

Date: 1871
Description: Two women and a child pose on the porch of a Greek revival frame house. The porch appears to have been added later in a Victorian style, including elaborat...
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Market Square

Date: 1890
Description: Polish immigrants in Market Square wearing Polish national dress. The men are wearing suits, coats, and hats. The women are wearing dresses, shawls and hat...
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Boys with Dog

Date: 1895
Description: Two small children in a rural setting with a dog harnessed to a wagon.
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Krueger House

Date: 1899
Description: Sarah Krueger sitting with a dog on the porch of Alex Krueger's house.
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Entertaining at Villa Louis

Date: 1898
Description: Dousman family entertaining house guests on the lawn at Villa Louis. A table and chairs are set up on the grass and several of the group are holding baseba...
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Cobblestone House

Date: 1884
Description: Exterior of a cobblestone house with women and children in the yard.
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Elizabeth Turvill Wood on the Beach with Puppies

Date: 1899
Description: Elizabeth Turvill Wood on the beach with two puppies, who are investigating a dead fish. The lake is in the background.
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Women and Children on Porch of House

Date: 1875
Description: Three women, two children and a dog stand on the porch of L-shaped house in a grove.
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Eliza C. Scidmore in Yokohama

Date: 1895
Description: Eliza Catherine Scidmore seated in an ornate chair with a small dog curled up on her lap. Next to her stands a Japanese woman.
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Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Railroad Depot

Date: 1869
Description: The Chicago & Northwestern Railroad depot. Included in the photograph is an omnibus operated by Major Throup.
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Man and Dog and Post Office

Date: 1897
Description: Post office with man and dog. This was the Louisville Post Office, west of Downsville in the town of Dunn.
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Isham & Hale Store

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated exterior view of the Isham & Hale Store, with bolts of cloth displayed outside.

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