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Baby in Coffin

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Description: Deceased baby in coffin.
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Open Farmland

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Description: Fields, cattle in a pasture, and farm buildings in the countryside, possibly near Avon, Wisconsin.
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Building Site in Vandrieul

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Description: Exterior view of several wooden buildings under construction in a field. Identified as Vandrieul, Wisconsin.
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Dredge in a Cranberry Marsh

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Description: A walking dredge in action in a cranberry marsh. Probably the walking dredge at Gebhardt Marsh mentioned in the obituary of C.J. Van Schaick, and in the Ba...
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Working Dredge in a Cranberry Marsh

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Description: A walking dredge in action in a cranberry marsh. Probably the walking dredge at Gebhardt Marsh mentioned in the obituary of C.J. Van Schaick, and in the Ba...
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Walking Dredge in a Cranberry Marsh

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Description: A walking dredge in action in a cranberry marsh. Probably the walking dredge at Gebhardt Marsh mentioned in the obituary of C.J. Van Schaick, and in the Ba...
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Pigs in the Snow

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Description: Pigs outdoors in a snow-covered pen in front of a wooden shack and fence.
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Crowd in Country

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Description: Crowd in country, including Native American women, with tents.
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View of the Black River

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Description: Outdoor view, in stereograph form, looking up the Black River from Black River Falls. There are logs in the river in the foreground, and a bridge in the ba...
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Dam on the Black River

Date: 1906
Description: Exterior portrait of the dam in front of Black River Falls with the town in the background. The dam was reportedly constructed in 1906.
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Baby in a Buggy in a Field

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Description: Outdoor view of a European American infant sitting in a baby buggy under an umbrella in a field.
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Grazing Sheep in a Field

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Description: View of group of sheep scattered in a field with rolling hills, and farm buildings in the distance.
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Portrait of Woman in Chair

Date: 1893
Description: Studio portrait of elderly woman in black dress with large bow at neck, seated in chair with hands crossed in her lap in front of a painted backdrop. She w...
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Winter Chores

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Description: A man chops wood in the background as a woman walks towards the house with buckets in hand.
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Man, Two Women, and Infant in Front of House

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Description: A man and two women, one holding a small child in her lap, are posing sitting in a yard in front of an arbor and frame house.
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Pleasant View School, Brockway, Wisconsin

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Description: View across snow-covered ground towards a fence in front of a wooden school house building. Identified as the Pleasant View school in Brockway.
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Teacher in a Classroom

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Description: View from rear of classroom towards a woman posing sitting at a desk in front of a classroom. Identified as a room in the school building built in 1872 in ...
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White Dog

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Description: Outdoor view of a dog standing in a yard in front of a wooden building.
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Deer near Fence

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Description: View towards a young buck standing in a fenced-in yard.
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People Eating in a Classroom

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Description: Indoor group portrait of men and women posing sitting in a classroom and eating. Identified as a classroom in the high school building built in 1897.

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