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Belle Case and Fola La Follette

Date: 1886
Description: Belle Case La Follette posed with her daughter Fola.
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Emma Schmitt Gillett and Monday

Date: 1933
Description: Full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Emma Gillett with their German Shepherd, Monday.
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Frances Adams and Her Daughter

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Frances Adams and her daughter. Frances is holding the child's face to her cheek. The child is wearing a light-colored short s...
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Sibylla Orb

Date: 1875
Description: A seated, full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Sibylla Orb. She is wearing a long dress with a full skirt trimmed in lace and ruff...
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Victor Berger and Family

Date: 1910
Description: Formal studio portrait of the Berger family and a young boy in front of a painted backdrop. Names, left to right: Doris Berger, Jack Anderson, Victor Berge...
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Halfway House

Date: 1924
Description: A copy of an old photograph of the W. McAuley Halfway House, an inn between Prairie du Chien and Viroqua. Mr. McAuley sits on a chair while a granddaughter...
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El Capitan

Date: 1935
Description: The photographer's wife, Margaret Bouer Brumder, is sitting on a low stone wall at an overlook in Yosemite National Park, with the granite formation El Cap...
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Street Scene

Date: 1921
Description: A street scene with a group of people in front of the corner store. A flag in the window. A row of houses with balconies behind that. A large stack of wood...
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Quinney Family

Date: 1900
Description: Posed studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the Quinney family, including Bridget (O'Keefe) Quinney, her sons Thomas (Tom) and William (Bill), ...
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Clearwater Cottages at Jordan Lake — Bathing ad Fishing

Date: 1926
Description: Group of people posing in front of the screened-in porch of a guest cottage. A man stands on the right smoking a pipe, and one of the women is holding a ba...
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Catherine Seipp and Her Children

Date: 1887
Description: Group studio portrait in front of a painted background. Catherine Orb Seipp, seated at left, poses with her children. From left: Conrad, Clara, Emma (stand...
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Street Scene

Date: 1929
Description: View down retail street. Cars are parked along the curbs. The stores include: Victrola's dealer, a cafe, a recreation parlor, a restaurant, a clothing stor...
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Birthday Boy

Date: 11 22 1923
Description: Philip George Brumder, sitting in a high chair on the left, and his sister Barbara, sitting on the right, watch intently as their mother, Margaret Bouer (M...
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At the Lake

Date: 1932
Description: A family group poses in the living room of the Herbert P. Brumder home at Pine Lake. From left are Philip, his mother Margaret, Barbara, and Herbert E. Br...

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