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Ferris Wheel

Date: 1893
Description: People gathered around a Ferris wheel.
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Group of People at Railroad Station

Date: 1898
Description: Group of people looking at single car at the railroad station, probably a special car for a traveling minstrel show.
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Union High School

Date: 1890
Description: Front view of Union High School with several people and a bicycle in the foreground.
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Relaxation on Hammocks

Date: 1898
Description: Men and women sitting in two hammocks. The people pictured are Julia Murray Ormsby, Fred Werner, and R. Effie (Ettie) Meinhold.
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Ringling Brothers Elephants

Date: 08 17 1892
Description: Elevated view of large crowd of people watching elephants from the Ringling Brothers Circus turning the corner of First and Main Streets.
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The Oderbolz Family

Date: 1880
Description: Three-quarter length studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of young people in a European American family posed standing. The woman wear dres...
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Studio Portrait of Three Men

Date: 1895
Description: Studio portrait of three men standing, one of whom is a little person, standing in front of a painted backdrop. All of the men are wearing hats, and the ma...
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Group Posing by Organ

Date: 1899
Description: Group of people posing around an organ. A young woman in a white dress is sitting at the organ, facing left, with an older man behind her on the right. On ...
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Railroad Bridge across the Black River

Date: 1892
Description: Elevated view upriver towards a bridge and dam. Two people are walking among the rocks on the lower right. Identified as the railroad bridge across the Bla...
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The Oderboltz Family

Date: 1880
Description: Three-quarter length studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of young people in a European American family posed standing. The woman wear dres...
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Family Outside of One-Story House

Date: 1898
Description: Eight people posing in front of a one-story clapboard house holding possessions. The man on the far left is holding a gun and wears a ammunition belt aroun...
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Grand Army of the Republic Reunion

Date: 06 1895
Description: View across field towards a large group of people in the distance walking behind a band along on a town street. Identified as the reunion of the Grand Army...
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Woman Pushing Baby Carriage

Date: 1894
Description: Young woman in residential area, standing in a yard pushing a baby carriage with a ruffled top. On the left are houses, and in the far background a group o...
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Man Posing on Main Street

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of a man on Main Street, created by Van Schaick or his colleague, Thomas T. McAdam.
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Chief Little Black Hawk

Date: 1895
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of George Blackhawk (WonkShiekChoNeeKah), sitting, and an unidentified man who is standing and w...
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Portrait of Young People

Date: 1899
Description: Studio portrait of three men and a woman standing, and four women sitting in front of a painted backdrop. Young man standing on the extreme right is probab...
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Studio Portrait of Three Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1890
Description: Charlie Greengrass (HoeHumpCheeKayRayHeKah), left, and David Bow Littlesoldier (MauJchayMauNeeKah) ar standing behind Will Stohega Carriman (WonkShiekStoHe...
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Studio Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Woman

Date: 1885
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young woman displaying her shell necklace, silver bracelets, and earrings.
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Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Boy

Date: 1890
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified boy holding a hat with a wide ribbon band on his knee.
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Farm Family and Farm

Date: 1889
Description: A farm family posing in front of farm buildings and farmhouse. The young daughters are wearing matching dresses. Men in the background are standing with a ...

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