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Pleasant Ridge Community Members, 1895

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Group portrait of members of the Greene, Shepard, Gadlin, Grimes, and Craig families who lived in the Pleasant Ridge community.

Date Created:
1895

Publication Information

Date Created 1895

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Collection Information

Source Collection Black settlers, Pleasant Ridge, Wisconsin vicinity photographs, circa 1860-circa 1975
Catalog Record https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/999466110702121

Copyright Information

Copyright Status NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
Rights Holder Wisconsin Historical Society
Unique ID
W0125UC
Legacy ID
WHi 45972

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