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Ellis Owens

Date: 1905
Description: A young man identified as Ellis Owens is standing on the lawn in front of the porch of a wood frame house. He is wearing a suit with a polka dot vest, and ...
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Fred Von der Sump

Date: 1905
Description: A young man wearing a suit and tie and holding his hat is posing standing in front of a small wood frame house. There appears to be a lean-to addition on t...
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The Duffy Family

Date: 10 16 1904
Description: Mary and Thomas Duffy, sitting, are posing outdoors with their five children. Nellie and Thomas are sitting on the ground in front, and daughters (not nece...
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Will Mowing the Lawn

Date: 05 14 1905
Description: Will von der Sump, wearing work clothes and a hat, is pushing a reel lawn mower in front of a low fence near shrubs. There is a wooded hill in the backgrou...
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Under the Apple Tree

Date: 05 19 1905
Description: Mae (Margaret) von der Sump is holding a branch of blossoms as she poses with her mother, Bertha, and father Frank under an apple tree in full bloom. There...
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Group Outdoors

Date: 08 23 1904
Description: In a photograph captioned "Group of Young Folks at Uncles," well-dressed children and young adults are posing with an older gentleman, who is at front left...
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Three Sisters

Date: 04 30 1905
Description: A waist-up portrait of Leta von der Sump, "draped" in a sheer material, and wearing a large hat and corsage. She is flanked by her sisters Mae, left, and H...
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Mr. Rottmann

Date: 1905
Description: A well-dressed man with a mustache and goatee is posing standing outdoors for a full-length portrait. He is wearing a suit with a light-colored vest, and i...
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Haas Family

Date: 07 1904
Description: Nine unnamed members of the Haas family posing for an outdoor group portrait. They are joined by three Von der Sump sisters: Leta, sitting on the ground on...
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Family Group

Date: 1905
Description: Hattie von der Sump, sitting at left, and her brother Fred, standing, posing with Mrs. Wallace and an unidentified toddler, who is sitting on the ground. T...
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Three Men

Date: 08 23 1904
Description: Three men are sitting on the ground in front of a picket fence. They are wearing hats and smoking cigars. The man at left appears to be older than the othe...
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Successful Hunt

Date: 1905
Description: Will von der Sump, left, and his brother Fred are posing holding a brace of six rabbits on a stick between them. Each man is holding a shotgun and there is...
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Hunting

Date: 12 21 1904
Description: Will von der Sump, center, is standing with two other men identified as Frank and August, in front of a large tree in an open wooded area. The men are hold...
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Young Man and Horse

Date: 1905
Description: Fred von der Sump is holding the halter of a horse. A toddler identified as Jim and wearing a dress is sitting astride the horse bareback.
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Group at Ed Kearns

Date: 1905
Description: Group portrait of seven adults and nine children, including two infants, posing sitting and standing under a tree near the open door of a two-story wood fr...
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Kusick Family

Date: 1905
Description: A man and woman, most likely Valentine and Elizabeth Kusick, are sitting on their porch steps. They are flanked by two men standing on the lawn, and there ...
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Camping at the Dells

Date: 1905
Description: Four young women are posing sitting on the ground in front of a large tent. One man is standing behind the women at left, while another is sitting on a tre...
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High Rock

Date: 1905
Description: View across water towards people in a canoe on the Wisconsin River who are dwarfed by the High Rock formation at the Dells. There are sandy beaches on each...
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Logging

Date: 1900
Description: A copy of an older photograph of a logging scene. In the foreground a man is holding the reins of a pair of horses, another man is standing beside him; beh...
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Foundation

Date: 1905
Description: Two men holding trowels are standing on an improvised scaffold made of wooden kegs and planks while working on a cement block foundation wall. Two other me...

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