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Fox River Bridge

Date: 1908
Description: Looking down hill southeast across the Fox River bridge. Industrial buildings line the shoreline on the far side.
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Posed Group of Young Adults

Date: 1916
Description: Posed group of eight young adults in an outdoor (woods or park?) setting.
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Open Fields

Date: 1960
Description: View down slope across open fields over a barbed wire fence towards the horizon. The field is uncut in the foreground, obscuring an abandoned farm implemen...
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Portrait of Small Child

Date: 1880
Description: Carte-de-visite studio portrait of a small child sitting in a chair.
Postcard

Watercolor Postcard

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Description: Postcard from a watercolor (?) showing a residential front porch and shrubbery, with the legend: "Remember The Latch String is out."
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Lady Rowing on Lake Mendota with Cat

Date: 1895
Description: A woman wearing a hat, high-collared blouse, jacket, and long skirt sits in a rowboat while rowing a small boat, presumably on Lake Mendota. A cat sits at ...
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Group Portrait of Women with a Dressmaker's Dummy

Date: 1915
Description: Posed group of six women with a dressmaker's dummy.
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Men in an Office

Date: 1895
Description: Two men in a small office, probably a railroad station. On the right is a map on the wall, and below it is a Herring Hall Marvin safe.
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Backyard Swimming

Date: 1957
Description: Suburban upper-class residence in wooded area with rock-lined swimming pool and swimming children. Two women sit in lawn chairs on the lawn near the house ...
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Outdoor News Portrait of Timothy Vick

Date: 09 23 1959
Description: Outdoor news portrait of Timothy Vick of 3957 North 63rd Street, Milwaukee. News photo made in connection with a murder case; the murderer, going door-to-d...
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Man and Woman Wrapped in Wire Fencing

Date: 1926
Description: Portrait of a man and a woman posed together, wrapped in wire fencing. It must be a prank because they are both smiling. She is wearing a hat with a plume ...
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R.W. Clarke Residence

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view from yard of the R.W. Clarke Residence.
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Farmers Delivering Corn

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of farmers bringing corn to the Lange Canning Co. plant. View looking west, from the west end of the old Madison Street bridge.
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Farmers Waiting to Load Their Goods

Date: 1898
Description: Farmers with their loads waiting to ship on train number 40 at Colfax, Wisconsin. "An everyday occurrence at 3:50 pm during September and October."
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Stereograph View of Downtown Oconomowoc

Date: 1970
Description: Stereograph view of Oconomowoc.
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Stereograph View of Downtown Oconomowoc

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph view of Oconomowoc.
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Farmers Waiting to Ship Harvest

Date: 09 1902
Description: Elevated view of farmers with horse-drawn wagons waiting to ship their harvest goods, probably potatoes, at an unidentified town. There are railroad tracks...
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Railroad Official

Date: 1910
Description: Unidentified railroad station officials, seated at their office desks.
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Railroad Man Standing Atop Snow-Bound Train

Date: 02 13 1946
Description: Railroad man standing on top of train of snow-bound freight cars.
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Portrait of an Elderly Woman

Date: 1958
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of an elderly woman; hanging on the wall behind her is an antique clock.

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