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Portage Canal

Date: 1885
Description: Steamboats docked in the Portage Canal, which was hand dug beginning in 1849 and completed in 1851. There are industrial buildings on either side of the ca...
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The Sauk Prairie

Date: 1892
Description: A view of the Sauk Prairie looking south. From the left are the photographer's brother, Frank Bass; Mrs. Edward (Ada Burlingame) Bass and her daughter, Eve...
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Dredge Bank of Buffalo Lake

Date: 05 19 1895
Description: A view from the bluff of group of men on the dredge bank of Buffalo Lake.
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Fox River Dam

Date: 05 19 1895
Description: Elevated view of the dam on the Fox River at Buffalo Lake. Houses and other buildings are visible in the background.
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Women and Young Girl Leaning on Fence

Date: 1897
Description: Ada Bass, the photographer's wife, leaning against a fence, next to daughter Everetta Bass as a young girl, along a dirt road. The photographer's sister, R...
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Everetta Bass and Llora

Date: 1895
Description: Everetta Bass standing next to a woman identified as Llora. They are standing in front of a house at 131 East Montello Street, with the Methodist Church, l...
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McLean Twins

Date: 1898
Description: Two girls, identified as the McLean Twins, holding hands.
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Everetta Bass Sitting in Rocking Chair

Date: 1890
Description: Everetta Bass sitting nude in rocking chair on front porch.
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Everetta Bass with Rocking Horse

Date: 1890
Description: Everetta Bass, the photographer's daughter, standing nude next to rocking horse. She, along with the rocking horse and a baby carriage, are on an unidentif...
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Dr. Edward A. Bass with Son Cary

Date: 1895
Description: Dr. Edward A. Bass pushing his son Cary in a baby carriage along a wooden sidewalk on Nebraska Street (now West Montello Street).
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Everetta Bass with Girl in Baby Carriage

Date: 1890
Description: Everetta Bass, the photographer's daughter, standing next to a younger girl, identified as Verta, sitting in a baby carriage.
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Infant in Baby Carriage

Date: 07 05 1895
Description: Infant, identified as Loura, seated in a baby carriage outside of the Bass family home, 131 East Montello Street.
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Graduating Class

Date: 1894
Description: Group portrait of the graduating class. The four men and four women are seated in the front yard of the photographer holding their diplomas.
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Everetta Bass in Buggy

Date: 1895
Description: Everetta Bass sitting in horse-drawn buggy holding a doll. A girl identified as Loura is standing beside the buggy.
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Family Sitting in Yard

Date: 1895
Description: Everetta Bass as a child standing in a yard with her mother, Ada, standing with hand on hip, and unidentified family members. The Burlingame family home is...
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Everetta and Cary in Buggy

Date: 1895
Description: Everetta and Cary Bass in a horse-drawn carriage with an unidentified woman. Behind them is a fence, trees, and a field.
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Leroy Burlingame and Dan the Horse

Date: 1895
Description: Leroy J. Burlingame, the photographer's father-in-law, and his horse Dan standing outdoors near trees.
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Three Women on Shore of Buffalo Lake

Date: 1895
Description: Three unidentified women with umbrellas on the north shore of Buffalo Lake. Buildings of Montello are visible in the background.
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Ada and Everetta on the Hill

Date: 1893
Description: Ada Bass and her daughter Everetta near a tree on Court House Hill. The handle of a toy baby buggy is on the left.
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Music Hall

Date: 1895
Description: A view of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus including Music Hall and the bottom of Bascom Hill. Langdon Street is in the foreground; a streetcar i...

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