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Portrait of Unidentified Woman

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Description: Studio portrait of an unidentified woman wearing a full-length dark-colored dress with polka-dots, embellished with leaf patterned trim, ruffles and puffy ...
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Family Portrait

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man, woman, and two children. The man in the center is wearing a watch fob on his vest and is standing ...
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Family Portrait

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man, woman, and two children. The man in the center is wearing a watch fob on his vest and is standing ...
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Women's Group Portrait

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop, and a draped tapestry or cloth, of six women, sitting or standing around a table. One woman at the table ap...
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Band Group Portrait

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Description: Studio portrait of band members, posing in their uniforms and with their instruments. Two young boys are sitting in the front of the group. The insignia on...
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Barnyard Quintet

Date: 1890
Description: Quintet of chamber musicians posed in barnyard.
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McCormick Day Parade

Date: 1894
Description: Elevated view looking down at wagons and crowd gathering for McCormick Day parade. "McCormick Day" was a promotional device sponsored by the McCormick Harv...
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At Work in Beef Slough

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Description: Elevated view of dozens of workers standing on planks and using poles to maneuver logs in Beef Slough, near Alma.
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Young Woman Whittling

Date: 1903
Description: Young woman, possibly a University of Wisconsin student, whittling while seated outdoors on a cellar doorway or bulkhead.
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The "Lion" Steamboat

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Description: View of the steamboat the "Lion" on the Mississippi River, at sunset.
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Shoeshine Boys

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Description: Five boys stand on the sidewalk holding their shoe shining tools and supplies. They are wearing work clothes; shirts, knickers, stockings, shoes and caps. ...
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Mississippi River View and Bluff

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Description: Man standing on bluff with Mississippi River far below in the background.
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J.F. Meisser's Livery Stable

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Description: Men, wagons and horses in front of J.F. Meisser's Livery stable.
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Boys Undressing to Go Swimming in the Mississippi River

Date: 1900
Description: Boys undressing to go swimming in the Mississippi River. Alma, Wisconsin is across the river in the background.
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View of Alma, Wisconsin from the Mississippi River

Date: 1897
Description: View of Alma from the Mississippi River, with wing dam on right.
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Returning Stranded Logs to Main Channel

Date: 1887
Description: Men on shoreline are returning logs with horses, which have been stranded on a sandbar, to the main channel of the Mississippi River. Beef Slough Company w...
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Wood Burning Locomotive

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Description: View from below of wood burning locomotive and single car on elevated railroad bridge and approach trestle, somewhere along the upper Mississippi River. La...
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Baby Changing Equipment Display

Date: 1903
Description: A display of items needed when changing a baby's diaper. The picture being taken in Ridgeway has not been confirmed.
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Mother and Baby Playing

Date: 1903
Description: Beatrice C. Gesell and Gerhard Gesell, Jr. play out-of-doors. While mother watches the baby sits on a pillow playing with a volume titled "Educational Pro...
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Women with Schuetzen Rifles

Date: 06 1887
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Emma Protz, an unidentified woman (likely Julia Protz), and Clara Tester posing with "schuetzen-rifles." ...

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