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Fisherman with Equipment and Catch

Date: 1875
Description: Studio portrait of a fisherman with his lure, spear, and catch.
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John MacKenzie and Portage Jail

Date: 1900
Description: Sheriff John MacKenzie poses in front of the Portage jail with his staff.
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Portage Railroad

Date: 1884
Description: A group of men and boys posed around Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway locomotive # 313, a switch engine. The Fox House is in the background.
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Portage Turn Table and Pump House

Date: 1885
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul engine #689 on the turn table, surrounded by railroad employees. The pump house is in the background.
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Indian Agency House

Date: 07 07 1929
Description: Miss Mary Prescott and Mrs. William McMahon, grandaughter and great grandaughter, respectively, of Pierre Paquette, appeared at a meeting called by the Wis...
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Indian Agency House

Date: 07 07 1929
Description: Supreme Court Justice Fowler at a meeting of Women's Club representatives and other citizens in relation to the proposed purchase of the Agency house.
Postcard

Cook Street

Date: 1905
Description: Colorized postcard of a view of Cook Street. Caption reads: "Cook Street, Portage, Wis."
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Portage Canal

Date: 02 05 1928
Description: Slightly elevated view of the Portage Canal, looking east from the canal bridge. A man is standing on a large platform on the left side of the canal near a...
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Exterior of Portage Jail

Date: 1900
Description: Group posing on lawn outside of the large brick building with a steep hip roof. Four men are identified (from left to right) as the turnkey, William MacKen...
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Bill Owens Curling Rink of Portage

Date: 01 04 1952
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Bill Owens and Mr. and Mrs. William Mohr, members of the Bill Owens curling rink of Portage, posing at the second annual mixed bonspiel sponso...
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Rag Onstad Curling Rink of Madison

Date: 01 04 1952
Description: Bud Leonhard, Mrs. Mildred Solheim, Rag Onstad, and Mrs. Esther Onstad, members of the Rag Onstad curling rink of Madison, posing at the second annual mixe...
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John Rogers Curling Rink of Portage

Date: 01 04 1952
Description: Mr. and Mrs. John Rogers and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kimball, members of the John Rogers curling rink of Portage, posing at the second annual mixed bonspiel spo...
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Deane Woody Curling Rink of Madison

Date: 01 04 1952
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Deane Woody and Mr. and Mrs. D.B. Sanford, members of the Deane Woody curling rink of Madison, posing at the second annual mixed bonspiel spon...
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Zona Gale

Date: 1925
Description: Portrait of Pulitzer Prize winning author Zona Gale wearing a hat and a coat with a fur collar.
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Strikers Leaving Field

Date: 1967
Description: Migrant farm laborers leaving a cucumber field to strike. Strikes in Wisconsin were organized by the local farm-worker labor union, Obreros Unidos, an inde...
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Workers Gathering at Cucumber Receiving Station

Date: 1967
Description: Workers gathering at a cucumber receiving station after striking.

Strikes in Wisconsin were organized by the Obreros Unidos (United Workers),as an indepe...

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Midway Filling Station on Hwy 16

Date: 1928
Description: View down road towards a filling station near Portage. A man stands while filling his tank. Two boys stand nearby. Under large trees are two pumps, a small...
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Clough House

Date: 1870
Description: View across road of the Clough house, residence of Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby. A man is standing and holding the hands of two young girls in front of the fenc...
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Successful Small-Town Businesswoman

Date: 09 08 1957
Description: Anne Marshall Kleist, a successful owner of the women's clothing store Kleist and Wiggs, enjoying the sport of hunting. She is holding a shotgun while crou...
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Successful Small-Town Businesswoman

Date: 10 08 1957
Description: Anne Marshall Kleist in her store Kleist and Wiggs showing off merchandise from Mexico. She is wearing a sombrero on her head, and is holding two small sta...

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