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Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Locomotive

Date: 1875
Description: Locomotive No. 75. Class H. Built 1850 by Schnectady Locomotive Works. Men are posed on and around the locomotive.
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Reliance Flooring Mill

Date: 1879
Description: The Reliance Flooring Mill. Men are posing in front, and another man is on a horse-drawn vehicle near the loading dock. The mill building was physically mo...
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Agricultural Workshop

Date: 1909
Description: Young men work on woodworking projects in a manual training class at the Winnebago County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy.
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Man Reading in Living Room

Date: 1912
Description: Otto G. Ansorge sits in his home on Lake Avenue and reads. Ansorge was a jeweler and band director in Winneconne.
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Confirmation Ceremony

Date: 1910
Description: Twins Marie Johanna and Friedrich Wilhelm Ginnow pose in front of a decorated altar on their confirmation day. This was the last confirmation class at the ...
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Man at Bar Pool Table

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Description: Man standing with his hand on a pool table in the center of a bar with a high ceiling. The bartender leans against the bar on the right. The room is decora...
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Elm Tree Inn

Date: 1910
Description: View across street of two unidentified women in dresses, and a young child, sitting and posing in an automobile parked outside of the Elm Tree Inn on E. Wa...
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Ansorge House

Date: 1910
Description: View across front lawn of family posed in yard of house located on S. 3rd Street. Otto Ansorge leans on the bannister of his front porch. An unidentified w...
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Lake View House

Date: 1910
Description: View across road of a Lake View House (1869-1950) at N. 3rd Street and N. Main Street. Three-story building with a chimney, a wrap-around balcony and a por...
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Riverside Hotel

Date: 1910
Description: View across street of a group of people posing on the front steps and and front porch of the Riverside Hotel on N. 1st Street opposite the railroad depot. ...
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Phillips House

Date: 1910
Description: View across road towards an older man and woman standing on the front porch of a two-story house at S. 1st Avenue. The man is J.J. Phillips and the woman i...
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Postmaster and Family

Date: 1910
Description: A book in his hands, Postmaster Ed King sits in his wallpapered living room, staring past his wife to the window. Edna, his daughter, is seated at the pian...
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Bardes Family

Date: 1910
Description: The Bardes Family poses in their home. Family members pictured include (left to right): Nora, Jerry, Alice, Mrs. Bardes, and Barbara. The portrait also inc...
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Four Generations of Women

Date: 1910
Description: Four generations of women pose in the corner of a room. They include (left to right): Grandmother Klause, mother Ida Klause Miller, Great-Grandmother Wolf,...
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Robert Ansorge

Date: 1910
Description: Dressed in overalls, young Robert Ansorge grips the links of a makeshift play pen fence with his left hand. His right hand is on his forehead, and he is lo...
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Birthday Party at the Emo House

Date: 1910
Description: A large group of formally dressed children pose in front of the Emo house on the occasion of Cora Emo's birthday. Children sit in rows on the front porch, ...
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Girls in a Garden

Date: 1910
Description: Four girls pose in a garden next to a house between the Post Office and Council Rooms on Main Street. Lillian Muller is seated on the ground. Behind her, p...
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Woman, Child, and Dog

Date: 1910
Description: Edna King stands behind an infant in a stroller in a garden next to a wooden building. A dog is lying next to the stroller. Vines grow on lattice structure...
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Group Posed in front of the Ansorge House

Date: 1910
Description: Four women and three men pose outdoors along the side of Otto Ansorge's house. They include (standing, left to right): Mrs. Ansorge, two unidentified women...
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Miller and his Studebaker

Date: 1911
Description: George Miller, a local barber, poses sitting in a Studebaker parked on a lawn. In the background are trees and a house.

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