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Amund and Siri Rustebakke and Women with Spinning Wheels

Date: 1873
Description: Amund Rustebakke, standing in doorway, and Siri Rustebakke, center, sitting, in front of a house with her daughters and daughter-in-law and four spinning w...
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Reverend A. Jacobsen and Family

Date: 1877
Description: Stereograph of Rev. A. Jacobson, family and visitors, Perry, Wis." from Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views." Jacobson (1836-1910) immigrated to t...
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Reverend Jakob Aall Ottesen

Date: 1874
Description: The Reverend Jakob Aall Ottesen (1825-1904), his wife Cathinka Doderlein Ottesen, their family and visitors are posing in a yard around a table set for cof...
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Ole Wettlesen Family

Date: 1874
Description: The Ole Wettlesen family poses in the yard in front of a picket fence with women knitting. Two standing men appear to be examining an unfolded map. The fra...
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Adults at a Table Near House

Date: 1872
Description: Fifteen adults are seated around table being served coffee in the yard. One woman sits at the spinning wheel and another at a sewing machine. The Greek Rev...
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Nels Dahl Family

Date: 1871
Description: The Nels Dahl family posing in front of their home on Main Street in DeForest. From left to right they are: Emma, Ingeborg Ronjum Dahl, Ida, Bertha, Tina, ...
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Family by First Home

Date: 1875
Description: Unidentified family. A group of seven people are sitting at a table, and another group of people is sitting together on the left. Tall grasses and plants s...
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Halle Steensland with Wife and Children

Date: 1876
Description: Halle Steensland and his wife Sophia pose with their five children at the family home, later located at 733 Lakewood Boulevard, Village of Maple Bluff. (Th...
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Outdoor Family Portrait

Date: 1918
Description: A family poses for a portrait outdoors in front of their house. The eight individuals gather around a table on their front lawn for the photograph. Caption...
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Frank and Helen Meyer Golden Wedding Anniversart

Date: 08 13 1950
Description: Portrait of Frank M. and Helen Meyer of 132 Franklin Avenue standing by their dining room table during an open house celebrating their golden wedding anniv...
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Men Who Cook

Date: 05 22 1956
Description: Jack L. Savidusky stands in his yard wearing a chef's hat and apron while barbecuing his specialty, "Mexican Barbecued Beef." His son Michael, 11, looks on...
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Red Cross Blood Drive

Date: 07 01 1957
Description: Chester L. "Grandpa" Gill cooking for his family at a backyard cookout two months after surgery that required several blood transfusions. Several members o...
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Estate Sale

Date: 05 2014
Description: View of a table near a window displaying tableware, including dish sets, mugs, and a crystal bowl. The view out the window is of pine trees, shrubs and a b...
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City Hall Outing

Date: 07 11 1954
Description: City Hall Outing hostess, Alderwoman Ethel Brown (left) is shown laying out a picnic meal with help from Mrs. Norman Moll and Mrs. Lawrence McCormick. The ...
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Outdoor Entertainment

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Description: Stereograph of Reverend I.A. Ottesen with his family and visitors sharing outdoor refreshments. On the front table are two stereograph viewers and stereogr...
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Family Barbecue

Date: 10 1955
Description: A mother and son look on as the father tends to a thick steak cooking on a portable barbecue. The boy is holding a Dachshund puppy; the mother, three bottl...
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Family Picnic at Shorewood Hills Home

Date: 06 25 1958
Description: Brothers Jim and Tom cooking hot dogs during a picnic of the Professor Frank J. Remington family in their backyard.
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Family Picnic at Shorewood Hills Home

Date: 06 25 1958
Description: Daughter Ann helping her mother setting the table for a family picnic in the backyard of the Professor Frank J. Remington home.
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Family Picnic at Shorewood Hills Home

Date: 06 25 1958
Description: Brothers Jim and Pat enjoying hot dogs during a family picnic in the backyard of the Professor Frank J. Remington home.
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Family Picnic at Shorewood Hills Home

Date: 06 25 1958
Description: Daughter Ann enjoying the food during the Professor Frank J. Remington family picnic in their backyard.

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