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Ellen Clara Sabin

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Description: Portrait of Ellen Clara Sabin, around the time she became president of Downer College.
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Ellen Clara Sabin

Date: 12 1893
Description: Portrait of Ellen Clara Sabin, while she was president of Downer College. It is signed: "Affectionately yours, Ella C. Sabin. Xmas, 1893."
Postcard

Army Unit Marching

Date: 1909
Description: View across road and grass towards a group of soldiers marching through a Fox Lake neighborhood.
Postcard

R.H. Runge; General Merchandise

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior view of R.H. Runge's General Merchandise store. A woman and two men are standing near the entrance. Penciled-in note on reverse reads: "Burned ...
Postcard

Street Scene

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Description: Photographic postcard view down center of street towards a commercial district. There are car dealerships, gas stations and other businesses, with automobi...
Postcard

Fox Lake Historical Depot Museum

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Description: Text on reverse reads: "Fox Lake Historical Society Museum, Inc. Corner Cordelia & College Avenue Fox Lake, Wisconsin. Member State of Wisconsin Historical...
Photograph

Baseball Team

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Description: A team portrait of a baseball team. In the top row from left to right are Henry Matthews (kneeling), Fred Smith, Sam Tarraut, Fred Thomas, and Henry Jenny....
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Boy Fishing at Fox Lake

Date: 06 1927
Description: A boy in bare feet and overalls fishes off a pier at Fox Lake. The lake and far shoreline are in the background.
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Mrs. Brandel and Max the Dog

Date: 1925
Description: Mrs. E.W. Brandel sits in a rocking chair on the porch at Fox Lake leaning on the edge of a table. She has a book on her lap and Max the family dog is at h...
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Man at Brandel Family Cottage

Date: 04 1934
Description: A shirtless man stands, hands in pockets, behind a white picket fence near the Brandel family cottage. A lake can be seen in the background.
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Women at the Cottage

Date: 1922
Description: A woman holds a young woman (Mary Brandel?) in her arms in front of their cottage at Fox Lake. Two other people can be seen on the left.
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Playful Women at Fox Lake

Date: 1922
Description: A woman playfully spins another woman (probably her daughter) in a yard in front of a house. There is a lake in the background.
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International 15-30 H.P. Tractor

Date: 1921
Description: International 15-30 H.P tractor running an International 28 x 46 thresher on a rural farm. The tractor was purchased by Oscar Krueger in 1920. The threshe...
Photograph

Henry Mathews

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Description: Portrait of Henry Mathews, 1866-1941, an early African American resident, holding the tools of his trade in front of a painted backdrop. He was a stone mas...
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Mail Delivery at the Dock

Date: 1921
Description: A woman and her dog meet the mail carrier in his delivery boat at the end of a pier on the west shore of Fox Lake.
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Students Conducting Scientific Research

Date: 1900
Description: Downer College students working in a laboratory in which a human skeleton, a frog, a bat and stuffed birds are displayed.
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Family Golf Outing

Date: 1936
Description: Two generations of the Brandel family pose with golf clubs at the Fox Lake Golf Course.
Map or Atlas

Map of Fox Lake Area, Dodge County, Wisconsin

Date: 1930
Description: This manuscript map, likely drawn in the 1930s, shows Fox Lake, in Dodge County, Wisconsin, and the roads and resorts in the vicinity.
Photograph

Buckhorn Food and Spirits — Exterior

Date: 08 15 1997
Description: "The Buckhorn Restaurant is located several miles southeast of Fox Lake on Cty. Tr. A." From left to right; John Bodden, Ralph Widmer, Shirley Widmer, Rudy...
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Taylor Boys in Bathing Suits

Date: 1924
Description: Three Taylor brothers pose in a line wearing bathing suits. Behind them is a cottage and a lake. The shadow of the photographer can be seen on the lawn.

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