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Everett Gillilan

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Everett Gillilan, owner of Pioneer Motors, Incorporated, in Lancaster.
Postcard

Students' Promenade

Date: 10 15 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "Students' Promenade, St. Clara College, Sinsinawa, Winconsin. [sic]" Several groups of students are walking along a wide, tree-shaded...
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Horses Pulling Plow

Date: 1953
Description: View from front towards two horses pulling a plow in a field being driven by a boy. On the right an older man is walking beside the team, and in the backgr...
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Vogt and Louise Schildgen

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Description: Vogt and Louise "Lulu" Schildgen posing in front of an orchard. Their son's name was Raymond Schildgen.
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Elevated View of Slabtown/Flora Fountain

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of Slabtown/Flora Fountain. The church in the lower right was built by the Latter Day Saints and later moved to Lancaster.
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Pleasant Ridge Log Church

Date: 1854
Description: Pleasant Ridge Log Church. Pleasant Ridge farmers built a United Brethren Church in 1884.
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Castle Rock Cave

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Description: View of a large chamber in Castle Rock Cave.
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Men in Castle Rock Cave

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Description: Group portrait of four men sitting inside a cave with a low ceiling. One man is holding a flashlight, and one man is smoking a pipe. A caption identifies t...
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Big Sand Cave

Date: 1937
Description: View of the entrance to Big Sand Cave, which according to the caption is located in Nelson Dewey State Park. This dates the image to before 1937, when the ...
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Dean Oak

Date: 1955
Description: A very large white oak tree standing along County Trunk Highway S dwarfs a utility pole nearby. There is a barn across a field in the far background. The t...
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Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland at Local Centennial

Date: 1948
Description: Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland, standing between a man and woman next to an automobile. The woman has her arm around Margaret's waist. Margaret is we...
Map or Atlas

Plat Map of Mendota, Wisconsin Territory

Date: 1942
Description: This map shows a paper city laid out in 1836 on the Wisconsin River, now the site of Wyalusing State Park, Grant County. The upper right corner includes a ...
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Portrait of Nelson Dewey

Date: 05 12 1889
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Nelson Dewey on a cabinet card. He is wearing a suit and has a long white beard.
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Conrad Schmitt Family

Date: 1916
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Conrad Schmitt family. Sherwin and Emma (nee Schmitt) Gillett are standing on the far left. Sherwin is holding infant son, Lo...
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Sherwin and Emma Gillett with Children

Date: 1919
Description: Indoor family portrait of Sherwin and Emma Gillett and their three children; Harry (b. 1910), Lorin (b. 1915) and Sherry (b. 1913).
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Maria Schmitt

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Maria Schmitt (b.1842), mother-in-law of Sherwin Gillett.
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Conrad Schmitt

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Conrad Schmitt (b. 1843), Sherwin Gillett's father-in-law.
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Conrad and Maria Schmitt

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Description: Full-length portrait of Maria and Conrad Schmitt, Sherwin Gillett's mother- and father-in-law.
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The Conrad Schmitt Family

Date: 1892
Description: Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the Conrad Schmitt family of Muscoda. Emma Schmitt married Sherwin Gillett in 1906.
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Silver Wedding of Sherwin and Emma Gillett

Date: 1931
Description: Group portrait on the lawn in front of a porch at the 25th Wedding Anniversary of Sherwin and Emma Gillett. Sherwin and Emma are standing on the left. Thei...

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