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After the Fire

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view of two barefoot children who are near a charred wooden sidewalk, lower left, that marks the course of Nebraska (now West Montello) Street tow...
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Rebuilding

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view of a horse-drawn wagon loaded with lumber standing in front of the frame of building under construction facing Main Street. There is a worker...
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After the Fire

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view looking west over the open basements of commercial buildings which were destroyed by a recent fire. Main Street is in the foreground. Horse-d...
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Water Lilies at Fountain Lake

Date: 07 2014
Description: View looking down at a bed of water lilies on Fountain Lake. A single bloom is near the center.
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Wee White Kirk

Date: 07 2014
Description: View across graveyard towards the Wee White Kirk, which was built in 1865 by settlers from Scotland. The church is located a short distance from Fountain L...
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The Montello Cottonwood

Date: 1982
Description: A large, nearly symmetrical cottonwood standing on the front lawn of a granite-clad colonial revival house on Underwood Avenue (Highway 23). A small sign a...
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Montello Cottonwood

Date: 10 05 2016
Description: A large cottonwood, named Wisconsin's largest tree in the 1970's, standing on Underwood Avenue in front of a two-story granite faced house. There is a cell...
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Adopted Skunks

Date: 06 1937
Description: A domestic short-hair calico mother cat is sitting with several baby skunks around her. There is also a kitten at lower right. On the reverse of the print ...
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Six Young Farmers

Date: 01 28 1958
Description: Portrait of Stanley Shaw. He was attending the U.W. College of Agriculture's "short course."
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Montello, Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: View across a field and Montello Lake. Buildings on the distant shore, seen through trees on the near shoreline, are the tower of the Montello House Hotel,...
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Concrete Block House

Date: 1910
Description: Six men in work clothes posing near a porch of a house under construction. Hollow core concrete blocks, most likely manufactured on site with local sand an...
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In the Hammock

Date: 1910
Description: A young woman is sitting between two girls in a hammock. The girl at right has a large bow in her hair and is wearing a necklace.
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Four Women

Date: 1910
Description: Four women dressed as men posing standing in front of a buggy. They are wearing hats and suits with vests and ties. Each woman is holding a pocket watch. A...
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Family Group

Date: 1913
Description: A group including members of the Von der Sump family posing near a house. Three men stand in the rear and include, from left, Fred von der Sump, Ellis Owen...
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Fred in Uniform

Date: 1910
Description: A standing full length photograph of Fred von der Sump in a U.S. Army uniform including a field service coat, gaiters, and hat. He is wearing pince-nez gla...
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General View of Herman's Buildings

Date: 1910
Description: A view across a field towards a farmstead, including a wood frame two-story house, barns and sheds, and a windmill. There is a fence at the edge of the fie...
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Ethel Wallace Portrait

Date: 1910
Description: A seated, three-quarter length portrait of a young woman wearing a light-colored blouse and dark skirt. She has a ribbon in her hair, and a ring on her fin...
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Raimer's Children

Date: 1910
Description: Two girls posing outdoors standing on either side of an infant in a baby carriage. The girls are wearing fancy, light-colored dresses with bows in their ha...
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A Heavy Load

Date: 1910
Description: A woman, identified as Mrs. Wallace, is bending forward as if to grasp the handles of a wooden wheelbarrow. Leta von der Sump, left, and a girl identified ...
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Group at Hattie's

Date: 1910
Description: Four women and two men posing near the door of a house. Two of the women are sitting in front of the others, and the woman sitting on the right is holding ...

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