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Fun at the Lake

Date: 1907
Description: An unidentified young woman wearing a white dress is standing on the prow of a skiff watching fifteen children playing in shallow water. A second woman is ...
Postcard

Menges Resort

Date: 1940
Description: Photographic postcard view of trees shading the lawn at Menges Resort on Lake Puckaway. There is a two-story wood frame building with a screened porch acro...
Postcard

Fox River Locks

Date: 1940
Description: Photographic postcard view from shoreline looking downstream at the Fox River locks, with a bridge behind it. A boat is tied along the shoreline just below...
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Fox River Dam

Date: 1940
Description: Photographic postcard view from shoreline looking down towards a woman wearing a hat who is sitting and fishing from one of four rowboats tied up at the sh...
Photograph

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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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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Ellis Owens

Date: 1905
Description: A young man identified as Ellis Owens is standing on the lawn in front of the porch of a wood frame house. He is wearing a suit with a polka dot vest, and ...
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Saw Rig at Kearns

Date: 1910
Description: Six men and two boys are posing near a portable saw mill. There is a steam tractor at left, with a long belt driving a large circular saw blade at right, w...
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Anna Kearns Bridal Party

Date: 11 22 1904
Description: Bride Anna M. Kearns, left, and groom Neil J. Brown are posing sitting outdoors, and their unidentified attendants are standing behind them. They are near ...
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Boy with Dog

Date: 1905
Description: A toddler identified only as "Cheney's little boy" is posing pointing a finger at a dog sitting in front of him. There is a branch on the ground behind the...
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Two Women in Hammock

Date: 1910
Description: Leta Von der Sump, left, and Mattie Luther posing in a hammock. There is a wooded hillside in the background.
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On the Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: Water from French Creek covers the surface of a bridge at Dates Mill near the Marquette-Columbia County line. The caption on the negative envelope states: ...

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