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Tomah Indian School

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Description: Tomah Indian School with boys standing in front of the entrance sign.
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View Down Main Street

Date: 1905
Description: Masked view down main street, with a bakery in the right foreground.
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Superior Avenue

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of Superior Avenue, with the Tomah Hardware store in the left foreground. A number of pedestrians and horse-drawn sleds and vehicles are in t...
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Government Indian School

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior view of the main building. Caption reads: "Government Indian School, Main Building, Tomah, Wis."
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Indian School

Date: 1910
Description: View across lawn toward the Indian School. Caption reads: "Indian School, Wis."
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Indian School in Tomah, Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the Indian School.
Postcard

Frog Shop

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Description: View across road toward buildings, including a water tower. Caption reads: "Frog Shop, Tomah, Wis."
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Doublewide Sidecar Prototype

Date: 1932
Description: Ralph Hilgers, wearing sunglasses, is seated on his 74 Harley-Davidson twin cylinder, late 1920's model motorcycle. His motorcycle is shown with a prototyp...
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Boy Sitting on Pumpkin

Date: 1910
Description: Studio portrait of a young boy sitting on top of a 93 lb. pumpkin grown by C.C. Warnka. The boy wears a knit jacket with a THS (possibly Tomah High School)...
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Frank Kirst's Harness Shop

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Description: A man stands displaying a horse in front of the entrance to Frank Kirst's Harness Shop. A man is standing in the open doorway of the shop.
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Troops at Fort McCoy

Date: 1961
Description: Lewis Arms (sitting in front on the left) and two other soldiers posing on a tank at Fort McCoy.
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Riding the Tank

Date: 1961
Description: Several soldiers (possibly including Lewis Arms) riding along a tank trail in a tank at Fort McCoy.
Postcard

Hilger's at the Stoplight

Date: 1975
Description: Text on front reads: "Hilger's at the Stoplight, Tomah, Wis." Rubber stamped on the reverse: "Hilger's Pop Corn Wagon. At the Stop & Go Light, Tomah, Wisco...
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Domestic Science Dining Room, Indian Training School

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Description: Several women in dresses are seated at a table in a formally decorated room. A woman stands holding a tray at the end of the table. The image appears in a ...

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