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Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Depot

Date: 1909
Description: View from railroad tracks of a group of six people standing on the platform of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul depot. Beyond the depot is a water tower...
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Portrait of Man and Child Outdoors

Date: 1920
Description: Outdoor portrait of man seated in a rocking chair with child standing next to him. They are both wearing hats and neckties. In the background is a house wi...
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Ole Nustad Johnson

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Description: Waist-up cabinet card portrait of Ole Nustad Johnson [as written on the photograph backing; also written as Ole Johnson on Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20, pu...
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Ole T. Westby

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Description: Head and shoulders vignetted cabinet card portrait of Ole T. Westby, a private in Company H, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtaine...
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Shard and Sherman Waldon

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Description: Studio portrait of Shard and Sherman Waldon, twin brothers from the Cheyenne Valley settlement.
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Colonel Cyrus Marion Butt

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Description: Quarter plate ambrotype portrait of Colonel Cyrus Marion Butt (b. 1833) of Viroqua. Col. Butt is seated sideways in a chair with one hand in his lap and on...
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Alhannon Butt

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Description: Sixteenth plate ambrotype quarter-length portrait of Alhannon Butt with hand-coloring on cheeks. Alhannon was from Viroqua, the brother of Col. Cyrus Butt ...
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Dr. Ferriter, Dentist

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Description: Dr. Frank A. Ferriter with a patient in his office. Dr. Feritter was a practicing dentist from 1903-1926. A small sign on the back wall says: "Keep Smiling...
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The Day's Catch

Date: 1904
Description: Group portrait of men and boys standing in front of two houses all holding a long stringer of fish. Three women are standing in the yard in the background....
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Record Breaking Catch

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Description: Group portrait of five local youth showing off a record breaking catch of thirty large Carp hanging on a stringer. Town elders, all men, pose in the backgr...

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