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Log Cabin with N.G. Willard Family

Date: 09 09 1895
Description: Log cabin of N.G. Willard on 80 acres of land. Two women, a young child, and an infant are posing outdoors in the yard. Laundry is hanging on lines on the ...
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Michael Baltus Family in Front of New Home

Date: 1895
Description: Michael Baltus family posing in front of their log cabin two miles east of Auburndale Station, Wood County, with a new frame house under construction nearb...
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Winnebago Men Playing Cards

Date: 1885
Description: Five Winnebago men are sitting on the ground around a blanket playing cards. Two young boys are standing behind them watching.
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Wisconsin Central Railroad Depot

Date: 1891
Description: Elevated view across railroad tracks of the Wisconsin Central Railroad depot. Virtually the entire population of Sherry is thought to be standing on the pl...
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Main Street

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Description: Men and a child are posing on Main Street. One man is on horseback, and other men are standing with a child. Tree stumps are in the foreground on the left.
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Potawatomi Family

Date: 1920
Description: Potawatomi family standing in front of a log cabin. Elders identified the woman in the center as Mrs. Frank Young, and the man on the right as community le...
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Dixon Hotel

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Description: Exterior of Dixon Hotel featuring an overhang supported by groups of Ionic columns. Pedestrians walk along the sidewalk around the hotel, and a child stand...
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Swimming Pool

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Description: Adults sit beneath a tent alongside a swimming pool overlooking Stora Enso Dam. The dam was built by the Consolidated Water Power Company in 1903.
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Railroad Station

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Description: View down cobblestone street toward a girl standing on the steps of the front entrance of a railroad station. Railroad cars on the left of the station are ...
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Arpin Lumber Co. Sawmill

Date: 1890
Description: 90,000 feet of pine logs floating in the storage/sorting pond at the Arpin Lumber Company sawmill. The sawmill and other buildings are in the background. O...
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Houses at Skunk Hill

Date: 1920
Description: Informal outdoor group portrait of Native American men and boys. One man is wearing a feather on his head, a beaded sash, and beaded pants. Two buildings a...
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Group at Skunk Hill

Date: 1920
Description: Small group of men and boys gathered outside a traditional elm-bark structure at the upper part of the Skunk Hill community. A young boy stands on the supp...
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Weaving a Basket

Date: 1920
Description: Anna Goodvillage, at her home at Hemlock Creek, weaving a basket while sitting beneath a wigwam type shelter attached to the side of a wood and bark frame ...
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Albert Thunder and Family

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Description: Group portrait of Albert Thunder, his wife and two children standing outside a canvas covered wigwam.
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Grand Rapids Municipal Swimming Pool

Date: 1920
Description: View across the water near the shoreline of the municipal swimming pool. The pool may have been along the Wisconsin River with slides and sandy beaches. A ...
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Lewinski Family

Date: 11 13 1965
Description: A family with a man, a woman, and three children, are posing in front of a house. Caption reads: "Born on Friday the 13th 30 years ago, Mrs. James [Delores...

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