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Girls in Red, White and Blue

Date: 1904
Description: Nine girls are posing standing and wearing patriotic costumes. One girl is holding a flag of the United States. Probably a smaller group, from a total of t...
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Farm Family Outdoors

Date: 1900
Description: Farm family posing in front of a log home. There is a man on crutches in the center, a woman is holding a small child standing on a table, and two children...
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The Overbys in their Parlor

Date: 1916
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Simon Overby at home in their parlor with books, family portraits, and an organ with sheet music. Mr. Overby sits in a chair with a cane and a...
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HochunKra School

Date: 1948
Description: HochunKra School, a Winnebago school.
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Barn Raising

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait of a large group of workers, along with women, children, and dogs, posing on the frame of the barn they are building.
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Farm Family Posing Outdoors

Date: 1900
Description: View down driveway towards a farm family posing in front of their farmhouse and farm buildings. An older man and woman are sitting. Three women are standin...
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Black River State Forest

Date: 1997
Description: Black River State Forest, two miles south of US 54 in the Jackson County Forest. The sand track in the foreground is the grade of the old narrow gauge rail...
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Cranberry Growers

Date: 10 1984
Description: Tim Finch and Kay Finch of the Perry Creek Cranberry Company. In the background men work in the cranberry marsh to harvest the berries.
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Dirt Road in Town

Date: 1901
Description: View down dirt road of buildings and storefronts along a sidewalk, possibly Main Street, looking north toward the Chicago & Northwestern railroad tracks. A...
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C.N. Oulie Jewelry Store

Date: 1906
Description: C.N. Oulie Jewelry Store located at 9 Main Street. Sign reflected in the window advertises the Wisconsin State Fair, September 10-14, 1906.
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Construction of Bridge

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of a construction site of a bridge across the cutoff on the river.
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Trees in Flood

Date: 1911
Description: View across water of trees and wooden buildings submerged in water, probably during the 1911 (or 1905) flood of the Black River.
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Snow-Covered Road

Date: 1900
Description: Winter scene with a man sitting in a wagon pulled by a single horse down a snow-covered road. The horse is wearing blinders and a turnout blanket. Two men ...
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Greenlee Family in Car

Date: 1906
Description: Two men, two women, and a boy are posing sitting in an automobile parked in the yard next to a frame house. Probably Eugene J. Greenlee and son Eugene in t...
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Automobiles on Road

Date: 1922
Description: View down dirt road towards two automobiles, next to each other and going in different directions. Another automobile is parked in the background. On the r...
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Automobile and Plow

Date: 1922
Description: View down dirt road towards a man, seen from behind, sitting on a plow pulled by a team of two horses, near an automobile facing the camera. Next to the au...
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Rollie Jacobs Family at Bond and Batten Cottage

Date: 1905
Description: Outdoor group portrait in an identified location of a group of European American people posing in the yard of a small wooden cottage. There are two men and...
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Jackson County Bank

Date: 1912
Description: View across snow-covered street towards a group of men and one boy standing in front of the Jackson County Bank, located at the southwest corner of Main an...
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Main Street Between Water and First Street

Date: 1911
Description: View across Main Street, between First and Water Streets. Businesses include A.H. Hagen & Son on the left, and C.E. Mower on the right. A lamppost is in th...
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Studio Group Portrait of Unidentified European American Wedding Party

Date: 1920
Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a wedding party, including two men, a woman, a girl and a boy. The bridal bouquet is at the bride's...

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