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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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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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The Lloyd Jones Family

Date: 1883
Description: A group portrait of about 40 members of the Lloyd Jones family. The empty chair in the front row was placed in memory of the wife of Richard Lloyd Jones.
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Nyhus Family

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of eleven members of the Nyhus family, including four women, four men, and three young boys.
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Meinen Family Large Group Portrait

Date: 1900
Description: Outdoor group portrait of some eighty members of the extended Meinen family on the occasion of the golden anniversary of two of its members. They are stand...
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Meinen Golden Anniversary

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait of eight members of the Meinen family on the occasion of the golden anniversary of two of its members. The portrait was taken in front of tw...
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F. and G. Stanley Families

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Description: Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of some 22 members of the F. and G. Stanley families, associated with the F. and G. Stanley Manufacturing Pla...
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Family with Portrait

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Description: Seven members of the Fragon family sitting and standing for a portrait around a framed painting of a young man, possibly a deceased family member. An older...
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Portrait of Man and Woman

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Description: Copy photograph of a studio portrait of an elderly man and woman posed sitting.
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Civil War Veteran Reunion

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Description: Elderly men posed sitting and standing on a street corner in town, probably a reunion of Civil War veterans.
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People Posing in Front of House

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Description: Group of adults and one infant in front of a house with chink-log construction along one side, and board siding on the front. On the left a woman is standi...
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Large Group of People Posing in Yard near House

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Description: Large group of people posing with a horse in the yard next to a house with chink-log construction. From the left in front is an elderly woman sitting in a ...
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Paul Vanderbilt and Thematic Panel

Date: 10 1984
Description: Paul Vanderbilt, the curator emeritus of Iconographic collections at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, poses in front of one of his Thematic Panel...
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Studio Group Portrait of Unidentified European American Family

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Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a family. The group includes eight women, one man, six boys, two girls, and an infant.

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