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Fence Sitters

Date: 1922
Description: School friends Ethel and Eleanor fence-sit on a summer day.
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Woman On Avery Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: Woman holding flowers posing on the back of an Avery gasoline tractor.
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Woman with Axe

Date: 1920
Description: A smiling woman holding an axe holding a pose while chopping wood.
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Outdoor Chores

Date: 1920
Description: Woman doing chores outdoors.
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Kravig/Kravik Girls

Date: 1868
Description: Studio portrait of the Kravig/Kravik daughters, one seated and one standing.
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Mary Virginia McCormick

Date: 10 10 1883
Description: Portrait of Mary Virginia McCormick (1861-1941). Mary Virginia was the daughter of Chicago industrialist and inventor, Cyrus Hall McCormick.
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Choice Honey for Sale

Date: 1924
Description: Outdoor portrait of a young dark-haired women standing in a field of flowers before a sign attached to a telephone pole. The sign reads: "Choice Honey For ...
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Anita McCormick as a Young Girl

Date: 1870
Description: Studio portrait of Anita McCormick Blaine (1866-1954) seated on a prop rock outcropping. She is wearing a dress with a sash over her shoulder, with legging...
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Henry H. Bennett and his Sister Sarah

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Description: Studio portrait of Henry H. and Sarah Bennett. Henry is wearing the uniform of Company E, 12th Wisconsin Volunteers.
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Off to the University

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Description: Sigurd Olson, posing proudly, as he leaves his Ashland home for study at the University of Wisconsin. A woman is standing in the doorway of a house behind ...
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Group of People and Norwegian Flags

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Description: An unknown group of people gathered outdoors with Norwegian flags near what appears to be a pavilion. In the far background is a building with scaffolding ...
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Miss T.B. McCafferty

Date: 1870
Description: Vignetted quarter-length head and shoulders portrait of a woman.
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Mary Lambert Allen

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Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of Mary Lambert Allen. She is turned toward the left, and is wearing a dark-colored lace shawl over a light-colored dr...
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Unidentified Woman

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Description: Oval-framed quarter-length portrait of a woman. She is wearing earrings, a dress with fringe at the shoulders, and a tiara. She has a pompadour hairstyle w...
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Mrs. A. M. Abbott

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Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite quarter-length portrait of a woman. Caption reads: "To Miss Stewart. With compliments, Of Mrs A M Abbott."
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Luthera H. Adams

Date: 1874
Description: Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Luthera H. Adams, a Mathematics instructor at Ripon College.
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Margaret Marie Watson Allis

Date: 1848
Description: Oval-framed quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Margaret Marie Watson Allis, wife of Edward P. Allis.

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