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Increase Lapham

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Increase Lapham.
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David R. Obey

Date: 1964
Description: Official portrait of David R. Obey from the 1964 Wisconsin Blue Book.
Photograph

Dr Charles C. Miller Near Hives

Date: 1915
Description: Dr. Charles C. Miller standing among his beehives.
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Raft of Lumber

Date: 1887
Description: A raft of lumber which has been floated down the Wisconsin River to be broken up and sold. Two men are standing on the raft, each near lumber stacked on a ...
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Young Man Showing Off Muscles

Date: 1920
Description: Young man, bare to the waist, with his hands behind his head, posed to show his muscles.
Magazine or Periodical

An Awkward Fix

Date: 07 1892
Description: Engraved illustration depicting Frank Lenz sitting on the edge of a railroad bridge holding his safety bicycle in front of him and his box camera on his ba...
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Laughing Marine

Date: 04 05 1945
Description: Soldier L. Heims, seated outdoors on the back of a loaded vehicle, smiling broadly while reading a letter. Other smiling soldiers are in the background.
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Field Hospital, Okinawa

Date: 1945
Description: J.H. Price and another medic administer fluids to a wounded soldier through an intravenous tube at a field hospital in Okinawa.
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Ernst Schmidt

Date: 07 03 1916
Description: Ernst Conrad Schmidt (1893-1977) skips the "Water Witch" off the shore of Geneva Lake near Black Point Estate. There is a larger boat in the background nea...
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George Peck in the Woods

Date: 1912
Description: Former governor George W. Peck stands in the woods with his arms outstretched. He is wearing a brimmed hat, shirt, neck scarf, suspenders, and pants.
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Ernst and Catherine

Date: 09 01 1946
Description: View from front of motorboat of Ernst Schmidt (driving) and Catherine Schuelke enjoying an outing on Geneva Lake.
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Sid Sitting in Chair

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Sid sitting in an office at a desk or table. He has a cigar in his mouth. Behind him are standing file cabinet and boxes of supplies.
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Man Ice Fishing

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Description: A man wearing boots and coat is sitting on a box on a sled. Behind him is a cloth (perhaps a wind break) with "S.E. BOYUM" printed on it. The man is holdin...
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Group Portrait of Sid and Three Men on Frozen Lake

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Description: Group portrait of Sid Boyum and three other men, likely of the Gisholt Ice Chippers fishing club, standing on the ice with sleds and fishing equipment.
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Oscar and Raccoon

Date: 1935
Description: Oscar, an employee at the State Experimental Game and Fur Farm, feeding a raccoon which is riding on his shoulder. The raccoon is grasping Oscar's hand wit...
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Making Chowder

Date: 08 1940
Description: Joe Norton, left, and his son Bud are tending a large pan of fish chowder cooking over the coals of a campfire on the shore of Green Lake. In the backgrou...
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Nature Hike

Date: 1939
Description: An unidentified man is leading a group of young women on an educational walk in the Kettle Moraine State Forest. He is pointing upward near a large tree. T...
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Point Beach State Forest

Date: 1939
Description: An unidentified man is standing on a boulder on the beach looking out at Lake Michigan.
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Carl and Hobart Johnson

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Description: Carl A. Johnson (left) and his younger brother, Hobart (right), as young men working at Gisholt Machine Company “after they boxed the first foreign shipmen...
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On Christmas Day

Date: 1900
Description: A Christmas greeting card with an illustration of a woman at a market stall with wreaths and greenery. Inside the stall is the vendor. The colors are chrom...

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