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A Picnic in the Woods

Date: 05 22 1907
Description: A group of girls eating and drinking in a college dormitory (?). The title "A Picnic In The Woods" was scratched into the emulsion of the original glass pl...
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The Thistle by a Landing

Date: 1900
Description: The sternwheel excursion, Thistle, by a landing. Passengers wait on shore. Previously named J.H. Crawford. The Thistle ran between Oshkosh and Omro, WI vi...
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The Thistle on the Fox River

Date: 1905
Description: The sternwheel excursion, Thistle on the Fox River, Wisconsin. Previously named J.H. Crawford.
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Passengers on the Thistle

Date: 1900
Description: Side view of the sternwheel excursion, Thistle with her decks full of passengers. Previously named J.H. Crawford. The Thistle ran betw...
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The "Vernie Mac" at Taylor Falls

Date: 1900
Description: A fire fighter's excursion on the "Vernie Mac" at a landing near Taylor Falls on the St. Croix River between Minnesota and Wisconsin. Excursion barge is a...
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John D. Rockefeller

Date: 1904
Description: Waist-up portrait of John D. Rockefeller.
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Circus Clown Sitting on Donkey

Date: 1909
Description: A circus clown sits astride a donkey outside a tent.
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Betsey Busied by Bossy's Butter

Date: 1905
Description: Woman churning butter.
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Old York Church

Date: 1907
Description: Exterior of the Old York Church. A group of people are standing around the entrance. The church was built in 1861 and destroyed in 1977.
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Fourth Street, Trempealeau, Wisconsin

Date: 1907
Description: Fourth street in Trempealeau, Wisconsin.
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First and Second Grades at Scribner School

Date: 1908
Description: First and second grade students in their classroom at Scribner School.
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St. Gabriel's Church

Date: 1908
Description: St. Gabriel's Church.
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Portrait of Edwin Greengrass

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait of a small Ho-Chunk boy posing standing in front of a painted backdrop and a prop stone wall. He has his left arm resting on the wall, and ...
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Aldo Leopold as a Young Man

Date: 1904
Description: Aldo Leopold standing in a boat with a group of young people. He is wearing pants, a shirt and a bow tie. Buildings can be seen on the shoreline in the bac...
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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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Alfred Holt in Grandfather's Army Coat

Date: 07 04 1908
Description: Holding an American flag, Alfred Holt is dressed up in the Civil War army coat of his grandfather, Captain I.P. Rumsey. Caption reads: "Alfred in Grandfath...

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