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Jefferson Prairie Marker

Date: 1952
Description: The Jefferson Prairie Marker, a monument marking the settlement of Jefferson Prairie in 1838. A young girl is standing on the right. The text on the marker...
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Keshena Baseball Team

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Description: Group portrait of the Kenshena Baseball team with a bat boy in the foreground.
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Bloch Family on Porch

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Description: Robert Bloch and his family pose on their second floor porch at the flat they rented at 2626B Maryland Avenue. This was during Bloch's work at the Marx age...
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Harold Gauer at the Wisconsin State Capitol

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Description: Gauer in Madison in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol after speaking with the Governor on CARE business.
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Thad Wasilewsky

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Description: Gauer maintains this photograph was taken because of the man's interesting look. Man talked repeatedly with Vail and Vonier about running for office, but n...
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Alice Bedard on Bridge

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Description: Alice Bedard at the Lake Park Bridge on Milwaukee's East side.
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Backyard Portrait

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Description: Alice Bedard, Harold Gauer's mother, Vernie Beck (nee Rachowski, first marriage Gauer), and Vernie's siser, Selma Rackowski.
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Woman in a Window

Date: 1898
Description: View from outdoors of a woman, Mrs. Zimmerman, standing indoors at an open window tending to plants that grow in a window box.
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Police Station

Date: 1900
Description: A man walks by the Madison police station, a two-story brick building with corner turret on the corner of South Webster Street. The fire station was across...
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Alfred Hitchcock on Set

Date: 1940
Description: Alfred Hitchcock stands on the set of the film "Foreign Correspondent." He has his left hand in his pants pocket and is pointing at something with his righ...
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Unknown Man Feeding Chickens

Date: 1899
Description: An unknown man is standing and feeding chickens in a farm yard. A barn is in the background on the left.
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Mammie and Kate

Date: 1900
Description: Clara Seipp Bartholomay, a daughter of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp, sitting outdoors in a wicker chair, holding her infant daughter Catherine Bartholomay o...
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Beaver Removal

Date: 1935
Description: A warden, wearing high laced boots and leather jodhpurs, is holding a beaver by the tail while standing in shallow water. A second man, wearing waders, is ...
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Antoine Grignon

Date: 08 1912
Description: Antoine Grignon sitting in a chair outdoors.
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Chums in front of Island Lodge

Date: 1902
Description: Two young men are standing in front of Island Lodge. They are wearing neck kerchiefs and spats. The young man on the right is James McClure. Caption reads:...
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McClure Berrying Party

Date: 09 1906
Description: The McClure family, holding berry pails and baskets, are posing, one behind the other, in front of the Island Lodge porch. Children are sitting in the back...
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Jeannette Holt's Fifth Birthday in Oconto

Date: 05 08 1901
Description: Jeannette Holt is posing with her doll who is sitting in a wicker baby carriage. In the background are the stairs leading up to the Holt family home. Capti...
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The Vidette

Date: 1917
Description: View across water towards an unidentified man wearing a cap sitting on the deck of a sailboat, the Vidette at the pier of Villa Henrietta, the Brumd...
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Boys in Lederhosen

Date: 1910
Description: Two boys, likely members of the extended Brumder family, posing standing and wearing traditional German clothes, including Lederhosen with suspenders, felt...
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Olivia Monona with First Husband

Date: 1915
Description: Olivia Monona sitting in a carriage with her first husband, Clarence Johnson.

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