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A Happy Christmas

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday postcard with Santa Claus with a walking stick, carrying a sack and holding a Christmas tree on his shoulder. He is in front of a snow-covered hous...
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State Street

Date: 1905
Description: View of a State Street sidewalk and its surrounding environment. Along the left are trees and a lawn, and along the sidewalk is a stone wall. Trees are alo...
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View from Nature Lovers Paradise

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Description: View taken from shore looking out over a lake at an island with trees and the opposite shoreline. Text describing this photograph says, "scenes looking fro...
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Snowman

Date: 1910
Description: The photographer's son, Ferdinand Leonard Hotz, left, poses with a large snowman and unidentified young man. The snowman wears a basket as a hat.
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Lunch in the Woods North of Lake Europe

Date: 1919
Description: Three men enjoy a picnic; the man on the right smokes a cigar.
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A Bit of Rocky Shore

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Description: Photographic postcard view along the rocky shoreline of Lake Michigan, including tall grass and shrubs. Caption reads: "A Bit of Rocky Shore - Gordon Lodge...
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Pines and Corner of Dining Room — Fallhall Glen

Date: 1934
Description: An exterior view of a log sided building in the woods. Caption reads: "Pines and Corner of Dining Room — Fallhall Glen, Black River Falls, Wis."
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Abandoned Cabin

Date: 1920
Description: A small abandoned log cabin stands among tall conifers and overgrown brush. There is very little chinking remaining and no glass in the window. The cabin h...
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Alma Schmidt

Date: 1915
Description: Alma Schmidt poses seated outdoors wearing a light summer dress. Her face is in profile.
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St. Francis Xavier Cathedral

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Description: Colorized postcard view from street towards the St. Francis Xavier Cathedral on a street corner. A rose window is above the entrance, and there are two bel...
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Northern Wisconsin Pine Forest

Date: 1909
Description: View up a dirt path leading through a pine forest. Caption reads: "Northern Wisconsin Pine Forest, Near Hazelhurst, Wis."
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Methodist Church

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Description: View across street towards a white wooden church with stained glass windows. There are stairs on the right leading up to the entrance, and a steeple above ...
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Residence of S. W. Allerton

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Description: View across water towards a large lakeside house with a turret. Caption reads: "Residence of S. W. Allerton, Lake Geneva, Wis."
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Greetings from McKinley, Wis.

Date: 1911
Description: View of a curving path, lined with trees and shrubs, leading to a bridge. A lawn is sloping down towards the shoreline on the right.
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Barbara Brumder

Date: 08 30 1922
Description: Barbara Brumder (1918-2017) posing on her fourth birthday with a bouquet of flowers tucked in her right arm. She is holding two packages in her left hand a...
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Herbert with Football

Date: 1925
Description: Herbert Edmund Brumder posing outdoors as a center ready to snap his football. He is wearing a leather helmet, football jersey and padded football pants. T...
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New Doll

Date: 08 30 1928
Description: Barbara Brumder, daughter of Herbert P. and Margaret Bouer Brumder, posing standing outdoors holding a large doll, a gift for her tenth birthday. The doll ...
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Ahwahnee Hotel

Date: 1935
Description: At right, the side of the Ahwahnee Hotel, a stone building, helps frame a view of granite mountains in Yosemite National Park. A balcony extends from the w...
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St. Mary of the Angels

Date: 1907
Description: A stone Chapel, St. Mary of the Angels has an ornate entrance and a belfry. Decorated steps, a lawn and trees can be seen.
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Long Lake Lutheran Church

Date: 1950
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Long Lake Lutheran Church (ALC). Route 1, Sarona Wis. 54870. In Washburn County, on county Trunk D, East of Highway M, Sound end of...

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