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Dr. Birge on Trout Lake

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Description: Dr. Edward Ashael Birge paddling on a raft in Trout Lake. In 1875 Dr. Birge first came to teach natural history at the University of Wisconsin, and remaine...
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Fort Howard

Date: 1851
Description: Several men rowing in a boat near Fort Howard that has an American Flag, barracks, and various related military buildings enclosed behind a wall.
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Josiah Monroe May

Date: 1884
Description: A carte-de-visite of Josiah Monroe May in a wagon, at the age of about 60 years.
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Man in Buggy

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Description: A carte-de-visite of a man in a buggy.
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Man and Woman in Buggy

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Description: A carte-de-visite of a man and woman sitting in a buggy behind the driver. Three men are standing behind the buggy. Back of card reads: "Caliche, Quebec".
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Pontoon Airplane

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Description: A pontoon airplane floating on a lake with a man next to it.
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"Ottumwa Belle" on the Mississippi River

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Description: "Ottumwa Belle" on the Mississippi River. Built in 1895, the sternwheel rafter was used on the Mississippi River until 1920, when the rafter was renamed "I...
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Elna Krueger in a Chevrolet

Date: 1935
Description: Elna Krueger sitting in the driver's seat of a Chevrolet. Edgar Krueger is standing on the other side of the car, near the hood, while a friend is standing...
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Smoking with Friends

Date: 1934
Description: Edgar Krueger standing next to a vehicle parked along the road with two friends, smoking cigarrettes. Several houses and garages are in the background.
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Boarding a Coach Bus

Date: 1950
Description: Men and women boarding a coach bus. The bus driver stands outside leaning against the front of the bus. Several people are seated in the bus seats with the...
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Posing with the Bus Drivers

Date: 1950
Description: A young man posing with two bus drivers in front of a row of buses parked on the side of the road. Several vehicles are parked in a parking lot across the ...
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Outside the Lincoln Memorial

Date: 1950
Description: View of the Lincoln Memorial from across Lincoln Memorial Circle. Several women and a man are crossing the street behind several cars that have driven by. ...
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Guards of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Date: 1950
Description: Changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier. The back of a man's head is in the foreground on the left.
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Group of Women Posing Together

Date: 1950
Description: Group of seven women posing together on a sidewalk near a building, probably a railroad station. Two women squat on the ground, while the remaining five st...
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Robert Posing Next to Car

Date: 1955
Description: Robert Krueger stands near a driveway next to a Chevy automobile with his hand on the driver's side door knob. A cat is walking on the ground in front of h...
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Baling Hay

Date: 1955
Description: Left side view of man driving a John Deere tractor pulling a square baler attached to a wagon. Robert Krueger stands on the wagon behind the baler, stackin...
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Posing with Baled Hay

Date: 1955
Description: View across barnyard towards three men posing with freshly baled hay bales stacked on a wagon pulled by a small tractor. Robert Krueger sits under an umbre...
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Posing in front of a Chevy

Date: 1955
Description: Edgar, Elna, and Robert Krueger posing together in front of a Chevy automobile parked in their yard. The barn and a silo are in the background.
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Kruegers with Friends

Date: 1955
Description: Group portrait in front of two cars parked on the Krueger farm. Elna Krueger stands on the far left with her grandson, Glenn Oestreich, standing in front o...
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Standing by Two Cars

Date: 1955
Description: Group portrait of two women and a man standing together in front of two automobiles parked on the Krueger farm. In the background are barns and a silo.

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