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Norwegian Family with Possessions

Date: 1870
Description: Norwegian family posing with their household possessions, in front of their home. The man dressed in military uniform is a Civil War veteran. Madison, Wisc...
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Children by Christmas Tree

Date: 01 1905
Description: Young children, Jennie and Edgar Krueger, playing with toys near their family Christmas tree.
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Boy with Dog Pulling Wagon

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Description: Three small children with a wagon drawn by a dog.
Magazine or Periodical

Pro-McKinley Political Cartoon

Date: 08 29 1896
Description: Cover of Harper's Weekly, with a pro-William McKinley Presidential cartoon depicting McKinley as a soldier in 1861 and William Jennings Bryan as an ...
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Tannisse and David Taylor having a Tea Party

Date: 1914
Description: Photographer Herman Taylor's children sit at a little table in front of the hearth in the library.
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Eddie Wendorf with Wheelbarrow

Date: 10 20 1901
Description: Eddie Wendorf as a baby pushing a toy wheelbarrow in a yard.
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Playing with Wagons

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Description: Esther Bigalk Clark, Edgar Krueger (on tricycle), Jennie Krueger, and Josie Bigalk Wendorf playing with wagons, dolls and a toy wheelbarrow outdoors.
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Kruegers Playing with Toys

Date: 1900
Description: Jennie and Edgar Krueger (twins on right) and Effie Goetsch (Carr) playing with toys outdoors. Effie was the daughter of Ernest Samuel Goetsch and Anna Sch...
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Krueger Family Christmas Tree

Date: 12 1901
Description: The Krueger family Christmas tree with toys.
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Hattie Pautz and Her Dolls

Date: 04 1901
Description: Hattie Pautz, sitting and posing with her dolls in front of the side of a building. On the ground next to her is one of the dolls in a doll-sized lawn swin...
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Moscow Library Association

Date: 1875
Description: Group portrait of the Moscow Laseselskab (the Moscow Library Association). Rasmus B. Anderson is probably in the group.
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Family and Home of Herman Amberg Preus

Date: 1873
Description: A family is gathered in a yard around a table with a child on a rocking horse. The frame house behind them has a railing on its porch roof and latticework....
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Reverend Peter Andreas Rasmussen and Family

Date: 1878
Description: The Reverend Peter Andreas Rasmussen (1829-1898) is shaking the hand of a woman, possibly his wife Ragnhild Holland Rasmussen. Someone has apparently just ...
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Williamson Family Poses outside with Grandmother

Date: 1873
Description: A family poses in a yard around a table. The grandmother appears to have an embroidery hoop in her lap. In the background on the right is a grindstone. Fur...
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Herman Amberg Preus Family plays Croquet

Date: 1872
Description: Herman Amberg Preus, his wife Caroline Keyser Preus, and their family, are in the yard playing croquet. One woman sits with a closed parasol in her hand, a...
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Reverend Erik Jensen and Wife with Children

Date: 1875
Description: Twenty-one children are seated on wooden benches and the ground in front of a square frame house with a hip roof and cupola. The Reverend Erik Jensen (1841...
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Thor Brye Family pose near House

Date: 1874
Description: The Thor Brye family is posed in front of a fence in the yard. The women wear decorative scarves around their necks and one holds a stereoscope. The frame ...
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Reverend Carl Christian Aas Home

Date: 1873
Description: The home of the Reverend Carl Christian Aas (1843-1898), with the family posing around a table in front of a fence in the foreground. There is a rocking ho...
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Christmas Shopping

Date: 12 1947
Description: Two children, a boy and a girl, look at display of toys in a store window.
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Boy Playing with Toy Airplanes

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Description: Young boy with toy airplanes and an aircraft carrier.

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