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Fairchild Residence

Date: 1900
Description: Cyanotype of the Fairchild Residence, home of Lucius Fairchild. A woman is standing on the lawn.
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White Pine Blister Rust Eradication Crew

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Description: Six-man crew at Camp Mercer looking for ribes (gooseberries), a stage essential for the transmission of blister rust to white pines, working in a marsh are...
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Husker and Shredder Crew at Barn

Date: 1913
Description: Men working with wagons and husker-shredder near a barn. The husker-shredder is powered by a Titan 18-35 tractor. A dog is walking by a fence, and milk can...
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Young Men Playing Basketball

Date: 1920
Description: Three young men playing basketball on an outdoor court. In the background behind a fence and tree are a group of girls, and in the center background younge...
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Grand Army of the Republic Members

Date: 1935
Description: Outdoor group portrait of members of the Grand Army of the Republic; left to right: L.A. Wilcox, Ansel Gailsburg, Elmer Sorkness (in wheelchair), and B. Re...
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Shaplen Family

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Description: American foreign correspondent, Robert M. Shaplen (center) with his father, Joseph Shaplen, also a foreign correspondent and his mother, Sonia Modell Shapl...
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Farmer and Cows

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Description: A farmer in overalls and hat stands in a pasture next to a Holstein cow. He holds a bucket and is gripping one of the cow's horns. More cows are grouped in...
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Five Children in a Row

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Description: Five children pose in a row according to height in front of a porch. Their names are Theo Saeman Cavanaugh, Laura Saeman Gronenthal, Louis C. Saeman, Greg ...
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Two Women in front of Sign

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Description: Two women pose in front of a sign advertising lots for sale. They are both dressed fashionably and their arms are stretched out with their fingers touching...
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Ole Heg's House

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Description: Exterior view of Ole Heg's house with a woman standing in front.
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Canoeing the Flambeau

Date: 1933
Description: An unidentified man canoes the rapids on the Flambeau River in the northern part of Rusk County, about 12 miles from Ladysmith.
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Jeffry's Mill

Date: 01 22 1932
Description: Two men fish from a diving platform while a third fishes from the shore at Jeffry's Mill. The tall, wood frame mill building is in the background, with an ...
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Robert Hulburt

Date: 1933
Description: Robert Hulburt, age 11 and a student at Hillcrest School, District No. 6, Towns of Waukesha, Pewaukee, Brookield and New Berlin, poses with his heifer in a...
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Group at Lake Geneva

Date: 1918
Description: Three couples posed in and in front of an automobile, and another man standing next to the car on the left. Trees are in the background.
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Group at Lake Geneva

Date: 1918
Description: Outdoor informal group portrait of four women standing together at Lake Geneva. Trees are in the background.
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Tivoli Hotel

Date: 03 1913
Description: A stout, well-dressed gentleman is posing in the foreground, with the Tivoli Hotel behind him on a hill in Ancon, Panama. He is wearing a straw hat, jacket...
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Group of Men Working on Hillside

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Description: A group of men are posing on the side of the hill. They are holding pails and other tools. A lake is in the background.
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Group of Men in Field

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Description: View across field towards a group of men standing in a field. There are trees in the background.

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