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Young Arthur Altmeyer and Friends

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of Arthur Altmeyer as a young man posing in Wingra Park with five other young people identified as Selma, Russell, Lloyd, May Wescot...
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Kaminski and his Curtiss Pusher

Date: 08 1912
Description: John Kaminski (the first licensed pilot in Wisconsin, third from the right in checkered cap) with his new Curtiss pusher, the "Sweetheart."
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The "Rock School" Building

Date: 1900
Description: The "Rock School" building, with children and teachers posed outside.
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Dickey Chapelle as a Young Girl

Date: 1934
Description: Georgette Louise (Dickey) Meyer, the tall, bespectacled girl in the middle, salutes with five other children.
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Big Bill Thompson and Friends

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Description: "Big" Bill Thompson (center) poses with two friends from Chicago in front of a lodge.
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Group of People in International Auto-Wagon

Date: 1915
Description: Several men and a young girl in an International Auto-Wagon on a dirt road. One or more of the men may have worked for an International dealership. The car...
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Portrait of Four Women in Field

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of four women, taken in a field. The two women on the left are posing standing, while the two on the right are posed kneeling or cro...
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Cooksville School

Date: 1924
Description: Cooksville School Class. Teacher Lloyd Porter (top row). First row: Arthur Julseth, Alvin Nording, Walter Weber, _______ Moe, Freddie Zinn, Tollef Lunde, C...
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Log Cabin on Rock Island

Date: 1914
Description: Chester Thordarson (second from left) and his Chicago guests pose in front of a log cabin, which was located at the southeast corner of Rock Island.
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Four Generations

Date: 1916
Description: Four generations of members of the Glasier family on the porch.
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Alfred Hitchcock and Joel McCrea

Date: 1940
Description: Alfred Hitchcock and Joel McCrea stand on the set of the film "Foreign Correspondent" with an unidentified woman wearing a rain poncho. Hitchcock and the w...
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Children with Goats

Date: 1927
Description: Five children, probably cousins, including Edward Petersen, center, and his brother Conrad, second from right, pose with two goats in an orchard at Black P...
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Boys and the Goat House

Date: 1927
Description: The Petersen brothers, from far left William Otto, Conrad Schmidt, and Edward William, with an unidentified boy (probably a cousin) pose in front of a smal...
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On Madlener's Dock

Date: 09 01 1931
Description: Albert Madlener, in rear with cap, and Ernst Schmidt, third from right, pose with a group of nine women officials of Chicago's Grant Hospital. In a written...
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Off to School

Date: 1904
Description: Dorothy Fargo, ten years old, is holding the hands of her brothers Frank, four years old, and Stuart, seven years old, as they are posing on the sidewalk a...
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Fargo Children

Date: 12 1905
Description: The children of Frank B. and Louise Mears Fargo posing in front of a folding screen for a quarter-length portrait. They are, from left, Frank Jr., age five...
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Boating

Date: 1911
Description: Frank B. Fargo, standing on the shore and posing in front of the small launch "Ruth" on Rock Lake. An unidentified man, possibly Charles Millard, is standi...
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Dr. James McClure, Miss Smith, and the Blackberry Pickers

Date: 1902
Description: Group portrait of women, men, and children standing in front of a display of freshly-picked blackberries. Dr. James McClure (left) and Miss Smith (right) a...
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Three Stroh Sisters Dressed for a Play

Date: 1906
Description: Three Stroh sisters are sitting outdoors under a tall tree on the Island. Harriet Stroh (center) is dressed as the queen. Elizabeth Stroh (left) and Margar...
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Brumder Family on Porch

Date: 1900
Description: George Brumder, sitting at right, and his wife Henriette Brandhorst Brumder, sitting and wearing a dark dress, are posing with family members on the porch ...

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