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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...
Photograph

John R. Commons

Date: 1920
Description: John R. Commons, a University of Wisconsin professor, is shown standing outside Sterling Hall with his hat on the ground at his feet.
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Farm Family with Implements

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Description: A stonecutter, a cooper or smith (identified by the tools of their trade) and a girl with a pail are standing on the left in contrast to a group of ladies ...
Drawing

Indian Taking Aim

Date: 1840
Description: Photograph of a drawing of an Indian aiming his bow and arrow, with one foot standing on an earlier kill.
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Copy Photograph of a Studio Portrait of a European American Man

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Description: Copy photograph of a studio portrait of a European American man with a white moustache and beard, wearing a dark-colored suit coat and dark-colored ribbon ...
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Alice Kent Trimpey

Date: 1930
Description: Mrs. Ephraim Burt Trimpey points to a zinnia blooming in a late summer garden. She us wearing a hat and fur-trimmed coat.
Drawing

Vacation Party on Seashore Cliff Stairwalk

Date: 1900
Description: View of a vacation party on a cliff stairway overlooking a seashore. Several men and women in formal dress walk down the stairway. Heavily retouched image.
Photograph

Woman Raking Cranberries

Date: 1955
Description: Woman using a cranberry rake to harvest cranberries near Wisconsin Rapids.
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Three Men Posing Around a Stump

Date: 1935
Description: Three men, likely United States Resettlement Administration workers, pose around a stump.
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Young Boy with Box Camera

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Description: A young barefoot boy wearing striped coveralls stands on a dirt road while holding a box camera. A coaster wagon is next to him.
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Man and Woman Seated on a Hillside

Date: 1898
Description: Man and woman seated on an overgrown hillside. The woman has ferns on her lap and is holding an umbrella. Inscribed on reverse of original mount: "B.D.L. a...
Photograph

Ontonagon River

Date: 1900
Description: View from rocky shoreline across river towards a man standing on rocks and holding a stick in front of a rock face on the opposite shoreline. There are lar...
Photograph

Portrait of a Seated Woman

Date: 1898
Description: Outdoor portrait of Rose Loomis, of Sullivan, Ohio, wearing a dress and seated in a rocking chair in a garden.
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Mary Ann Dudley

Date: 08 1898
Description: Portrait of Mary Ann Dudley, as an old lady, seated in a garden, Sullivan.
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040 - Camper Aiming Bow and Arrow

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Description: Profile view of archer kneeling in the grass on one knee, with bow and arrow ready and pointing towards the sky. Original caption notes: "Our three most po...
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Bertha Gesell and Uncle Christ on the Residence Porch Steps

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Description: A man and a woman sitting on the front steps of a residence. Originally identified as Bertha Gesell and Uncle Christ, but later identified by Peter Gesell ...
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Trout Fishing

Date: 06 1938
Description: Elevated view of a man wearing a plaid shirt, waders, and a hat with flies tucked in the band casting into a stream. The caption on the negative envelope r...
Historical Object

With The Season's Greetings

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Description: Holiday greeting card with a young girl holding a basket, intertwined with the letter "S" in gold ink, and sprigs of holly and berries. The card has blue f...
Photograph

Women Posed Reading Letter

Date: 1907
Description: Two women are posing together in a yard front of plants and vines building on the side of a building. The woman on the left is standing and holding a lette...

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