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Reaping Scene

Date: 1879
Description: Three men taking a break during harvesting. Their horse-drawn reaper raked the grain into rows as it cut. In the background are various farmstead buildings...
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Soldiers at U.S. Centennial Celebration

Date: 07 1876
Description: Elevated view from the Park Hotel looking east to the corner of Carroll and Main Streets in Madison. Soldiers are in formation as a part of the centennial ...
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Soldiers' Orphans' Home/Monona Academy

Date: 1877
Description: This building, on an entire block of Spaight and Brearly Streets with Lake Monona, was originally the governor's mansion for Leonard J. Farwell. The Farwel...
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Abraham C. Martin and Family

Date: 1871
Description: Springfield Township, Dane County (Section 22) corner of Fischer Road and Highway 12, Wi. Abraham C. Martin, a farmer and dairyman with his family in fron...
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Micheal Johnson Engesetler Family

Date: 1876
Description: Family seated on porch steps with close view of stone house and girl in window; wood basement opening on side of porch. Front Row: Mr. and Mrs. Michael Joh...
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William Bullock Family

Date: 1872
Description: Group portrait of the William Bullock family, a group of eleven adults and children in front of an ivy covered wall.
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Family with Girls

Date: 1871
Description: Outdoor family portrait with most of the girls dressed in the same fabric with vertical stripes. They are posed before a brick house.

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