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Seamstresses

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Description: Alma(?), Wis. Studio portrait of group of women seamstresses and two young children.
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"Ponca Indian Squaw Dance"

Date: 07 1894
Description: Titled "A Ponca Indian Squaw dance". The participants hold up flags.
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Sioux Tepees

Date: 1898
Description: Sioux tepees at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.
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Foundation Piles and Concrete Forms at East End of Power Dam

Date: 03 03 1912
Description: Two women and a man posing among the timber pilings near the east shore of the river. Wooden concrete forms and two buildings are in the background.
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Government Barges Passing Through Lock at Power Dam

Date: 05 13 1914
Description: A view upstream through the lock at the Prairie du Sac dam. Workmen are guiding a barge through the lock as a man and woman are watching from steps in the ...
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Nichols House

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Description: Group of people posed on and around porch of the Nichols House.
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Copy Photograph of Large Native American Group

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Description: Copy photograph of a large group of Native American/Sioux men, women, and children all wearing regalia, posed outdoors standing and sitting in front of a t...
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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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Father #31;— Mother Golden Wedding

Date: 06 1916
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Conrad and Mary Schmitt's (Emma Gillett's parents) Golden Wedding Anniversary.
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Class of 1886

Date: 1886
Description: Posed group portrait of men and women members of the “Class of '86” at Lawrence College. The 8 men have silk top hats and the 4 women have umbrellas, for a...
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Picnicking by the Shore

Date: 1905
Description: Picnicking group of men and women along the shore of the Wisconsin River.
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Victoria Claflin Woodhull

Date: 1883
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Victoria Woodhull. The drawing was done during her marriage to John Biddulph Martin.
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Sandy Beach Resort

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Description: View across water towards a section of Sandy Beach Resort. There are people on the lawn on the left next to buildings. Two women are talking on a porch in ...
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Group of People Swimming

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Description: View across water towards shoreline. A large group of children and adults are swimming and playing in the water. There is a large building on the shoreline...
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Group of People on Pier

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Description: View from shoreline of a large group of people on a pier. Men and women are standing on the pier, posing and looking toward the shoreline. Other people are...
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Nippersink Resort

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Description: View across lawn towards a boathouse on a lake. On the far left is what appears to be a tall, wooden water slide, with a set of steep steps. People are sit...
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Crowd of People on Shoreline at Resort

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Description: View across water towards shoreline filled with piers, boats, people and cottages. There is a large building on the right, and a parking area filled with a...
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Picnic Tables at Resort

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Description: View of groups of people sitting at picnic tables under rows of trees that lead down to a lake at a resort. More people are standing or walking near buildi...
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Group of Women and Girls near Octagonal Building

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Description: View of women and girls sitting on the lawn under trees near an octagonal building. They are all eating what appears to be ice cream.
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Large Building with Striped Awnings

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Description: View across lawn towards a large building. Two women are sitting on the porch on the right, which has a large striped awning over it. There are striped awn...

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