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Sunday in a Lumber Camp Bunkhouse

Date: 1900
Description: Sunday morning in a lumber camp bunk house.
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Boys at Work on Urban Garden

Date: 04 18 1917
Description: Boys from the Newberry School and Boys' Club No. 2 work on ground loaned by the Board of Education for a city garden.
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Two Men Rake Hay

Date: 1918
Description: Two men work a field of hay with horse-drawn hay rakes.
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Man and Girl on Porch Swing

Date: 1921
Description: A older man and a young girl holding a doll are seated together on a porch swing for an outdoor portrait.
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Classroom and Class, District 10

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Description: Interior of classroom with teacher and young students, seated in desks. Teacher is identified as Sylvia Rottiger.
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Schoolroom Interior

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Description: Interior of rural schoolroom. A teacher at the back of the room appears to be helping as students of all ages sit working at their desks. A large U.S. Flag...
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Grant County Fourth Annual Contest Winners

Date: 05 05 1912
Description: Large group of children and adults posing outside a brick building. Some students are posing in open windows.
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Mogul Powered Farm Machinery

Date: 1916
Description: A man in a yard is using a Mogul stationary engine to power farm machinery, possibly a feed grinder. In the background is a house behind trees.
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Man with Horse-Drawn Wagon Outside Storefront

Date: 1910
Description: Man seated outside the Jepson piano store in a horse-drawn Weber wagon loaded with items, including a mirror.
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Road Construction with Titan Tractor

Date: 1913
Description: A man operating a tractor with road roller on a small town street. The tractor may be a Titan 30-60.
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Young Dancers Looking in Tent

Date: 08 08 2008
Description: Two young girls, with hair curls, look into tent at Irishfest.
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Woman in Farmhouse Living Room

Date: 1931
Description: Miss Lielle Geddis sitting in a rocking chair while reading an issue of "Country Gentleman" magazine in the living room of her home.
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Painting and Decorating Class

Date: 1910
Description: Two young boys work on a wall in a school room as part of a vocational painting and decorating class.
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Meskans on East Lake

Date: 1937
Description: View from water of a woman wearing a bathing suit sitting on the dock in front of a cabin. Five people stand on the porch of the cabin looking out over the...
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Man Sitting on Porch

Date: 1915
Description: View from yard of man sitting and reading a newspaper or magazine in a rocking chair on the porch of a house.
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Spectators Watching Native American Dance

Date: 1930
Description: View of a Native American man dancing and wearing traditional dress and a headdress. A group of younger boys, some wearing traditional dress, watch him fro...
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Native American Gathering, Pow Wow

Date: 1930
Description: View of five men wearing hats sitting outside in a circle around a drum while six other men dressed in Native American clothing are standing behind the sea...
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Home Economics

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Description: Slightly elevated view of six young women posed in a kitchen. Two women on the left stand at a sink washing dishes, two women stand at a table behind them,...
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School Picnic

Date: 06 30 1905
Description: Group portrait of a Muscoda Public School picnic. Emma Schmitt (later Mrs. Sherwin Gillett) is on the far left of the top row. The 1905 Wisconsin Census ha...
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Family Gathering at Rufus Gillett's

Date: 1919
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the extended Gillett family taken at the home of Sherwin's brother, Rufus.

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