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Domestic Staff with Work Utensils

Date: 1890
Description: The household staff (probably Swedish) for one family home, including laundresses, cooks, parlor maids, and scullery girls with their various work utensils...
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Studio Portrait of Funeral Wreath

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Description: Framed woman's portrait surrounded by funeral wreaths and flower arrangements, with painted studio backdrop. A is cross on the left, with an arrangement sp...
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Portrait of Mrs. R.D. Squires

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Description: Portrait of a very elderly woman sitting in a wicker wheel chair, in front of two quarter panel doors. She is wearing a dark dress with small buttons to th...
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Memorial Wreath

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Description: Studio portrait of a flower arrangement that says, "REST".
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1905
Description: Waist-up studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Sam Carley Blowsnake (HoChunkHaTeKah), wearing a hat and sporting long hair, is sitting next to ...
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Organized Winnebago Indian Show Company

Date: 1885
Description: In this photograph, copied by Van Schaick from another photographer, Wild West show promoter Tom Roddy is standing on the far right, along with his cast of...
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Group Portrait of Ho-Chunk Family

Date: 1906
Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk family, Jim White Bear, his wife Kate, and their children (four girls and a boy). Kate White Bear and the older girls are wea...
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General Store Interior

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Description: Interior of a general store displaying various merchandise in glass cases, shelves and counters.
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Studio Portrait of a Dog

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Description: Studio portrait of an American Water Spaniel posing on a stump in the Van Schaick photography studio in front of a painted backdrop. There is a sign for "C...
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Portrait of a Dog

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Description: An American Water Spaniel, poses in the Van Schaick photography studio in front of a painted backdrop. There is a sign for "C.J. Van Schaick Photographer."...
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Spaulding Wagon

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Description: A highly decorated Spaulding Wagon is parked in the interior of a brick building.
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Spaulding Wagon Parked Indoors

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Description: A Spaulding Wagon parked inside of a brick building, possibly the first Spaulding Wagon built in Black River Falls.
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Spaulding Brand Wagon

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Description: A decorative Spaulding wagon is parked inside a brick building.
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Wagon Parked Indoors

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Description: A Spaulding brand wagon is parked inside a brick building.
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Portrait and Flowers at a Funeral

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Description: Painted portrait of a woman with the name "Lessie" among funeral wreaths.
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Interior of a Bedroom

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Description: Interior of a bedroom with a writing desk, bed, rocking chair, table, and mounted shelves.
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Man and Woman Seated by Desk

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Description: A man and a woman sit by a desk in a corner of a room that holds various books and papers.
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Tea Party with Guitarist

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Description: Seven women and two men gather for tea, while one of the men plays a guitar. They are posed in the corner of a room.
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Model Train Set

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Description: Studio view of a model train on a table with model buildings, carriages and people. There is a backdrop curtain behind the table.
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Model Train Set

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Description: Studio view of a model train on a table with model buildings, carriages and people. There is a backdrop curtain behind the table.

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