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John Gund Bottling Department

Date: 1890
Description: Brewery workers, posed in front of stacked beer barrels. Pictured (2nd row, far right) is Louis Schreiber (1861-1923) who immigrated to Wisconsin from Bava...
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Farmer Making Soap

Date: 1910
Description: The farmer and his wife are making soap outdoors. Lye is made by letting rain water seep through wood ashes for several months. Lye and fat produce soap. T...
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Delegation of Indians to Washington, D.C.

Date: 06 24 1852
Description: Illustration of the Washington, D.C. Delegation of Indians. Five Indians pose with a man in a beard and suit. From Benjamin Armstrong, "Early Life Among Th...
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Officers of the 43rd Wisconsin Infantry

Date: 1865
Description: Officers of the 43rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, with Colonel Amasa Cobb seated at the center. It is likely this picture was taken when the field and sta...
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Senior and Junior German Party

Date: 1905
Description: Group portrait of a German party thrown by the junior and senior class at Menomonie High School. Students are dressed as famous German figures or in tradit...
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Portrait of an Elderly Couple

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Description: A studio portrait of an elderly couple, probably Lawrence Washington Burge and Emmeline Elizabeth Barney Burge. The man is wearing a suit jacket, and the w...
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Portrait of a Couple and Five Children

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Description: A studio portrait of a seated man, and a woman holding a child, surrounded by two girls and two boys posing in front of a painted backdrop. The man and boy...
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Cutting Crew in the Woods

Date: 1900
Description: A cutting crew of three men posing in the woods with a work horse next to felled trees.
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Patriotic Lodge Hall Meeting

Date: 1900
Description: Men gather at lodge hall, probably in Watertown, Wisconsin. American flags are hanging from the light fixtures, draped over tables and on the wall. There i...
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Outdoor Group Portrait

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Description: An outdoor portrait of a large group of men, women, and children on a trail or path among trees. Possibly a family reunion or other gathering.
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Group of Men and Women on Steps

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Description: A group of two men and nine women posing on the steps leading into a brick building.
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Family in front of House

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Description: A portrait of a family standing in front of their frame house. A boy in the foreground is leaning on a wooden fence.
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Elderly Couple Sitting on Steps of House

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Description: A portrait of an elderly couple sitting on steps leading into a frame house. On the right is a metal structure that is probably part of a windmill.
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W.M. Smith and W.H.D. on a Log

Date: 07 1895
Description: Two men, W.M. Smith and W.H.D., rest on a large log over Little Bear Creek.
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Unidentified Rural Schoolhouse

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Description: View through trees of a group of children and adults standing in front of a clapboard one-room schoolhouse. an outhouse is visible behind the shcool.
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Unidentified Men and Girl

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Description: Two unidentified men and a young girl posing outside what is possibly a one-room schoolhouse.
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Large Group Portrait

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of adults and one child posed in yard in front of a house, with a member of the clergy in the front. Perhaps a wedding portrait.
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A Shepherd with His Flock

Date: 1925
Description: A shepherd with a crook watches his flock in a wooded area beside a pond. His sheep dog rests beside him.
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Belfrage at Moscow Synagogue

Date: 1956
Description: Cedric Belfrage, co-editor and founder of the "National Guardian," visiting a Moscow synagogue after his deportation from the United States. Belfrage was d...
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Lesson on Eradication of Cattle Tick

Date: 1915
Description: A group of men, women, and children sitting on wooden benches inside Cottage Hill School as they watch Professor P.G. Holden give a presentation on the era...

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