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Three Seated Farm Girls

Date: 1895
Description: Three farm girls, probably of German extraction, seated on a bench, playing with three kids (young goats) in their laps. There are buildings in the backgro...
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Unidentified Residence

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Description: View from street of a wooden house with a front porch covered with a vine. Three people are posing standing in the yard behind a wooden fence. There are bu...
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Woman, Child, and Dog

Date: 1910
Description: Edna King stands behind an infant in a stroller in a garden next to a wooden building. A dog is lying next to the stroller. Vines grow on lattice structure...
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Obey Family

Date: 1978
Description: The Obey family poses, standing, for a casual outdoor portrait. (Left to right), Craig, Joan, Douglas and David. Douglas is holding a walking stick. Trees ...
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Turvill House and Garden

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the Turvill house and garden. A man and woman are working in the garden near the Turvill home. The woman, wearing a bonnet, is bent over w...
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Footbridge Over Lagoon at Tenney Park

Date: 1900
Description: View from path of a footbridge over the lagoon in Tenney Park. A man is walking along the path on the right. Trees are along the shoreline.
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West Shore of Turville Bay

Date: 1900
Description: Slightly elevated view of the west shore of Turville Bay. Two men sit in a rowboat near the shore surrounded by water lilies. There is a fence in the foreg...
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Outdoor Portrait of George McConnell

Date: 1897
Description: Outdoor portrait of George McConnell. He is sitting in a chair looking to the left. A building with a vine growing up along a window is in the background.
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Crew of the Optimal Mine

Date: 1895
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the miners who work at Optimal Mine. They are seated outdoors on the grass, and are wearing work clothes and hats.
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Playing in a Sandbox

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Description: Several children playing in a sandbox, which has a tree growing from its center. In the background and out of focus, two women are standing near what could...
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Woman Posing in Flower Bed

Date: 1955
Description: A woman is posing in a small flower bed on a lawn. There are Canna plants in the center. The bed is surrounded by a simple living willow fence.
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At the Wedding

Date: 06 27 1906
Description: A large group of well-dressed men, women and children posing beside the small wood frame Von der Sump farmhouse. There is a canopy decorated with greenery ...
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Tug of War

Date: 08 28 1904
Description: Maggie von der Sump, center, is holding a ring sausage as two teams of three women each pull on opposite ends of a thin rope. Maggie's sisters Leta, far le...
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Bernhagen House and Family

Date: 1905
Description: A well-dressed man and woman are standing between two columns on the front porch of a wood frame house. There are two younger women at right, with one sitt...
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Stebbins House

Date: 1904
Description: A group is posing in front of a two-story wood frame house with a lower wing at left. Mae von der Sump is standing near a column at the left of steps leadi...
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Group in the Wisconsin Dells

Date: 1905
Description: A group of two men and four women, including Hattie, far left, and Leta von der Sump, far right. The well-dressed group is posing in a narrow passage creat...
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Pyramide de Cholula

Date: 1816
Description: The four-stepped, low-rising Pyramid of Cholula, covered in sparse vegetation, stands in a flat valley, surrounded by distant mountains. A stairway leads u...

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