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Gesell Family Burlesque

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Description: The Gesell family in costume with broom, sword, and other props for a humorous picture. Family members identified as follows: Gerhard Jr. (drinking from pi...
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Farm of Gustave Voight

Date: 1895
Description: Partially cleared stump land on the farm of Gustave Voight, two miles south of Merrill, Lincoln county. Logs for burning are in the foreground. In the far ...
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Girl Scouts at Camp Indianola

Date: 10 10 1941
Description: Eight Girl Scouts are standing on and near a tree at the edge of Lake Mendota, with the Madison skyline in the background at Camp Indianola.
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Costume Party

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Description: Group of Caucasian individuals dressed up as African Americans, in blackface and eating watermelon.
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Three Baby Elephants

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Description: A man leading three baby elephants with decorative blankets with the following names, "Little Jim," "Pinto," and "Alice."
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Boys and Toy Airplane

Date: 1920
Description: Reginald Jackson, Jr., of Madison, holding the toy airplane, and a group of friends, all of whom are wearing short pants, sitting on the windowsill in fron...
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Family in the Snow

Date: 1920
Description: Winter scene with a man, two boys, and two girls standing in the snow outside a two-story brick building, possibly in the town of Vaudreuil.
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Group Posing Near Fence

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Description: A man, three women, and a girl are posing under trees in front of a fence that is surrounding a frame house.
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Family in Yard

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Description: A young boy is mowing the lawn, while two women and a man are posing in the yard and on the porch of a two-story house.
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Studio Portrait of Two Young Boys and Painted Rowboat

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Description: A studio portrait, in front of a painted backdrop, of one boy sitting behind a board painted with a decorative rowboat holding the hand of another boy pret...
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Confirmation Ceremony

Date: 1910
Description: Twins Marie Johanna and Friedrich Wilhelm Ginnow pose in front of a decorated altar on their confirmation day. This was the last confirmation class at the ...
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Man Diving into Mississippi River

Date: 1925
Description: A man diving off a pier into the Mississippi River. Another man is swimming in the water, while other men and boys are standing on the floating pier.
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Portrait of Seven Young Ho-Chunk Men

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of four young Ho-Chunk men posing sitting in front of three young Ho-Chunk men posing standing. All of the m...
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Korn Kids

Date: 01 1914
Description: Class of Boys who attended a 10-Day Course at the college of Agriculture, Madison. The course began on January 26th, 1914 with an opening speech by Profess...
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Group Portrait of Young Men and Women

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Description: Group of five young women and three young men posing for a portrait in a home.
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Group Posed in Garden Setting

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Description: Woman seated on a park bench holding flowers. A young man stands behind her leaning on the bench, and two boys are posed nearby. One boy holds a box camera...
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Students Learn to Bake

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Description: These young men and boys are students in a baking class at a vocational school.
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Sheet Metal Factory Worker

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Description: A boy (teenager?) works in a sheet metal factory.
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Employees of the Western Printing Company

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Description: A man teaches a boy practical printing with large type in a proof press at Western Printing Company.
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4-H Boys with Bovines

Date: 1935
Description: Three young men wearing hats, all 4-H members, stand with their bovines, steer which have short horns, at the Iron County Fair.

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