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Reverend A. Jacobsen and Family

Date: 1877
Description: Stereograph of Rev. A. Jacobson, family and visitors, Perry, Wis." from Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views." Jacobson (1836-1910) immigrated to t...
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War Products Exhibit at Indianapolis Works

Date: 1942
Description: Storefront war products exhibit at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works. A sign on the window reads: "Mud pies. Today is serious business! This fou...
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Waukesha, Wis.

Date: 1857
Description: Elevated view of Waukesha with two women wearing dresses with a boy in long pants and tam o'shanter hat in foreground against a split-rail fence. Beyond th...
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Lillian Rice at Police Station

Date: 01 30 1931
Description: Lillian Rice (aka Loretta La Boze), 18 of Janesville, in man's clothing with police matron, Pearl Shaughnessy, at the Police Station. Lillian was arrested ...
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Women and Children Watch Men Work in Field

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Description: Children, men with hats, and women with parasols, are watching men work in a field with a horse-drawn plow and other agricultural equipment. A house is in...
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Family around Table

Date: 1876
Description: A family of twelve is grouped outdoors around a table. Behind them is a picket fence and a frame house, with latticework and carpenter's lace decorating it...
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Professor R.B. Anderson, his Family and Visitors

Date: 1877
Description: "Professor R.B. Anderson, his Family & Visitors." Seated outdoors left to right around a table are: Mrs. R.B. Anderson, H. Herlofson, Professor Rasmus B. A...
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View of the Ministers Present

Date: 08 30 1876
Description: "View of the ministers present" from the "Dedication of Blue Mounds Church" section of Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views." The congregation of t...
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Telephone Switchboard

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Description: Mrs. Thompto and employee Ethel Clemens working at the telephone switchboard.
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Sun Prairie Freshman Class

Date: 1914
Description: Group portrait of the 1914 Sun Prairie freshman class. Included in the group is Bill Droster, grandfather of the donor of this image.
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Tall-tale Postcard: Melon Party (with Melons)

Date: 1911
Description: Photomontage of children with giant watermelons. Four girls wearing dresses and bows hold a giant slice of melon across them as they all bite into it. Two ...
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Civil War Regiment

Date: 1862
Description: Birds-eye view of a Wisconsin Civil War regiment on parade in Fond du Lac, as drawn by Louis Kurz from the Marr Street Methodist Church. The regiment canno...
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Droster Grocery and Filling Station

Date: 1940
Description: Children standing on barrels in front of Droster Grocery and Filling Station at 1438 Sherman Avenue, run by Red Whitney. The children are Whitney's nieces ...
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Two Women with Letter

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Description: Two young women, one sitting and one standing, pose with a letter for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. Both of the women are well-dressed ...
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Frank and Lillian Drew's Cottage on Lake Flora Dell

Date: 1911
Description: View of Frank and Lillian Drew's cottage on Lake Flora Dell. Their daughter, Delia Drew King, is on the steps. "Home Again" is written along the right side...
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Delia Drew King on Porch

Date: 1911
Description: Delia Drew King sits on the porch of her family's cottage on Lake Flora Dell. "After Dinner" is written on the left.
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"The Cottage by the Sea"

Date: 1911
Description: View of the Drew family cottage on Lake Flora Dell. A caption of "The Cottage by the Sea" is to the left of the photograph, in addition to a decorative bor...
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Severson's Service Station Calendar

Date: 2008
Description: This beautiful 1940s calendar hangs on the wall at Monty's Blue Plate Diner.
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"Mountaineers"

Date: 1911
Description: A group of men, women, and children pose on a bluff above Lake Flora Dell. In the background are several cottages surrounded by trees near the shoreline of...
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Group on Bluff

Date: 1911
Description: A group of individuals are gathered on a bluff. One man is pointing off to the left, and the rest of the group gazes in that direction. Features a hand-dra...

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