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Pickerel Billy with a Display of Pickerels

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Description: William Dunn, known as Pickerel Billy, standing behind a display of twelve pickerels. Pickerel Billy supplied pickerels from Lake Mendota to downtown hotel...
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Market Scene

Date: 1910
Description: A market stall with an array of fruits, vegetables, fish, and flowers. The shop keeper is sitting in the center just behind a wooden post. In her journal f...
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Groot Constantia

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of Groot Constantia, the oldest wine estate in South Africa, located just outside Cape Town, South Africa. Two women stand near the wall unde...
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Groot Constantia 2

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the front of Groot Constantia, the oldest winery in South Africa located just outside Cape Town, South Africa.
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Empire Brewery

Date: 1883
Description: View across State Street towards two buildings, with, on the left, the Hess & Schmitz Livery Boarding and Sale Stable, and on the right the Empire Brewery....
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Beer from the Hausmann Brewing Company Malt House

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Description: A man is posing outdoors in front of the Hausmann Brewing Company Malt House at 1603 Sherman Avenue. He is standing and smoking a cigar and carrying three ...
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Yahara River Mill

Date: 1850
Description: A grist mill on the Yahara River at the outlet of Lake Mendota. The mill, called Farwell's Madison Mills was built in 1850 by Governor Farwell. The origina...
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Western Canoe Association Members at Picnic Point

Date: 1894
Description: Seven members of the canoe association are posed around an eighth member, who is lying face down on a padded cot, covered with ferns. Ferns have been strat...
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Dressing a Deer

Date: 1930
Description: An American Indian woman is bending over the carcass of a young deer on the ground in a wooded area. A man, far right, is looking at the camera while holdi...
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Sugar Camp

Date: 1930
Description: A Native American man, left, posing in front of the sapling frame of a shelter at a maple sugar camp. Two Native American women are standing under the fram...
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Display at Odanah Fair

Date: 1930
Description: Farm produce, including potatoes, cauliflower and cabbage, displayed on a stand decorated with stars and stripe bunting. Preserves and potted plants are on...

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