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Burning of German Textbooks

Date: 06 13 1918
Description: "Here lies the remains of German in B.H.S." is written on the pavement next to a smoldering pile of German textbooks. A car is parked along the curb in the...
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Lueders Cottage, Sauk City, Wisconsin

Date: 1939
Description: View of the Lueders cottage, home of the Hamburg-born botanist Frederick Lueders, just before it was torn down to make way for the home of August Derleth.
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August Derleth at His Desk

Date: 1942
Description: Author August Derleth surrounded by books at his desk.
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Portrait of a Cat

Date: 1935
Description: A hand-colored portrait of the Trimpey family cat, Mary, posed by a small Christmas tree. The tree is decorated with ribbon garland and there is a toy mou...
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Portrait of a Cat

Date: 1935
Description: A hand-colored portrait of the Trimpey family cat, Fluffy, sitting in a basket.
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Portrait of a Cat

Date: 1935
Description: A hand-colored portrait of the Trimpey family cat, PollyAnna, lying in a basket.
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Portrait of a Cat

Date: 1935
Description: A hand-colored portrait of the Trimpey family cat, Sally, lying on a table.
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Portrait of a Cat

Date: 1935
Description: A hand-colored portrait of the Trimpey family cat, Honey.
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Portrait of Cat

Date: 1935
Description: A portrait of the Trimpey family cat, Mary.
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Self-Portrait of Photographer Wearing Cape

Date: 1930
Description: The photographer stands on a park or garden path holding his gloves. He wears a coat with attached cape, hat, and large cravat.
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Trimpey Christmas Card

Date: 1920
Description: Winter scene with Ephraim Burt and Alice Kent Trimpey seated in a sleigh wearing overcoats and hats, and covered with a fur lap robe. A handwritten message...
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Trimpey Home

Date: 1915
Description: Interior view of the home of the photographer, including a four panel screen, open secretary desk, and small round table.
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Alice Kent Trimpey Painting

Date: 1915
Description: Alice Kent Trimpey sits painting at an easel in front of a window in the Trimpey home. There is a sofa behind her.
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Draftees

Date: 09 05 1917
Description: Eight men drafted to serve in World War I stand on the steps of the Sauk County Courthouse. They would leave that day for the newly constructed Camp Grant,...
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World War I Draftees

Date: 09 19 1917
Description: A large group of young men pose on the steps of the Sauk County Courthouse. They would leave that day for the newly constructed Camp Grant near Rockford, I...
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World War I Draftees

Date: 08 07 1918
Description: Five Sauk County draftees pose on the day they left for Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
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Portrait of a Man

Date: 1908
Description: A copy print of a studio portrait of a seated African American man with a full beard. He wears a tattered hat and soiled overalls and jacket.
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Portrait of a Woman

Date: 1930
Description: Full-length portrait of a young woman sitting on a half wall inside the photographer's studio. She is wearing a fashionable dress with a ribbon belt, dark ...
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A Turkey at Krueger's

Date: 1925
Description: A man wearing a cap and apron holds a (likely taxidermied) Tom turkey while a second man offers the turkey a drink from a bottle. Wooden boxes labelled "Ol...
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Mrs. Earl Baltes

Date: 1930
Description: A young woman identified as Mrs. Earl Baltes poses in nineteenth-century attire, seated on the floor with her arm resting on the open bottom drawer of an a...

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