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Winnebago Men Playing Cards

Date: 1885
Description: Five Winnebago men are sitting on the ground around a blanket playing cards. Two young boys are standing behind them watching.
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View from Eastside Hill

Date: 1885
Description: View of Eau Claire from eastside hill near Carter. A man and young child are standing in front of a fence in the foreground.
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Methodist Church and Parsonage

Date: 1885
Description: View of the Methodist Church and parsonage, with Reverend Elvardo Cyrus Potter standing outside with his daughter, Grace.
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Barn Raising

Date: 1885
Description: Seated group of women and children participating in a barn raising.
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Advertising Catalog

Date: 1885
Description: Back cover of an advertising catalog for William Deering and Company, manufacturers of agricultural machinery. Features a color illustration of a young boy...
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Kelley House

Date: 1885
Description: View from street towards the J.H. Kelley house. The home was located at the Northwest corner of Wisconsin Avenue and 8th Street, which is now the Southeast...
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Presbyterian Mission School

Date: 1885
Description: Stereograph. Probably the Presbyterian Mission School grounds on the Chippewa Indian reservation. Two boys and a dog are standing in the foreground, with a...
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Schadauer Cigar Factory

Date: 1885
Description: View of the J. Schadauer Cigar Facotory at 216 State Street. In front of the factory are men, women and children.
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Girls Wearing Bugle Beads

Date: 1885
Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk girls posing in front of a painted backdrop. A small Ho-Chunk girl is posing sitting in a tasseled arm chair on the left, a...
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Studio Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Girl Wearing Wampum

Date: 1885
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk girl posing standing in front of a painted backdrop. She has her left hand resting on an overstuffed tasseled cha...
Print

A Merry Christmas Invitation

Date: 1885
Description: A die cut holiday card that has moving parts. When the string at the bottom is pulled, pictures of children appear and disappear. The image is of a decorat...
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Cranberry Harvest Party

Date: 1885
Description: Large group of cranberry harvesters posing with implements. Many of the individuals are wearing boutonnières and corsages made from cranberry sprigs. Many ...
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Two Girls Sitting on Bench

Date: 1885
Description: Two young girls in white dresses trimmed with lace posing for a studio portrait on a bench covered with a kilim rug.
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Scattered Picnickers

Date: 1885
Description: Scattered figures of a picnic party on a grassy slope.
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Boy on Clermont Street

Date: 1885
Description: View of Clermont Street with a young boy in the foreground, homes and trees in the background. Fences and sidewalks line both sides of the street.
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Milwaukee Street View

Date: 1885
Description: View along Van Buren Street, looking north from Mason Street. Three children are sitting on the curb at the corner.
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Mrs. Cuneen and her Children

Date: 1885
Description: Posed group studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Mrs. Cuneen and her five daughters. From left to right: Mamie, Nora, Katie, Annie, and Daisy....
Print

Watson Manufacturing Co. Advertisement

Date: 1885
Description: Advertisement for Watson-Deering Twine Binder for 1885. The illustration features a rear view of a man using a team of horses to pull a twine binder throug...
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Martin K. Dahl House

Date: 1885
Description: Martin K. Dahl, far left, sits with three women around a table which has been set in front of an iron fence which encloses a manicured yard. Two of the wom...
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Kayes Park House

Date: 1885
Description: Stereograph of the large hotel at Kayes Park on the south shore of Geneva Lake. There are two girls standing in the foreground, with well-dressed women in ...

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