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River Baptism

Date: 1888
Description: A baptism in a river in southern Wisconsin.
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Charles Pfeifer, Deutsche Apotheke (German Apothecary)

Date: 1888
Description: Charles Pfeifer stands on the entrance steps to the drugstore with his wife Emma Pfeifer, who holds a baby. Other children and adults pose with them.
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Pfeifer's Drugstore

Date: 1888
Description: Exterior view of Charles Pfeifer's Drugstore, founded in 1858. From left to right are Charles Pfeifer, Fred Pfeifer, Mrs. Adam Heeb, Fulda Pfeifer, Mrs. Ch...
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McCormick Family at Island Lake Camp

Date: 1888
Description: McCormick family group portrait at Island Lake Camp in Northwestern Wisconsin, owned by Dr. William C. Gray (editor of "The Interior") and the McCormicks. ...
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Kilbourn Broom Brigade on the "Alexander Mitchell"

Date: 1888
Description: Members of the Kilbourn Broom Brigade on the Alexander Mitchell steamboat in the Dells. Members of the group include: Minnie Smith, Mary Sterlie, Ru...
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Republican Ticket

Date: 1888
Description: Republican Party ticket distributed in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, in support of the candidacy of Benjamin Harrison and his running mate Levi P. Morton. ...
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Pond at Bracken Brae, Country Home of John Johnston

Date: 1888
Description: Several adults, two children and a dog enjoying a pond at Bracken Brae, the country home of John Johnston (1836-1904), a successful Milwaukee banker. Hilda...
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Woman Posing with Dog

Date: 1888
Description: Woman in a long dress wearing a glove and holding a book [?] in her hand posing before a painted backdrop. There is a small white dog seated on a fur rug a...
Print

August Kroll Letterhead

Date: 1888
Description: Letterhead of August Kroll of Leopolis, Wisconsin, dealer in hardware, stoves, and tinware, with an image of the interior of a store and customers being he...
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First and Second Grade Class

Date: 1888
Description: First and second grade children with their teacher, Miss Drinker, who was temporarily taking charge of Miss Ella Larkin's school. Taken in the front entran...
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Ladies Ideal Band

Date: 1888
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the Ladies Ideal Band, in uniform and holding their instruments which include drums and various brass ins...
Book or Pamphlet

Historic Waterways

Date: 1888
Description: Front cover of Reuben Gold Thwaites' Historic Waterways, with an image of a man and a woman paddling a rowboat on a river.
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Fishing and Hunting Group

Date: 1888
Description: A group of young men and women posed before the tents of a hunting and fishing camp.
Book or Pamphlet

D.S. Morgan & Co. Brochure

Date: 1888
Description: Color illustration, across 4 panels of the brochure, titled "Triumph Wins." A group of jockeys are racing horses on a racetrack, with a group of people wat...
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Emma Seipp and Friends

Date: 1888
Description: Emma Seipp, third from left in second row, poses with eight other young women against a carved studio prop and painted backdrop. Two of the other women, Em...
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Anita McCormick in Bridesmaid Dress

Date: 1888
Description: Group portrait of four women in front of a painted backdrop. Original caption reads: "Elizabeth King (left), possibly Katherine Isham,---, and Anita McC [M...
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Unidentified Couple

Date: 1888
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman and man posing together. The woman is wearing a dark-colored dress and is sitting on a prop stone...
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Unidentified Woman

Date: 1888
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of a woman with her head turned to the left in profile. She is wearing a dark-colored lace dress.
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Chief Winneshiek in Camp

Date: 1888
Description: Outdoor group portrait of a man, woman, and three children. The man is holding a rifle. Caption reads: "Chief Winneshiek. Picture taken in camp near Founta...

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