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Students at the Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys

Date: 1893
Description: Students gather in the schoolyard at the Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys. A group of four boys is seen in the foreground, while dozens of others stand...
Photograph

Students Outside the Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys

Date: 1893
Description: Students gather in the schoolyard at the Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys. Several school buildings are seen in the background.
Photograph

Students in snow outside State Industrial School for Boys

Date: 1893
Description: Winter scene with four students from the Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys standing outside on the snow-covered school grounds.
Photograph

Gesell Children with Christmas Tree

Date: 1893
Description: Studio portrait of Gerhard Gesell's five children (l to r: Arnold, Bertha, Robert, Gerhard, and Wilma) posed around a Christmas tree with their gifts.
Photograph

Len Thomas' Log Cabin

Date: 1893
Description: The log cabin of Len Thomas. People are standing near the doorway.
Book or Pamphlet

D.M. Osborne World's Fair Souvenir

Date: 1893
Description: Front and back of an advertising folder produced by the D.M. Osborne Company, manufacturers of agricultural machinery. Features illustrations of a young gi...
Document

1893 World's Fair Award, Appleton Woolen Mills

Date: 1893
Description: Award certificate presented to the Appleton Woolen Mills at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. The company won a bronze medal at the Fair for its paper makers...
Photograph

Everetta Bass with American Flag

Date: 1893
Description: Everetta Bass stands on a fur rug outdoors holding a small American flag. A rocking horse, basket, and doll buggy are nearby.
Photograph

Everetta Bass with Her Toys

Date: 1893
Description: Everetta Bass, sitting in a child's chair, holds a goblet and spoon in the company of her dolls and other toys on the porch of the Bass house.
Photograph

The Old Well, En Royel #1708

Date: 1893
Description: A depiction of Jerusalem on the day of Jesus' crucifixion. This is a well in En-Royel.
Poster

Poster for "Shore Acres"

Date: 1893
Description: Color lithograph on paper. "James A. Herne in his Great Play" upper left, title and director upper right. Scene from play with Martin and Nathaniel Berry c...
Book or Pamphlet

Buckeye Calendar — July

Date: 1893
Description: Calendar with the month July, 1893. Features an illustration of a man in a field taking a drink, while a young girl is standing by holding a pail. The man ...
Book or Pamphlet

John S. Davis & Sons Catalog Cover

Date: 1893
Description: Catalog cover with text: "Oscillator = Thresher". Also includes color illustration of a young girl sitting on a tree swing. Behind her, men women and child...
Book or Pamphlet

William Deering & Co. Booklet

Date: 1893
Description: Front and back cover of a small booklet. The front cover has an illustration of a young girl wearing a straw hat, with the title: "A Future Customer." On t...
Book or Pamphlet

Emerson, Talcott & Co. Catalog Cover

Date: 1893
Description: Front and back of the catalog cover. Illustration on front shows a group of children looking and laughing at dog that has been costumed in a hat, cape and ...
Book or Pamphlet

Massey-Harris Company Catalog Covers

Date: 1893
Description: Front and back cover of binder catalog. The front cover has a color illustration of a young boy making a crude drawing on a wall of a horse-drawn binder wi...
Photograph

Ettina Mae Perry Franklin and Ida Belle Franklin

Date: 1893
Description: Formal quarter-length portrait of Ettina Mae Perry Franklin, and her daughter Ida Belle Franklin. Ettina was married to Jerome Francis Franklin Sr. Ida mar...
Photograph

Herbert Paul Brumder

Date: 1893
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Herbert Paul Brumder (1885-1967), the youngest child of George and Henriette Brandhorst Brumder. He is wearing a double breaste...

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