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Sewing Class at School for Indian Children

Date: 1895
Description: Sewing room at Lac du Flambeau U.S. Government School for Indian children. Female students posed at their sewing machines and work tables.
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Hop Pickers at Harvest Time

Date: 1895
Description: Hop pickers posing by stands of harvested hops.
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"Plowboy"

Date: 1895
Description: Captain F.A. Bishoff and engineer Dan Cook on board the ferry "Plowboy."
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Christian Frautschi Furniture Store

Date: 1895
Description: Members of the Frautschi family pose at the Christian Frautschi Furniture Store. From left to right are Alice, Irving, Christian and Arthur Frautschi.
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Sarah Fairchild Conover

Date: 1895
Description: Sarah Fairchild Dean Conover, sister of Civil War hero and governor Lucius Fairchild, reclines on a sofa in her home at 424 North Pinckney Street.
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Damaged Sidewheel Saint Paul

Date: 1895
Description: The sidewheel excursion, Saint Paul, after running aground near Muscatine. The spar is set and the line out. Dan Sauer, the carpenter, is holding th...
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Main Street

Date: 1895
Description: Elevated view down Main Street, which crosses railroad tracks in the foreground. There are two signs in the foreground which say: "Look Out for the Cars" a...
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Doty Home

Date: 1895
Description: View of Governor James Duane Doty's home with two children standing in front. The Doty home was the first brick house in Wisconsin. The materials were tran...
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Threshing on Farm

Date: 1895
Description: Threshing on the Henry Johnson farm. This threshing rig owned by Michael Ehlinger was the first to be used in the township. Standing on the separator from ...
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A Whitehall Street

Date: 1895
Description: Looking down one of Whitehall's streets with horses, carriages, men and stores. A wagon is unloading tobacco. Caption at bottom reads: "Delivering Tobacco ...
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Chief Adamson and Police Officers

Date: 1895
Description: Group portrait of Police Chief John Adamson and police officers. In the front row from the left are Frank Currier, John Adamson, Jake Togsland, and John Sc...
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Vesper, Wisconsin

Date: 1895
Description: View of several buildings and horse-drawn stagecoaches in Vesper.
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Polish Immigrant Women

Date: 1895
Description: Polish immigrant women at the Market Square wearing traditional, national clothing. In the background are brick buildings. A sign on one building reads: "C...
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Market Square

Date: 1895
Description: Elevated view of Polish immigrants in Market Square with horse-drawn lumber sledges and hay wagons. Commercial buildings are in the background. A sign on o...
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Kipp Residence

Date: 1895
Description: Exterior view of the Kipp residence with laundry hanging in front and a man seated on the porch.
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Kipp Residence

Date: 1895
Description: Exterior view of the Kipp residence with a woman in the front yard reclining in a hammock.
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East Park

Date: 1895
Description: East Park Racine, with fountain and two small girls.
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Lewis Dickinson Residence

Date: 1895
Description: The Lewis Dickinson residence on the south side of State St. between LaSelle and Marquette Streets, the later site of Daniel Hall. Mrs. Dickinson is on the...
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Hotel Juneau

Date: 1895
Description: Necedah, Wisconsin. 1895-1899. Hotel Juneau with several people on front porch and balcony. On the middle balcony appear (the sequence is ambiguous) : Sila...
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Fort Crawford Military Cemetery

Date: 1895
Description: Fort Crawford Military Cemetery, as seen before it was restored by the United States Government. Two people are standing in the center near the tombs.

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