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| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Original title reads, "Bathers assemble [swimmers in Lake Monona]." Women and men, wearing suits, hats, and long dresses, are standing near the lake shorel... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Full-length indoor portrait of an unknown woman. She is wearing a long dress with puffy sleeves, and underneath a white blouse with lace collar and cuffs. ... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Outdoor quarter-length portrait of Thomas Turvill sitting in a chair. He is resting his head on his right hand. |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Edward Buenning and his wife posing in front of their home and farm buildings. |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of Thomas Turvill standing on a porch. He is seen leaning against the railing and trellis which is covered in foliage. |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the front of a large brick school building. Identified as the high school built in 1897 in Black River Falls. |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards a large brick school building. Identified as the high school built in 1897 in Black River Falls. |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | View over water towards William Turvill, rowing a boat loaded with farm produce in wooden crates and baskets. There is a tree-lined shoreline in the backgr... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | A pencil sketch of Butte des Morts, also called Hill of the Dead. There is a small building at the top of the hill. |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Robert M. La Follette, Sr., with his arms spread wide, speaking from the back of a wagon. It was in part due to his vigorous speaking style that La Follett... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Robert M. La Follette, Sr., with his fist in the air, speaking from the back of a wagon. He is wearing a hat and a suit without the coat. It was in part du... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | This map shows city wards, block numbers, parks, cemeteries, roads, railroads, Lake Michigan, and selected buildings. Also included are indexes to streets,... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Two maps that show cemeteries, schools, engine houses, railroads, street railways, wards, roads, parks, block numbers, and Lake Michigan. One map has wards... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two men and ten women. Identified as a class of 1897. Back row: Ella Steihl, Carl Ogden, Myrta Crosly, Nor... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of excursion boat docked in a wooded area. From left to right: Mary ??, Elizabeth Layton, Grace Hayman, Henry Wallis (owner of the Fren... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | View from infield of two bicycle racers at the starting line of the quarter-mile cement bicycle track maintained by the Racine Athletic Association. Two me... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the dining room in the James Nevins home on Broom Street. Dishes, teacups and glasses are stacked on the table. A bowl of fruit is in the ... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait of Ina Judge wearing her wedding dress while standing in front of a painted backdrop or in a church. Ina Judge married Stanley Hanks o... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | The Meinhardt family assembled for a picnic in their garden. A river or lake is in the far background. The table is set with china and flatware. Among the ... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | This map shows the location of quarries throughout the state. Original caption reads, "Geology taken from General Geological Map of Wisconsin by the First ... |
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