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Weighing Guests

Date: 1898
Description: Group of people on the front porch, weighing the guests. A visit was considered successful if the guests weighed more when they left.
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Ellen Lloyd Jones

Date: 1898
Description: Ellen Lloyd Jones (also known as Aunt Nell), co-founder of the Hillside Home School, an early progressive school in Wisconsin.
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Jane Lloyd Jones

Date: 1898
Description: Jane Lloyd Jones (also known as Aunt Jen), co-owner of the Hillside Home School, an early progressive school in Wisconsin.
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Relaxation on Hammocks

Date: 1898
Description: Men and women sitting in two hammocks. The people pictured are Julia Murray Ormsby, Fred Werner, and R. Effie (Ettie) Meinhold.
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Storefront Portrait

Date: 1898
Description: Two well-dressed women in aprons and two smartly dressed men pose in front of the open entrance of J. Buntman's fruit and confectionery store at 1005 North...
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Derailed Locomotive and Cars

Date: 1898
Description: Elevated view of the Kickapoo & Northern Railway locomotive and cars seen here after being derailed due to flooding on the Kickapoo River.
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Church Choir

Date: 1898
Description: A woman plays the organ, while two women, wearing hats, and three men, gather behind her, holding song books. They are enclosed by a low, circular railing;...
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Chemistry Class

Date: 1898
Description: Students in a chemistry class at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school, operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Ojibwa-Pillager Battle Boat Landing

Date: 1898
Description: People on a boat dock watch a boat landing as part of the Ojibwa-Pillager Battle at Sugar Point on Bear Island.
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Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Best

Date: 1898
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man posing sitting in a stuffed chair and a woman standing, with her arm on his shoulder, facing him wi...
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Couple with Small Child in Yard

Date: 1898
Description: Man, woman, and small child posing standing in a yard in front of a frame house.
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Van Schaick with Son Shirley

Date: 1898
Description: Studio portrait of a man, woman, and child sitting in a rowboat in front of a painted backdrop. Probably Mr. and Mrs. Charles Van Schaick and their son, Sh...
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Family in Yard of Large House

Date: 1898
Description: View across yard towards a man sitting in a chair, with two woman standing on the left and right. The two women are wearing black dresses with white bows t...
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Man and Woman Sitting Outdoors on Log

Date: 1898
Description: Young woman and man, a Mr. Lyman Sinclair, sitting on a log against a tree. The man is smiling and resting one elbow on his knee, while running his hand th...
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Sioux Tepees

Date: 1898
Description: Sioux tepees at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.
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Legal Secretary Jennie Nelson

Date: 1898
Description: Secretary Jennie Nelson seated at her desk in the offices of the La Follette, Harper, Roe, & Zimmerman law partnership. After Robert M. La Follette, Sr., w...
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Mill Pond, Shullsburg, Wisconsin

Date: 1898
Description: Elevated view of a mill pond, with a group of three women and a man standing near the shoreline on the right.
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Annie Storer Brown and Two Children

Date: 1898
Description: Annie Storer Brown with two children, Eleanore Annie Brown (on her lap), and Alice Brown (in rocking chair), at their home, 121 East Gilman Street.
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Group of People at Railroad Station

Date: 1898
Description: Group of people looking at single car at the railroad station, probably a special car for a traveling minstrel show.
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Woman Knitting Near Window

Date: 1898
Description: Elderly woman sitting in a rocking chair knitting in front of a window.

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