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Log Driving Crew

Date: 1905
Description: Log driving crew for the Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company. Crew members are in the process of breaking a jam at the Big Eddy. One of the men is carrying a yo...
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Sledders

Date: 1905
Description: Winter scene with Muriel and Laurie Peterson, the photographer's children, reflecting on the snow conditions near their home. Laurie holds the rope of a sl...
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Children at Fountain

Date: 1905
Description: Children at fountain on Broadway and Superior. Two girls are sitting in a pony-cart, a girl is looking through a railing with a dog, while a boy is filling...
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South Side Deronda

Date: 1905
Description: View down a dirt road with a general store on the left, with a sign that reads: "Merchandise". Men and a child are standing on the porch. On the right side...
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Wausau Club House

Date: 1905
Description: View across intersection toward the Wausau Club House which has a wrap-around porch, and steps on two sides. There is a little girl standing on the sidewal...
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Young Men's Christian Association Camp

Date: 1905
Description: The villa at the Young Men's Christian Association Camp. A group of girls and boys are sitting on the lawn on the left and two more people are sitting on t...
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Park Hotel

Date: 1905
Description: Front view of the Park Hotel, with a child seated in the foreground. Caption reads: "Park Hotel, Waukesha, Wis."
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Shell Lake High School

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of a high school with people sitting and standing on the lawn in front. Caption reads: "Shell Lake High School Shell Lake Wis."
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Salisbury House

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the Salisbury house, with a horse-drawn wagon located to the left side of the home and William Salisbury, John Salisbury, Mrs. William Sal...
Postcard

Sawyer Residence

Date: 1905
Description: A view of the residence of Philetus Sawyer, mayor of Oshkosh from 1863-1864. A group of children are sitting on the lawn on the right. Sawyer was also a U....
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Husker-Shredder Powered by Engine

Date: 1905
Description: Farmers using a husker-shredder(?) powered by an engine. A man and two children look on from the doorway of a barn. Another man is standing on a horse-draw...
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Family on Rustic Bridge

Date: 1905
Description: The J. Robert Taylor family on a log pedestrian bridge in a wooded area. Identified as Alma Reinhardt Taylor, Donna Taylor Adams, J. Robert Taylor, and El...
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Mother and Children by Stream

Date: 1905
Description: Alma Reinhardt Taylor posed on rocks near a stream with her daughters Ellen Taylor Higgins and Donna Taylor Adams (front).
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Family Playing Croquet

Date: 1905
Description: Family playing croquet in the front yard of a rural home.
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Park Spring

Date: 1905
Description: Travelers stop by a spring in the woods for water with their early-model automobile. Two boys are standing at the spring, and a young girl stands above the...
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Business District

Date: 1905
Description: A view of the business district. Signs read: "Ford authorized sales and service" and "Kodaks."
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Stockholm Village School

Date: 1905
Description: Students and teachers standing outside two-story brick Public School building.
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Umbrella Rock

Date: 1905
Description: A small boy holding binoculars is sitting on the edge of Umbrella Rock, with a river far below. Below him is a plaque commemorating the Battle of Wauhatchi...
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Love Be With You

Date: 1905
Description: Valentine's Day card with four die cut pieces held together with two cords. The top piece is a girl wearing a lavender dress and ballet slippers. She is ho...
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Swimmers

Date: 1905
Description: Four boys skinny dip in Lake Mendota.

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