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Switchboard Operator

Date: 1915
Description: Josie Jepson (or Jepsen) at the telephone switchboard on Washington Island.
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Peterson Family at Home

Date: 1915
Description: Mr. Peterson is sitting in a rocking chair reading the newspaper and smoking a pipe, while Mrs. Peterson is standing at the stove with their young son, Jam...
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Studio Portrait of Thomas Thunder and Wife

Date: 1915
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Thomas Thunder (HoonkHaGaKah) (Son of [WaConChaKah] John Thunder aka Dr. Thunder and [WeHonPeKaw] Lucy Bear, Thunder), and h...
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Studio Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Family

Date: 1915
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk family. In the background is a painted backdrop. Names (sitting) David Bow Littlesoldier (Maw Jhay Mau Nee Kah). ...
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Alice Kent Trimpey Painting

Date: 1915
Description: Alice Kent Trimpey sits painting at an easel in front of a window in the Trimpey home. There is a sofa behind her.
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Wriests Beach

Date: 1915
Description: An elevated lifeguard station stands on the sand at Wriests Beach while people sunbathe on the beach and wade in the water. The sign on the lifeguard stati...
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Woman Spinning Wool

Date: 1915
Description: Woman sitting outdoors at a spinning wheel, turning a large pile of wool in the foreground into yarn.
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Woman Carding Wool

Date: 1915
Description: A woman sitting outdoors next to a spinning wheel while carding wool.
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Leonore Judkins

Date: 1915
Description: Leonore Judkins, later Mrs. Forest Middleton, poses in a rocking chair with her hands behind her head. She wears a fancy dress and high buttoned shoes. The...
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Leonore Judkins

Date: 1915
Description: Leonore Judkins, later Mrs. Forest Middleton, seated in a chair. She is wearing her hair in a bun and wears a headband.
Postcard

Studio Portrait of Two Women

Date: 1915
Description: Full-length studio portrait of two women in front of a painted backdrop. One woman is seated, the other is perched on the arm of the chair. They are wearin...
Postcard

Studio Portrait of Two Women

Date: 1915
Description: Photographic postcard of a three-quarter length studio portrait of two women in front of a painted backdrop. One woman is seated in a wicker chair, the oth...
Postcard

Studio Portrait of Three Women

Date: 1915
Description: Full-length studio portrait of three women in front of a painted backdrop. One woman is sitting, holding a book; the other two are standing on either side ...
Photograph

Two Girls Dressed Up

Date: 1915
Description: Full-length portrait of two girls dressed in clothing of the mid-nineteenth century. The young woman on the left is wearing an elaborate headpiece with lac...
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A Car on Petenwell Bridge

Date: 1915
Description: An Paige automobile with six people in it is stopped outside the toll house on the Juneau County side at the foot of the rock. There is a lantern and a roc...
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Group Portrait of Sid's Family

Date: 1915
Description: Group portrait of Sid's family: Severt and his mother (?), with Sid in the center, and his younger sister Bernice on the woman's lap.
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Drug Store Interior

Date: 1915
Description: Interior view of the drugstore owned by Jerome Francis Franklin Jr., located next to the Franklin Hardware Company/Eland Post Office. In the foreground are...

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