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Killing of Registre Gagnier

Date: 1940
Description: Photograph of a painting by Cal Peters depicting the Winnebago attack on the Gagnier homestead in 1827 and the killing of Registre Gagnier. The homestead w...
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Pendarvis Dining Room

Date: 1940
Description: The dining area of the Cornish Pendarvis home, now owned by Robert M. Neal.
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Polperro House Kitchen

Date: 1940
Description: The kitchen in the restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, on Shake Rag Street. The house was temporarily covered with siding, but after restorati...
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Polperro House Bedroom

Date: 1940
Description: A bedroom in the restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, on Shake Rag Street. The house was temporarily covered with siding, but after restoration...
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Polperro House Bedroom

Date: 1940
Description: The bedroom in the restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, on Shake Rag Street. The house was temporarily covered with siding, but after restorati...
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Polperro House Living Room

Date: 1940
Description: The living area in the restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, on Shake Rag Street. The house was temporarily covered with siding, but after resto...
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Trelawny Bedroom

Date: 1940
Description: The bedroom in the Cornish miner's cottage on Shake Rag Street called Trelawny. The cottage was restored under the ownership of Robert M. Neal and is now u...
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Trelawny Fireplace

Date: 1940
Description: The living room fireplace and dining room table in the Cornish miner's cottage on Shake Rag Street called Trelawny. The cottage was restored under the owne...
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Pendarvis Living Area

Date: 1940
Description: The restored limestone cottage, including a fireplace, desks, chairs and dresser, on Shake Rag Street called Pendarvis. The cottage was restored under the ...
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Nashotah House Library

Date: 1940
Description: Interior view of Nashotah House library.
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Indian Agency House

Date: 1940
Description: An interior view of the parlor in the Indian Agency House.
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Indian Agency House

Date: 1940
Description: An interior view of the parlor in the Indian Agency house.
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J. Robert Taylor with Pike

Date: 1940
Description: The photographer holding a large Northern Pike and smoking a pipe in a living room.
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Studio Portrait of Mary E. Wallace

Date: 1940
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk woman, Mary Edith Wallace Vazquez, posing standing with her arm resting on a stuff...
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Men at Barber Shop

Date: 1940
Description: Two men sit in chairs at an American Transporation Company barber shop while barbers clip and comb their hair.
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Highway Dispatcher's Office

Date: 1940
Description: Workers for the American Transportation Company in a highway dispatcher's office.
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Young Woman with Spinning Wheel

Date: 1940
Description: A seated young woman in a nineteenth century style dress poses with a tapestry or carpet bag and spinning wheel. A bonnet rests on an antiquer dresser beh...
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Lustreware Collection

Date: 1940
Description: An open cabinet in the photographer's home displays his collection of lustreware and other pottery. The collection is now owned by the Wisconsin Historical...
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Interior of Diner

Date: 1940
Description: An interior view of a diner, showing two semi-circular counters with stools and booths along the walls. There is a jukebox on the right and a root beer bar...
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Man Knitting

Date: 1940
Description: Elderly man sitting in a rocking chair and knitting.

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