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Barlow Chalet of the Golden Fleece

Date: 1955
Description: Barlow "Chalet of the Golden Fleece," New Glarus, Wisconsin. Home of Edwin Barlow, now city museum. Two women are standing in front of the house.
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Labor Day Parade

Date: 1955
Description: The Brooklyn Grange parade float in a Labor Day parade. Men and women on the float mimic various household and recreational activities.
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Woman Raking Cranberries

Date: 1955
Description: Woman using a cranberry rake to harvest cranberries near Wisconsin Rapids.
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Two People Posing on a Farmall Tractor

Date: 1955
Description: A couple posing on a Farmall Tractor in the middle of a plowed field. The woman sits in the driver's seat, while the man stands on the axle next to her. Th...
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Posing in front of a Chevy

Date: 1955
Description: Edgar, Elna, and Robert Krueger posing together in front of a Chevy automobile parked in their yard. The barn and a silo are in the background.
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Cutting Firewood

Date: 1955
Description: Elna Krueger stands with another woman and a man while cutting firewood using a belt-driven saw by a tractor in a field in the background on the left. The...
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Kruegers with Friends

Date: 1955
Description: Group portrait in front of two cars parked on the Krueger farm. Elna Krueger stands on the far left with her grandson, Glenn Oestreich, standing in front o...
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On a Bench in the Woods

Date: 1955
Description: Group portrait of Robert Krueger sitting with two elderly women and another man on a bench in the woods.
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Standing by Two Cars

Date: 1955
Description: Group portrait of two women and a man standing together in front of two automobiles parked on the Krueger farm. In the background are barns and a silo.
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Picnic in the Woods

Date: 1955
Description: View from end of picnic table of five women and two men standing and sitting during a picnic in the middle of a woods. Plates, cups, thermoses, and various...
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City Hall Demolition

Date: 1955
Description: View across Mifflin Street, towards Madison City Hall as it is being demolished. On the street women are walking around the construction to get to the side...
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Elsa Seipp Madlener

Date: 1955
Description: A handwritten note describes this portrait as: "Aunt Elsa in her summer house "The Lindens" when she was eighty years old." She is wearing a print dress an...
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Swarthout Lakeside Park

Date: 1955
Description: A motorboat on Lake Neshonoc is speeding toward the public landing, where there is a car parked and a small group of people has gathered. A man in a swimmi...
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Woman Posing in Flower Bed

Date: 1955
Description: A woman is posing in a small flower bed on a lawn. There are Canna plants in the center. The bed is surrounded by a simple living willow fence.
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First Leaves

Date: 1955
Description: Elevated view towards a woman posing on a spit of land jutting into a lake, seen through birch trees in the spring. Caption reads: "Spring comes suddenly t...
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First Flowers

Date: 1955
Description: Olbrich Gardens viewed through the tulip garden towards Lake Monona. Two women and a man are walking on the sidewalk towards an open structure.

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