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John Lloyd Jones House

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Description: John Lloyd Jones house, near Hillside Home School on Highway 23 across from Taliesin. A man and a woman are standing and holding bicycles, one woman is kne...
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Mother's Day

Date: 04 23 1963
Description: A grandmother with daughter and granddaughter. They are nicely dressed for mother's day.
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Crocheting Doilies

Date: 04 17 1957
Description: A Girl Scout crocheting doilies at a senior citizens' care center with her "adoptive grandmother."
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Joseph Oden La Follette and His Grandmother

Date: 11 16 1933
Description: Joseph Oden La Follette, the son of Senator Robert La Follette, Jr., being held by his maternal grandmother, Harriet Oden of Washington, D.C.
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Four Generation Portrait

Date: 03 17 1933
Description: Four generation portrait taken for Nola McGann (Mrs. Louis).
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Menominee Indian Family

Date: 1931
Description: A portrait of a Menominee family in traditional dress. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt.
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Native Americans and Whites

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Description: An unexplained group consisting of two white men, two white children, and two Native American women standing in front of a tent. The original caption stat...
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Man and Girl on Porch Swing

Date: 1921
Description: A older man and a young girl holding a doll are seated together on a porch swing for an outdoor portrait.
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Outdoor Family Portrait

Date: 07 07 1980
Description: Large family gathered in front of house for a group portrait.
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Portrait of Elderly Ho-Chunk Woman and Two Girls

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Description: Studio portrait of an elderly Ho-Chunk woman with a shawl over her shoulders posing with two Ho-Chunk girls in front of a painted backdrop. The woman on th...
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Studio Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Group

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Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk group. Rachel Funmaker, Winneshiek is sitting on the left wearing earrings, and a small child is on the right sitting on a st...
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Elderly Ho-Chunk Woman and Children

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Description: Studio portrait of Mary Snowball, Decorra, Buffalohead (Pay Dok Se Kah), (Daughter of [Wau Soo Mon E Kah] Snow Ball and mother [Wa Con Cha Ka Win Kah], she...
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Elderly Ho-Chunk Woman and Ho-Chunk Girl Posing Near Lodge

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Description: An elderly Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting and holding a cane, and a Ho-Chunk girl standing next to her, are outside the closed doorway of a Ho-Chunk lodge i...
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Elderly Ho-Chunk Man and Boy in Lodge

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Description: An elderly Ho-Chunk man is laying down and sleeping behind a Ho-Chunk boy who is sitting, possibly inside of a Ho-Chunk lodge or tent. A lantern is hanging...
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Olivia Douglass Se Cheverell

Date: 07 29 1949
Description: Mrs. L.L. (Olivia Douglass) Se Cheverell sitting in a chair while surrounded by four great grandchildren. She is celebrating her 100th birthday.
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Home of Eric Hattstrom

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Description: Possibly an anniversary group portrait of the couple seated in the center, with four people posed on each side of them. The women in the center holds flowe...
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Family in Living Room

Date: 1910
Description: View of a family relaxing in the living room of their home. Features men, women, and children sitting around a table. Caption reads: "A Happy Home in Orogr...
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Grand Army of the Republic, Men at Encampment

Date: 1914
Description: Outdoor view of Union veterans standing near a war memorial in a square downtown.
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Father's Day

Date: 06 10 1952
Description: Grandfather Harry L. Geisler reads a Woman's Day magazine to his grandchildren, Timmy (James William), 5, and Nancy Anne, 2, at their home at 3120 Oxford R...
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Petrie's Bavarian Inn

Date: 09 18 1998
Description: "Kay Widmer-Hren and her daughter Carly, join us at Petrie's Bavarian Inn in Fond du Lac, WI." From left to right; Ralph "Buddy" Ruecker, John Bodden, Shir...

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