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Woman Sitting On Steps

Date: 1905
Description: Elderly woman in a long skirt sitting on the front steps of a house.
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Farm Family Posing Outdoors

Date: 1900
Description: View down driveway towards a farm family posing in front of their farmhouse and farm buildings. An older man and woman are sitting. Three women are standin...
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Ferdinand Heim

Date: 05 24 1948
Description: Outdoor portrait of Ferdinand Heim, long-time resident of rural Middleton.
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Elderly Couple

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Description: An elderly couple sits on chairs in a field. The woman's eyes are downcast.
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Man in Period Costume for "Romance of the Reaper"

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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Elderly Ho-Chunk Man with Dogs

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Description: An elderly Ho-Chunk man with a beard is posing sitting in a field with two dogs. He is identified as Nehamakeewakh (Slits His Own Throat). A fence and tree...
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Portrait of Old Little Soldier

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Description: Outdoor portrait of an elderly Ho-Chunk man with a beard posing standing in a field wearing several necklaces, long bandoleer, and hat. He is identified as...
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Ho-Chunk Man and Dog

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man and a dog walking near their home and cooking tent. The sides are rolled up to allow air to flow through.
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Elderly Ho-Chunk Man in Lodge Doorw ay

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Description: An Elderly Ho-Chunk man is posing standing in the doorway of a lodge. He has a fringed shawl wrapped around him and is wearing a head covering, necklaces, ...
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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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Our Lady of the Valley

Date: 1950
Description: Outdoor portrait of a Trappist monk holding a bucket of leaves or greens in one hand and carrying a sack over his opposite shoulder. Trees and a wooden str...
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Northwinds Supper Club

Date: 08 18 2000
Description: "The Northwinds Supper Club is located on Highway 45, just south of Eden, WI." Carly and Parker Hren lean against the sign. The fish fry group stands in th...
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Nellie Arms and Her Cat

Date: 10 24 1954
Description: Nellie Arms, aunt of Lewis Arms, holds a cat outdoors at the farm she shared with her husband Bernard.
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Beck Smokehouse

Date: 2004
Description: This old smokehouse still stands on the Vernon Beck farm. The Becks will celebrate 65 years of marriage on May 24, 2004.
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Margelofsky Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: Wayne and Ruth Margelofsky live at W2202 Hwy TW (Section 6).
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Margelofsky Barn — Alternate View

Date: 2004
Description: The Margelofskys moved here in 1971. The previous owner was Henry Marose, and he did not milk either.
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Children by Roadside and Horse-Drawn Carriage

Date: 1975
Description: Two young children are standing and watching a man driving an enclosed horse-drawn carriage on a gravel road. The carriage had originally been used to tran...
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Outdoor Portrait of European American Woman and Child

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Description: Outdoor portrait of an unidentified woman posing sitting in a cloth-covered chair in front of a wire fence. She is wearing a light-colored blouse and dark-...
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Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 72

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Description: Old skin is yet alive to whispered lashings,
the quick-step dried and gone to the bone.
Embrace the wall and face away from trouble
in the winter ...
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Wisconsin Pioneer

Date: 1978
Description: An older woman is splitting wood on a farm. She is wearing a dress and apron.

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