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Henry Bigalk and Emil Kuney (Keune)

Date: 1906
Description: Henry Bigalk relaxes in a wheelbarrow holding an axe in his left hand, while Emil Kuney (Keune) is grabbing the wheelbarrow handles as if to transport Biga...
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Octagon House

Date: 1870
Description: Exterior view of the Richards' Octagon House, with a horse and carriage and various people posed in front of it. Caption reads: "Octagon House Watertown Wi...
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Sullivan, Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: A view of the southwest road heading into Sullivan.
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Military Parade

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Description: A small crowd watches as parading soldiers march down the street.
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Alfredrichs Livery and Boarding Stable

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Description: Two-story building housing livery and boarding stable on South First Street. Three carriages are on the street near the building.
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North First Street Livery

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Description: Jacob Jossi building with man sitting on horse-drawn wagon in open doorway. A buggy is parked in front of G.W. Evans Livery. The steeple of a church buildi...
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Horse-Drawn Parade Carriage

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Description: Horse-drawn carriage elaborately decorated with flowers appears to be stopped off parade route. The carriage is carrying four women wearing formal dresses ...
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Jones' Sausage Factory

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of Jones' Sausage Factory. Two men are leaning out the window above the side of the porch roof. Bicycles are leaning against the side of the brick...
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Buggy Ride to the Circus

Date: 05 1899
Description: View of Hattie Braemer, Florentina Krueger, and Sarah Krueger on a horse-drawn buggy, ready to go to the circus.
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Oak Hill Cemetery

Date: 04 1900
Description: The horses and buggies of William Wills, A. Pautz, and Sarah Krueger are at the gate of Oak Hill Cemetery, founded in 1850.
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Main Street

Date: 06 1900
Description: View down Main Street.
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Picnic on Concordia Island

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Description: View of wagons and carriages lined up on a road on Concordia Island for a picnic.
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Drew Carrier Company

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Description: View across railroad tracks of the Drew Carrier Company, which is a three-story brick building with exterior stairs and a ramp leading up to a second floor...
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Monroe Street

Date: 1912
Description: View from intersection of businesses along the left side of Monroe Street. A group of men are standing at the door of the drugstore on the corner, which ha...
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Waterloo Canning Factory

Date: 1912
Description: View across road towards a canning factory. A group of workers are standing at the top of a round structure, and a conveyor belt coming out of a shed leads...
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Fargo Family at Lake

Date: 1889
Description: A family posing in an open carriage pulled by a matched team of horses on the shore of Rock Lake near Lake Mills. A handwritten caption identifies the fami...
Historical Object

Fargo Children at Play

Date: 1903
Description: A hand-painted nasturtium bud and leaf decorate an album page with five photographs of the children of Frank and Louise Mears Fargo. At top left, Frank Jr....
Photograph

Parade Float

Date: 1903
Description: Two unidentified boys pose in a horse-drawn carriage with a banner above it which reads: "Fargo Bros." The open carriage has an umbrella top and is decorat...
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Frank Fargo Advertisement

Date: 1904
Description: An advertising card includes a photograph of a man in an open carriage holding the reins of a team of Holstein-Friesian cattle. Two well-dressed men are si...
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The Fargo Children at Play

Date: 1908
Description: Five photographs mounted on an album page showing the Fargo children at play. At top left, in a posed studio portrait, Dorothy Fargo, sitting at left, "tea...

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