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Traveling Medicine Wagon

Date: 1902
Description: A traveling medicine wagon with saleswomen and vendor selling Westmore's Hair Tonic.
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Krueger Children on Front Porch

Date: 12 1905
Description: Edgar and Jennie Krueger are sitting on the front porch of the Krueger home with an Edison Standard phonograph sitting on a chair between them. Two Edison ...
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Peter Lagacy Family

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Description: The family of French-Canadian immigrant Peter Lagacy, posing with produce, including a large cabbage, potatoes, and carrots, in front of their log farm hom...
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Pioneer Home of Nels Wickstrom

Date: 1891
Description: This is a family photograph of Nels Wickstrom with his wife Anna (born Anna Stoel) and their children in front of their log home. The oldest child, wearing...
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Cat in Rocking Chair

Date: 1905
Description: Jennie and Edgar Krueger's cat Tramp dressed up in old boys' clothes and sitting in a rocking chair. The cat has its paws on a board that has been placed o...
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Guide Dogs and Trainers from International Guiding Eyes, Inc.

Date: 1965
Description: Erich Renner, breeder for International Guiding Eyes putting seeing eye guide dogs through their paces. A blind woman works with one dog while three German...
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Milwaukee Public Museum

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Description: View of natural history objects at Milwaukee Public Museum, including skeletons, stuffed birds and fish. There are two cuspidors on the floor in front of e...
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Larks Hotel, People Under Trees

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Description: Larks Hotel, downstream. A man (George Crandall) and two children (his daughters) are sitting in chairs under trees overlooking the Wisconsin River, with t...
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H.H. Bennett and Dog

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Description: Studio portrait of H.H. Bennett and a dog.
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Downstream from Larks Hotel

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Description: Crandall family, including a dog, sitting under trees on a cliff overlooking a river. From left to right: George Crandall, Lois Crandall, Phyllis Crandall,...
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Making Friends

Date: 1950
Description: A small raccoon sniffs the head of an unsure-looking baby sitting in a car seat outdoors on a sidewalk against the side of a building.
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Children of Cyrus Hall McCormick, Jr.

Date: 1904
Description: Group portrait on porch of the three children of Cyrus Hall McCormick, Jr. (1859-1936), and his wife, Harriet Bradley Hammond (1862-1921). Pictured, left t...
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Radio Installed at Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 07 01 1932
Description: Radio installed at Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo) for the granddaughters of the zoo director, Fred Winkelmann, and Tuck, the chimpanzee.
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Oscar Romare Family Group Portrait

Date: 05 19 1929
Description: Oscar Romare family group portrait outdoors, including a dog.
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Jennie Krueger Bruetzman and Tramp

Date: 12 1905
Description: Jennie Krueger sitting in a rocking chair on a porch holding her cat Tramp, who is dressed in baby clothes.
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Krueger Children with Dog

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Description: Edgar and Jennie Krueger as toddlers standing next to a dog perched on a chair made from a log.
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Beer Drinkers

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Description: A group of men near the Koss railroad depot, the majority of whom are seated on the ground. One of the men is sitting on a piano stool. To the right of the...
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Colonel and Mrs. Woods Arrive

Date: 1901
Description: Colonel and Mrs. Woods (right center) arriving on Madeline Island dock for summer visit. Thomas Stahl and his dog team (at left), loading luggage into dog ...
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Little Girl with Rooster

Date: 1920
Description: Portrait of a young girl sitting on a stool holding a rooster in her lap, in front of Sunnyside School. The girl was participating in a third year "living ...
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Moscow Library Association

Date: 1875
Description: Group portrait of the Moscow Laseselskab (the Moscow Library Association). Rasmus B. Anderson is probably in the group.

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