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Farming Family in Wagon

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Description: An unidentified farming family sitting in a wagon.
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Farming Family in Wagon with Dog

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Description: An unidentified farming family sitting in a wagon, with a dog in the shadow of the wheel and a horse's legs visible in front.
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African American Family Outdoors

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Description: An African American family, with three children, dressed for cold weather.
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Highlander Neighbors

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Description: A man and two boys standing near a shack with large cauldron in front, looking in different directions. They are neighbors of Highlander Folk School.
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Man and Boy in Oliver Tractor

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Description: A man and a boy in an Oliver "Row Crop 60" tractor, pulling a full load.
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May Justus with Charis and Thorsten Horton

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Description: May Justus reading to Charis and Thorsten Horton, children of Myles and Zilphia Horton, at Highlander Folk School.
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Interior of a Cider Mill

Date: 1879
Description: Drawing of a girl sitting on a barrel as a man dumps apples into a press to make cider. Two men manually operate the press at the left.
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Myles Horton with Thorsten Horton

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Description: Myles Horton with his son, Thorsten Horton, in a pile of leaves at Highlander Folk School.
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Feeding Children Cod Liver Oil

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Description: A woman giving Highlander nursery school children cod liver oil.
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Court House Square

Date: 1889
Description: Fountain in center, with trees along the border of the small square. A man sits on a bench and children are on the left. The courthouse is visible in the b...
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Cub Scout Party

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Description: Santa Claus handing out presents at a Christmas party for Wisconsin Rapids Cub Scouts.
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Immigrants with Christmas Tree

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Description: A group of immigrants pose in front of a tall Christmas tree at Ellis Island.
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Wilson Theater

Date: 1926
Description: Exterior view of Wilson Theater. Standing on sidewalk from left to right are: Delia Berry Wilson, Orpha Wilson, Robert Paul Hollis, and Robert Henry Wilson...
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Kleinsteuber Machine Shop

Date: 1880
Description: It was in this shop that Christopher Sholes, inventor of the typewriter, did much of his work on various inventions. This photograph may be as early as th...
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Kremer Homestead

Date: 1897
Description: Large building with group of people in front.
Postcard

Lake Kosciuszko

Date: 1905
Description: A boat with five people are on a lake surrounded by trees. Behind them are several docked boats. In the background is a park area with a red-roofed buildin...
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Mason Street

Date: 1889
Description: Looking down street toward Lake Michigan, which is visible at the end of the road. The dirt street is lined with trees and houses. On the right stands a...
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Milwaukee College

Date: 1910
Description: The central gothic structure was built around 1852 for the Milwaukee Female College and the wings were added at a later time. Later this building was used...
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Jenkin Lloyd Jones and His Mother

Date: 1911
Description: Georgia Lloyd Jones, wife of Richard Lloyd Jones, holds her son on a rocking horse.
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Winter Iceboat on Lake Monona

Date: 1918
Description: Richard "Dick" Lloyd Jones and his mother, Georgia Lloyd Jones, look at an iceboat on frozen Lake Monona. Houses along the north shore are in the backgrou...

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