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Christian Frautschi Furniture Store

Date: 1895
Description: Members of the Frautschi family pose at the Christian Frautschi Furniture Store. From left to right are Alice, Irving, Christian and Arthur Frautschi.
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Mowing the Lawn with Baby

Date: 05 05 1985
Description: Father carrying his infant son on his back while mowing the lawn.
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Flying Santa

Date: 11 20 1966
Description: As a crowd of onlookers watch, Santa Claus alights from his special holiday helicopter with the help of an aide at Southgate Shopping Center.
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Corn Machine Catalog

Date: 1916
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Deering line of corn machines, showing an old man next to a scarecrow with a jack-o-lantern f...
Photograph

Kruegers Husking Corn

Date: 
Description: August, Mary, Tina, Saraphina, Jennie and Edgar Krueger husking corn.
Photograph

Group in front of Building

Date: 1898
Description: Old, bearded man and younger woman sitting in front of the corner of a wood outbuilding surrounded by four young children. A young boy is standing at his m...
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Marion Park Club House

Date: 1906
Description: View across yard of house with large group of people gathered on porch posing for photograph.
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Dr. Edward A. Bass Family on Porch

Date: 1895
Description: Ada and Dr. Edward A. Bass with their children, daughter Everetta and son Cary, seated on the porch of their home.
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Dr. Edward A. Bass with Son Cary

Date: 1895
Description: Dr. Edward A. Bass pushing his son Cary in a baby carriage along a wooden sidewalk on Nebraska Street (now West Montello Street).
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Dr. Edward A. Bass Family on Pile of Hay

Date: 1895
Description: Dr. Edward A. Bass, photographer, seated in pile of hay holding his son, Cary. Seated in front of him are his wife, Ada, and daughter, Everetta. Horse iden...
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Group in front of House

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Description: Two men and a women seated in chairs, two young men and two young women standing behind the chairs, and two girls and a boy seated in front of the chairs, ...
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Santa Hands out Candy after Parade

Date: 11 27 1948
Description: Santa Claus is handing out candy and popcorn at the Community Center to children and their parents after the Santa Parade sponsored by the Madison Business...
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Santa Claus and Children

Date: 11 23 1948
Description: Children crowded around Santa Claus at the annual East Side community Christmas tree celebration in Riverside Park.
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Horse-Drawn Milwaukee Grain Binder

Date: 1915
Description: Two men and a child, all wearing hats, are at the back of a Milwaukee grain binder. One man is standing with a cradle in his hands. An older man with a bea...
Photograph

Outdoor Group Portrait

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Description: An outdoor portrait of a large group of men, women, and children on a trail or path among trees. Possibly a family reunion or other gathering.
Photograph

Family in front of House

Date: 
Description: A portrait of a family standing in front of their frame house. A boy in the foreground is leaning on a wooden fence.
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Family in front of Frame House

Date: 
Description: Three boys sitting on a wooden fence near a gate where a women and man are standing next to a baby carriage with a seated infant, in front of a frame house...
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Family Outside of Barn

Date: 08 1903
Description: Alexander Krueger sitting in an open barn door with the twins Edgar and Jennie. Their Grandpa August Krueger is sitting on a fence on the right at the side...
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Group Portrait in Wooded Area

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Description: A group portrait of three women and three men, a girl, and a young boy grouped in front of a wooded area.
Photograph

McCormick Wire Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A group of farmers are using a McCormick wire grain binder, built in 1876. A horse-drawn carriage is in the background. The original caption reads: "The im...

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