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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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Elizabeth Therese Baird and Women with Baby

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Description: Three women and a baby girl posing on a porch outside a house. Seated on the left is Louise Sophia Favill, standing is Eleanor Favill Tenney, seated on rig...
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Family Portraits - Children with Grandparents

Date: 1900
Description: A scrapbook page containing an image of an elderly man (presumably grandfather), a young boy and a young girl, and an image of the same children with an el...
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Classroom Reading

Date: 02 04 1957
Description: Classroom reading activities at school.
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Setting Up Circus Seating

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Description: A group of boys, supervised by adult men, set up wooden folding chairs in a circus tent.
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Husking Corn

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Description: Families sit amid piles of corn and remove the husks in the Meskovesd district near Budapest, Hungary.
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Chippewa Medicine Man and His Family

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Description: Chippewa (Ojibwa) medicine man John King, with his wife, grandchild, and family standing near a birch wigwam on the Lake Court Oreilles reservation. John K...
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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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Family at Dining Room Table

Date: 1900
Description: A family poses at the dining room table after dinner in Luther Valley.
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Armstrong Creek Railroad Tracks

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Description: A view of the Soo Line Depot and railroad tracks running through the town at Armstrong Creek. A man, child, and a dog are walking on the railroad tracks.
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Fair Housing March

Date: 08 29 1966
Description: Father James Groppi leading a fair housing march.
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Nichols House

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Description: Exterior view of Nichols House with a group of people on and around the porch.
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Moqui [Hopi] Indian Group

Date: 08 1898
Description: A Moqui [Hopi] Indian group of adults and children.
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Dancers at Hillside

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of students at the Hillside Home School performing a may pole dance while an audience looks on. Dance instruction at the school was provided ...
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Ondossagon

Date: 1920
Description: View of Ondossagon, a consolidated school. View across lawn towards a large group of people standing near horses in front of the building.
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Four Views of Hatchville

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Description: Composite of four images of Hatchville, including E.D. Karnes store and the Co-Operative Creamery.
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Dane County Jail

Date: 1901
Description: The Dane County Jail. To the right is the sheriff's residence.
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French Market

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Description: View of shoppers in the French market. One boy is shown pushing two small children in a cart. Fruits and vegetables can be seen in the market stall in the ...
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Water Skiing

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Description: Six members of the Dorwin family water ski behind a motorboat.
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Rhinelander High

Date: 1920
Description: View up sidewalk toward the high school. A man and a child are standing on the sidewalk in front. Caption reads: "High School, Rhinelander, Wis."

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