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Iron Works

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Description: Elevated view of York Iron works. Large group of men posing in yard. The boardinghouse is on a hill in the far background. Early iron was mined at Mayville...
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Group Portrait of African Americans in front of Building

Date: 02 17 1915
Description: Group portrait of African American children and adults posing in front of a run-down building with a stone chimney — possibly a rural school house.
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Kids Drawing

Date: 05 02 1964
Description: Sitting on the school lawn, students draw Highway 51, Marathon Mill, Rib mountain and the Wisconsin River.
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Family Farm House

Date: 1879
Description: Harold and Gunhild Mickelson with five of their daughters (Bertha Mickelson Bragger and her husband are standing on the right), in Section 23 of the Town o...
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People Posed in front of G. Bashford Home

Date: 1878
Description: Two women and a man posed in the garden path of an L-shaped Greek Revival frame house. The front and back doors are open, revealing a breezeway straight th...
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People in front of House with Statue

Date: 1876
Description: Two men, two women are posing in front of a frame house that has a chair, sofa, table and a small white statue on its front porch. There are three doors an...
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Ashburn Family

Date: 1877
Description: The Ashburn family sits around a table in their yard. Behind them is a frame house with plants on its porch, curtains visible in its windows, and a pump by...
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Men on Chimneys

Date: 1874
Description: A unusual scene on an unidentified farmstead probably located near Pleasant Springs, Wisconsin. A family is posed in the yard of a frame house, as is usual...
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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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Fresh Vegetable Vendors

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Description: Two African American women pose with baskets of fresh vegetables on their heads while selling their produce. A building with an exterior brick chimney is b...
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Monroe (Munroe) House

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of the Monroe (Munroe?) House, with three people posing on the front porch.
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Garland at West Salem Family Home

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Description: Informal portrait of writer Hamlin Garland at his family home in West Salem. The woman with him has been tentatively identified as his daughter, Mary Isabe...
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Herb Kellar and Others on "Romance of the Reaper" Set

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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Double Exposure with a Ho-Chunk Girl and Woman

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Description: Double exposure, one exposure of a studio full-length portrait of a Ho-Chunk girl posing standing in front of a painted backdrop wearing several necklaces,...
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Ho-Chunk Man and Women in Doorway

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man and two Ho-Chunk women are standing in front of the entrance door of a wooden building, probably the Mission. The man is wearing a suit, bow...
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Syl and Aunt Helen in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Syl and aunt Helen walking among trees on a hill. Behind them the roof and chimney of a house are visible.
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Syl and Aunt Helen under Willow Tree

Date: 1901
Description: Syl and aunt Helen stand underneath a willow tree. Octagon Cottage is in the background to the right and wildflowers are in the foreground. The edge of the...
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Thomas and Florence Quinney's Farmhouse

Date: 1920
Description: Thomas (Tom) and Florence Quinney standing in front of their farmhouse which has a climbing vine growing on it.
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Craft Class

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Description: Girls sitting at a picnic table enjoy an outdoor craft class at Camp Alobregate. A building with a stone chimney is in the background.
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Mountain Home

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Description: Group portrait of a man, a woman and seven children standing in front of a log cabin. The caption reads: "A Typical Mountain Home in Kentucky."

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