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Norwegian Community Picnic

Date: 1873
Description: Slightly elevated view of a large, multi-generational Norwegian family and friends gathered for a picnic celebration. In the foreground are picnic baskets ...
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Steamboat "Clyde"

Date: 1870
Description: The sidewheel steam rafter "Clyde," which was the first iron hull steamboat. Sign on side of boat reads: "Dubuque, Reads Landing & Eau Claire." Agricultura...
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Locomotive Artifacts

Date: 03 29 1958
Description: A young boy rings a locomotive bell. Other artifacts of locomotive history are on the table before him with members of the Milwaukee chapter of the Nationa...
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Locomotive No. 539

Date: 1882
Description: View across railroad tracks of two men posing near the right side of locomotive no. 539 on another set of railroad tracks. The locomotive was built by the ...
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Fire Company Invitation

Date: 02 04 1864
Description: Embossed invitation to the fourth masquerade ball of the Madison Fire Engine Company #2. The invitation depicts a fire fighter on a ladder carrying a woman...
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Fire Station on State Street

Date: 1902
Description: Station #2 of the Madison Fire Department at 125 State Street. Several men in uniform pose in front of the building with a horse-drawn wagon. A sign on the...
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Locomotive and Crew

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Description: Locomotive and railroad crew.
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Iva Rindlisbacher, Helene Stratman-Thomas, and Lois Rindlisbacher at Swiss Bells

Date: 08 15 1941
Description: Iva Rindlisbacher (left), Helene Stratman-Thomas, and Lois Rindlisbacher at the Swiss bells. The bells stand was built by Otto Rindlisbacher, Iva's husband...
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Man and Family in Yard of Frame House

Date: 1875
Description: A man lies on the ground with a dog near the front door of his house. His wife and baby are posed on the steps of a side porch. The frame house has a stone...
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Students by Brick High School

Date: 1875
Description: View across wooden platform of a brick high school on a hill surrounded by a fence. The school has a mansard roof and what appears to be a bell tower above...
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The Mazomanie School

Date: 1873
Description: The Mazomanie School, later the high school. A large group of students and teachers are standing in front of the two-story brick building with octagonal cu...
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Winnebago County Eastern District Norwegian Synod

Date: 1877
Description: View across road of the Eastern District Norwegian Synod, May 31-June 6, 1877, at the Immanuel Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church (2 1/2 miles west of L...
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Pechanga Day School

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Description: Students and teachers in front of Pechanga day school at Mission Agency.
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Wesleyan Seminary in Eau Claire

Date: 1860
Description: Front entry to the Wesleyan Seminary. It was built in the early 1860's on the site of the present High School building.
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Baxter House

Date: 1912
Description: View from across road of Baxter House, a two-story wooden structure. A man is sitting on the roof working on the chimney. A bell tower is seen behind the r...
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Woman Ringing Bell

Date: 1918
Description: A woman standing on a porch is shielding her eyes from the sun as she is ringing a bell (dinner bell?). A child is standing next to her under a clothesline...
Postcard

Boy Holding Bells

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio portrait of an unidentified boy. He wears a hat and a woolen jumpsuit, and holds some bells in his hands. In the backgrou...
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T.G. Mandt Carriage Factory

Date: 1880
Description: Slightly elevated exterior view of T.G. Mandt Wagons & Carriages. Several of the men are standing near or leaning on one of the many carriages displayed ar...
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Portrait of Man Surrounded by Various Musical Instruments

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Description: Studio full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a European American man posed standing among various instruments. He is holding a violin unde...
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Portrait of George Standingwater

Date: 1906
Description: A Ho-Chunk man is posing standing in a field, holding an object in his left hand, and is wearing regalia including a long bandoleer which appear to have be...

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