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Reverend A. Jacobsen and Family

Date: 1877
Description: Stereograph of Rev. A. Jacobson, family and visitors, Perry, Wis." from Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views." Jacobson (1836-1910) immigrated to t...
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Mary E. Smith

Date: 1913
Description: Mary E. Smith, wife of Dr. Joseph Smith, arranges flowers for the holidays.
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Mrs. Frances Hawkins Painting in the Studio

Date: 04 25 1932
Description: Artist Frances Hawkins sitting in a wicker chair and painting at the easel in her studio.
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Four Jacobson Daughters

Date: 1910
Description: Four Jacobson daughters in living room with an ornate stove and a Christmas tree in the back room.
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Family in front of Home

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Description: A couple and their young child and a baby are sitting at a table in their yard. Behind them is a frame house with very small windows on the front second st...
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Family in front of Home

Date: 1878
Description: A family is sitting around a table with a cloth, vases and other objects on it. The man on the left is wearing a top hat, and a flower in his lapel. The tw...
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Woman Wearing a Bonnet and Holding Book

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Description: Full-length portrait of an older woman sitting in a chair with a lace cloth on the back. The women is wearing a bonnet and is holding a book in her lap. A ...
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G. Larsen Family near Two-Story House

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Description: The G. Larsen Family sits in their front yard. Behind them a sewing machine can be seen on the porch of their two-story house.
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K. Doxstad Family and Reverend Erik Jensen

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Description: The K. Doxstad family is posed in their yard around a table covered with heavy books. A baby carriage is on the left and an older woman with her knitting i...
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Family posed in Yard near Frame House

Date: 1878
Description: A family is posed in a yard around a table, with a boy holding his hat. Behind them is a substantial two-story bracket style frame house with a widow's wal...
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Siri Rustebakke with Women and Spinning Wheels

Date: 1873
Description: Siri Rustebakke, center, sits in front of a house with her daughters and daughter-in-law and four spinning wheels. Original negative c109. Compare with D31...
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Family in Yard by Picket Fence

Date: 1875
Description: Family in yard in front of picket fence, with a farm house and a building among trees in the background. The family is gathered around a table, and a young...
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Andrew Amundsen Family

Date: 1877
Description: The Andrew Amundsen family is sitting around a table covered in a white knit cloth. Some of them are holding books. Their frame house is in the background....
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Halle Steensland and Wife Sophia

Date: 1875
Description: Halle Steensland and his wife Sophia pose with their five children at the family home, later located at 733 Lakewood Boulevard, Village of Maple Bluff. Fro...
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Family in front of Home

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Description: A couple and their young child and baby sit at a table in their yard. Behind them is a frame house with very small windows on the front second story and gl...
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Family in front of Home

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Description: A family sits in a yard around a table with a cloth, vases and other objects on it. The man on the left is wearing a top hat and a flower in his lapel. The...
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Sture and Geneva Johnson Residence

Date: 06 28 1955
Description: Geneva Johnson sits in the sunroom of her contemporary home at 313 New Castle Way in Maple Bluff. Her home will be featured on a July 14 Tour of Homes spon...
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Kappa Kappa Gamma Graduates

Date: 05 25 1944
Description: Three Kappa Kappa Gamma graduates are preparing to return home following commencement, left to right: Georgia Ann Trebilcock, Madison, Charlene Brown, High...
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International Model S Truck Loaded with Household Goods

Date: 07 03 1926
Description: International Model S truck parked at a "Socony Motor Gasoline" pump. The bed of the truck is piled with trunks, suitcases and furniture.
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Twins in Formal Dresses

Date: 01 15 1948
Description: Twin sisters Patricia (left) and Nancy Coughlin in matching formal dresses. They are posing indoors and are wearing matching chokers around their necks and...

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