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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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Summer Gardens

Date: 08 22 1946
Description: Mrs. Anthony R. (Dorothy) Curreri, 3636 Lake Mendota Drive, with her daughters Cynthia and Bonnie, and son Billy, walking on the flagstone steps of one of ...
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Vine-Covered Birdhouse

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Description: Man standing near Purple Martin birdhouse on a tall post, near a border of flowering bushes. There are houses in the background.
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Two Men with Oxen

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Description: Portrait of two men standing with two teams of oxen in front of a frame house and garden.
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American Friends Mission

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Description: Elevated exterior view of the girls' training home and gardens at the American Friends (Quaker) Mission. Girls appear to be hanging laundry on a line in th...
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Exterior of Home with Garden

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Description: A girl sits on the steps of a small home surrounded by a lush garden. Fairmont was a company town of Consolidated Coal Company.
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Residential Street

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Description: Children and adults stand in an unpaved rural street lined with homes in a company town of Consolidated Coal Company.
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Large Group Standing Near Home

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Description: A large group of adults and children pose near a home in a company town of Consolidated Coal Company. On the right side of the home vines are growing on a ...
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Women Sitting on Porch

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Description: A group of eight women poses on the porch of a two-story home. The yard in front of the home is filled with flowers. Taken in a company town of Consolidate...
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Back Porch and Garden

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Description: A man, two women and a little boy sit in the porch and garden area of a home. Fairmont was a company town of Consolidated Coal Company. Flowering plants ar...
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Back Porch and Garden

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Description: A woman sits on the back porch of a home in a company town of Consolidated Coal Company. There are many plants on the porch, and a garden in the yard. A co...
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Home and Garden

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Description: Two women and a child are pictured in the yard of a home in a company town of Consolidated Coal Company. In front of the home, bean plants are being grown ...
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Taliesin I Courtyard

Date: 1912
Description: Taliesin I courtyard from the "brow" of the hill looking toward the entry loggia. A young girl on a horse is talking to a young boy under the porte-cochere...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 85-90

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Description: 200 years this tree grew here and so did I
We were raised here and brought up young ones
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Holcombe Parsonage

Date: 1920
Description: Rear view of the first parsonage occupied by the Reverend Mr. Row.
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Holcombe Parsonage

Date: 1920
Description: View of front porch of the first parsonage occupied by the Reverend Mr. Row.
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Standing in front of the Ullirichs Home

Date: 07 20 1902
Description: Members of the Krueger and Ullrich families standing in a garden located at the front of the Ullrich home. August is standing on the far left, while Edgar,...
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Alabama Home and Farm

Date: 05 1902
Description: View over fence and garden towards an African American home and farm. The small home is standing along a tree line with the fenced-in garden stretching alo...

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