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Milkmaid with Cow

Date: 1911
Description: Milkmaid with pail and cow. Text reads: "Milking Time, Good Friends in Wisconsin, Scenes along the country roads."
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Farm Family

Date: 1915
Description: Photographic postcard of a farm couple and their daughter posing outdoors in front of a barn.
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Elephant at the Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 1964
Description: A watercolor painting by Jens von Silver presented to the zoo by the Rennebohm Drug Stores. The painting shows a child reaching up to feed an elephant at t...
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Two Men Drinking

Date: 1930
Description: Studio portrait of two men, seated at a small table drinking. They are dressed in suits and each man is smoking a cigar. The man on the right is wearing a ...
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Seated Man with Legs Crossed

Date: 1930
Description: Man sitting on a box, leaning back against a wall, with his legs crossed. He is dressed in bib overalls and is smoking a pipe. He may be sitting in a kitch...
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Feeding Deer in the Deer Corral at Trout Lake

Date: 1912
Description: Trout Lake Forest Headquarters, the deer corral, with four fawns. Three of the fawns are eating from a trough, the third from a pail held by a man (partial...
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Three Men Having Lunch

Date: 1921
Description: Three men sitting on the ground next to a horse-drawn wagon are having lunch. Two of them have jugs; one is holding a cup. All three are wearing work cloth...
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Feeding the Chicken and Geese

Date: 1900
Description: An unidentified woman standing near a shed is feeding chickens and geese in the barnyard.
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A Bucolic Scene

Date: 1900
Description: Two young women and a girl stand in a pasture with a cow and a calf. One of the women is holding a pail; the other a sprig of flowers.
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Butternut House; Dining Room

Date: 1956
Description: Three women in period clothes are having tea in the dining room. Text on reverse reads: "Dining Room, Butternut House, Old Wade House State Park, Greenb...
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Bock & Mohr Fur Farms

Date: 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "Bock & Mohr Fur Farms, Inc. Rochester, Wisconsin. World's Largest and Most Beautiful Mink and Fitch Ranch. The Choicest of Furs and B...
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Business Men's Banquet

Date: 01 18 1912
Description: Handwritten on the back: "Business Men's Banquet, Seymour, Wisc., Thursday Eve, January 18-1912." View from stage of a large room filled with businessmen a...
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Land of Make Believe

Date: 1950
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Land of Make Believe in the Center of Door County. Unique Museum. Largest Collection Anywhere. Old Marshall Field Window Mechanical...
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Stirring Times

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Stirring Times in White Creek, Wis." A colorized image of a woman wearing a dress with an apron and cap. She is stirring ingredients ...

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