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Mrs. Jane Duff

Date: 08 19 1946
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Jane Duff, a Dane County pioneer resident, on her 90th birthday.
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Mathilde Franziska Anneke

Date: 1884
Description: Portrait of Mathilde Franziska Anneke seated, surrounded by flowers and plants.
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Two Men Pose with Flowers and Photograph

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Description: Two men sit in a photography studio and pose with a photograph of a standing man which is displayed between two vases of flowers on a table in front of a p...
Postcard

Unidentified Girl on Her Communion

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Description: Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait of an unidentified girl on the occasion of her First Communion. She is wearing gloves, a white dress...
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Professor G. William Longenecker in a Greenhouse

Date: 02 08 1949
Description: University of Wisconsin professor of horticulture G. William Longenecker with cyclamen plants in a greenhouse.
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Badger Dahlia Society Officers

Date: 09 05 1949
Description: Officers of the Badger State Dahlia Society are shown admiring blooms at the society's fourth annual show opened at the Community Center, 16 East Street. L...
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Mrs. H.S. (Elsie) Bostock

Date: 09 20 1950
Description: Mrs. Elsie Bostock was honored by being named Wisconsin's first nationally accredited judge for flower shows. The appointment was made by the National Coun...
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Home of Eric Hattstrom

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Description: Possibly an anniversary group portrait of the couple seated in the center, with four people posed on each side of them. The women in the center holds flowe...
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Shivers Men with Flowers and Cake

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Description: Three men from the Shivers family pose holding cakes and vases of flowers. One of the men is Tom Shivers and one is Algie Shivers, and the other man is uni...
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Group of Reenactors

Date: 2007
Description: Historical reenactors in costume await visitors outside the "American Queen" steamboat.
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Governor Heil Inauguration

Date: 01 02 1939
Description: Governor Julius P. Heil, his wife and an unidentified man pose arm-in-arm in the Governor's Conference Room at the Wisconsin State Capitol. A number of oth...
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Portrait of Amanda Adams

Date: 12 25 1890
Description: Carte-de-visite of Amanda Joanna McCormick Adams seated in parlor-like setting on Christmas. Mrs. Adams is seated before a framed photograph of a man on th...
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Buckhorn Food and Spirits — Exterior

Date: 08 15 1997
Description: "The Buckhorn Restaurant is located several miles southeast of Fox Lake on Cty. Tr. A." From left to right; John Bodden, Ralph Widmer, Shirley Widmer, Rudy...
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Daisy Bates in a Welcoming Party

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Description: Daisy Bates as part of a welcoming party at an airport. From left to right are: Edward L. Cooper, executive secretary of the Boston NAACP, Kivie Kaplan, Na...
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Timmer's — Exterior

Date: 07 24 1998
Description: "Timmer's is on the southeast shore of Big Cedar Lake in Washington County. In the past it served as a hotel dating back to 1864." From left to right; Ralp...
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Bonack Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: Leo and Helen Bonack, at W2472 Hwy TW (Section 6), have lived here for 38 years. Cows were last milked in 1960.
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Audubon Inn — Exterior

Date: 08 13 1999
Description: "When we dine at Audubon Inn in Mayville, we are joined by our Swiss relatives, Rolf, Ruth, and Franzi Gerber."
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Jo Jo's — Exterior

Date: 10 11 2002
Description: The group stops for a picture outside Jo Jo's before entering.
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Knotty Pine Lodge — Exterior

Date: 08 06 2004
Description: "This Friday we are at the Knotty Pine Lodge at N 10351 Howard Drive, Fox Lake."
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Marilyn Zingsheim Posing in front of the Jaster Barn — Alternate View

Date: 2004
Description: Marilyn Zingsheim's grandparents, Albert and Mary Meyer, and later her parents, Clarence and Gladys Krapfl, lived here.

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