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Turn-of-the-Century Bicyclists

Date: 1900
Description: Sidney Catle, on bike, stands with his sister Sarah to his right, Harvey Richards, and twin sisters.
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Farm Family and Farm

Date: 1889
Description: A farm family posing in front of farm buildings and farmhouse. The young daughters are wearing matching dresses. Men in the background are standing with a ...
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Family Portrait

Date: 1910
Description: Five people, possibly family, posing in front of a building. A man is standing on the left with his arms crossed, and two women stand on the right near tre...
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Farm Family Posing Outdoors

Date: 1900
Description: View down driveway towards a farm family posing in front of their farmhouse and farm buildings. An older man and woman are sitting. Three women are standin...
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Family Posing in Yard

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Description: A family of five posing with their dog in the yard in front of their house. On the left is an older man sitting in a chair with a child in his lap, and in ...
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Phillip Nortman Family

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Description: Elderly woman and man seated, surrounded by four men and two women, probably the Phillip Nortman family, posing among fir trees. Reportedly, both Nortman g...
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Women Posing in front of House

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Description: A woman and two girls are sitting on a wooden bench in front of a house, and another woman and girl are standing alongside the bench. From left to right: p...
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Carriages Crossing Bridge

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Description: Several families in carriages cross a bridge with a high railing, possibly the Levi Creek Bridge.
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Ho-Chunk Family During Winter

Date: 1915
Description: Using a portable, 4 x 5 glass plate negative camera, Van Schaick photographed Ho-Chunk on the streets of Black River Falls. These occasional pictures offer...
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Ho-Chunk Group

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man, two women, two children, and an infant are posing standing in front of a wooden building near the door. They are identified as probably Joh...
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John Mike Jr. and Family

Date: 1901
Description: John Mike Jr. (HayShooKeekah), rear left, pictured with his family. Standing from left to right are daughters Ada Mike (HunkEWinKah), Lizzie Mike (WeHunKah...
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C.R. Monroe and N.L. Ellis

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Description: Three photographer's wagons, two owned by C.R. Monroe and the other by N.L. Ellis, in front of tents in the countryside. Two men and a woman are posing sta...
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C.R. Monroe, Traveling Photographer

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Description: Man displaying two horses in front of a photographer's wagon that says "C.R. Monroe, Traveling Photographer." Two women, one holding a photograph, are pose...
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Group Portrait of the McDonald Family

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Description: Four men and one woman posed sitting, with four women posed standing behind. They are in front of a wooden house, possibly the McDonald family. J.R. McDona...
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Family in Front of Frame House

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Description: Group portrait of a man, woman, two boys, two girls, and a dog posing standing in the yard in front of a frame house and farm buildings.
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Group of People in Yard in front of House

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Description: View across yard of a group posing in front of a house. A man and a woman are sitting holding a child. Standing with them are two girls and three boys. A d...
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Group of People in Yard in front of House

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Description: A man, and a woman holding a child, are posing sitting. They are surrounded by two girls and three boys in the yard in front of a house. There is a dog sta...
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People Posing in front of Frame House

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Description: Man and woman posing sitting. They are surrounded by two women, three boys, and a man in a yard in front of a frame building.
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People and a Buggy in Front of a House

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Description: A man, woman, and two children are posing sitting in a buggy pulled by a team of two horses. A man is standing near the corner of the two-story frame house...
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Family in Front of Frame House and Farm Buildings

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Description: Man and woman posing sitting, and a woman, boy, and girl posing standing. In the background is a frame house and farm buildings.

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