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K. Doxstad Family and Reverend Erik Jensen

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Description: In the foreground, Erik Jensen, a minister with his hat in hand, shakes K. Doxstad's hand. Nearby a toddler pulls his own baby carriage. Two carriages, a b...
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Richard Quinney's First Birthday

Date: 1935
Description: Richard Quinney looks out the window of the farmhouse on his first birthday. Next to him on the windowsill sits a cake with one candle.
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First Day of the School Year for Quinney Brothers

Date: 1940
Description: Young Richard and Ralph Quinney pose for a picture holding hands in front of the farmhouse on the first day of the school year.
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80th Anniversary Founding of Swiss Colony

Date: 08 16 1925
Description: View of field full of parked automobiles at the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Swiss Colony at New Glarus. A log structure in...
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Shirley's Second Christmas

Date: 12 1932
Description: Shirley Krueger sitting in a chair next to a decorated Christmas tree in front of the porch. Several of her toys are placed around the base of the tree.
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Shirley with an Outdoor Christmas Tree

Date: 12 1932
Description: Shirley Krueger sitting a chair next to a decorated Christmas tree that has been placed just off the porch. Several of her presents are around the base of ...
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Shirley and a Christmas Tree

Date: 12 1932
Description: Shirley Krueger standing next to an outdoor decorated Christmas tree. Several of her presents are placed at the base of the tree.
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Christmas on the Bayles Farm

Date: 12 16 1958
Description: Observing a family tradition that the height of all children are measured each Christmas season on the sliding oak door between the parlor and dining room,...
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Christmas on the Bayles Farm

Date: 12 16 1958
Description: Grandma Bayles rolling out Christmas cookies in the farm kitchen with Ann Denise, 3, and baby Gale, 5 months, nearby. One in a series of images depicting C...
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Christmas on the Bayles Farm

Date: 12 16 1958
Description: Duane, Ann Denise, and Bruce Kirking gaze at the "family candles" on top of the melodeon which has been in Grandmother Bayles' family for six generations. ...

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