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Three Men and Two Young Girls with Sawhorse

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Description: Three men stand with two young girls near a sawhorse. One of the men holds a saw. A large building is visible in the background.
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Group in front of Boarding House

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Description: A group of people pose in front of a boarding house. One man on the right is holding up a small child. There is a large pile of lumber or fuelwood next to ...
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Filming a Family Eating Lunch

Date: 08 1948
Description: A man films a family as they sit at a picnic table and eat lunch at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition.
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Sarajevo Street Scene

Date: 1940
Description: Wood carts and drivers on a street in Sarajevo, about a year before the city fell to the Germans.
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Three Wooden Buildings

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Description: View across fields and fences of three wooden buildings in the country, probably a mill. A man stands in the wagon drawn by a team of horses in front of on...
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Field of Potatoes on the Farm of Oswald Scheller

Date: 09 04 1895
Description: A promotional card depicting Oswald Scheller and his family on their farm in northern Wisconsin.

The caption below the image reads: "Field of potatoes on...

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Group of People Posing in front of House

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Description: Two women, two men, and two girls standing in front of a wooden house (probably the backyard), near a clothesline with drying wash. Two boys are standing o...
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School Group Posing Outdoors

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Description: Group portrait of a woman and a group of boys and girls posing sitting and standing in front of a wooden building, probably a school group, possibly the To...
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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...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 132-138

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Description: As though the tree inclined lacked discipline, pruned of its working part
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Kriegl Farm Resort — Highway 13

Date: 1926
Description: View of the main house at Kriegl Farm Resort. There is a family of five posed on the lawn. A hammock is tied to the trees on the right. More people stand o...
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Steamboats at Geneva Bay

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view from shoreline of two side wheeled steamboats, the "Lucius Newberry," left, and the "Lady of the Lake," docked at Geneva Lake. Other smaller ...
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Group Portrait of Family in front of House

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a man, two girls, a woman and a boy standing in the yard in front of a two-story wooden house. Another woman and girl are standin...
Postcard

Lannon Railroad Depot

Date: 1911
Description: View across tracks towards a small railroad depot, with people gathered on the platform. A locomotive belching smoke is approaching the depot.

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