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Farm Family Outdoors

Date: 1900
Description: Farm family posing in front of a log home. There is a man on crutches in the center, a woman is holding a small child standing on a table, and two children...
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Farm Family in Living Room

Date: 1900
Description: A farm family posing in their living room. Sitting from left to right is John Dietrich (1874-1947), Grace Bowman (1879-1964), and Mrs. Lizzie Macke Dietric...
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Medical Students Horseplay

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Description: A medical student is playing with electric shock equipment as Dr. Eugene Krohn, sitting at his desk with his feet up, is looking on. This is a carefully po...
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Photograph Gallery of Charles Van Schaick

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Description: Man petting dog, who is sitting on a chair, inside the photographic studio. There is a large studio camera on the left, several pieces of studio furniture,...
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Studio Shenanigans

Date: 1900
Description: Four men use a ladder to pose on top of each other. There is a painted backdrop behind them. They are wearing suit jackets, vests with watch fobs, and trou...
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Small Girl in Coffin

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Description: Small girl in a casket which is standing upright against a wall. There is a man standing on the left nearby.
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The Overbys in their Parlor

Date: 1916
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Simon Overby at home in their parlor with books, family portraits, and an organ with sheet music. Mr. Overby sits in a chair with a cane and a...
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Seated Couple at Home

Date: 1899
Description: Portrait of an elderly couple seated in their home. The woman is holding a bouquet of flowers. The man is seated slightly behind her, with his right arm o...
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Julia Ormsby Bathing Baby

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Description: A woman bathing an infant on her lap, probably Julia (Murray) Ormsby.
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Interior of Bedroom

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Description: View of a metal post double bedstead against a wall, and short dresser in the corner, and a chair on the far left beside a chamber pot. A water pitcher, la...
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Memorial Display of "Lessie"

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Description: Bouquets and wreaths decorating a portrait of "Lessie," on a table on the side of a house.
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Coins on Desk

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Description: Pile of dimes spread on a table with chair to right and behind, near radiator.
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Portrait of Janus (James) Bruce Cartter

Date: 1897
Description: Studio portrait of a man posing sitting in a chair at a table with books on top, possibly Janus (James) Bruce Cartter, 1815-1897. He is in front of a paint...
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Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Best

Date: 1898
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man posing sitting in a stuffed chair and a woman standing, with her arm on his shoulder, facing him wi...
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Portrait of Yeatman Sisters

Date: 1893
Description: Studio portrait of the Yeatman sisters resting their arms on a piece of furniture in front of a painted backdrop.
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Portrait of Woman in Chair

Date: 1893
Description: Studio portrait of elderly woman in black dress with large bow at neck, seated in chair with hands crossed in her lap in front of a painted backdrop. She w...
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Studio Portrait of Jule and Joe Hubert

Date: 1895
Description: Studio portrait of Jule (in overalls) and Joe Hubert. Both men are holding cigars and are wearing tilted hats in front of a painted backdrop.
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William Tennant Sitting

Date: 1912
Description: Studio portrait of William Tennant, a magazine and newspaper agent in Black River Falls, sitting in a chair holding a magazine. His artificial legs are pr...
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Black River Falls Barbershop

Date: 1895
Description: The interior of a barbershop with customers in chairs and barbers at work. Numerous mirrors, pictures, and lamps are hanging from the walls and ceiling.
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Spaulding House

Date: 1942
Description: West end of the drawing room in the Spaulding house, which was furnished by Marshall Field and Company in 1870.

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