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The Artist

Date: 1876
Description: Issued as a stereograph on green mount entitled "The Artist." Two men stand by a wagon on which is written "A.L. Dahl Landscape Photographer." The flag on...
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Men Posing Outside Local Businesses

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Description: Seventeen men and boys are posing in front of the storefronts on a sidewalk on the north side of Main Street, between First and Second Streets, including O...
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Circus Wagon in Parade

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Description: Slightly elevated view over sidewalk towards eight horses drawing a circus wagon in parade. The parade is coming from the circus ground at the white pine g...
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Circus Wagon in Parade

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Description: Slightly elevated view of men driving a circus calliope for a parade in town. A calliope is a musical instrument that produces sound by sending steam throu...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Men Riding a Cow

Date: 1916
Description: Three men ride a dairy cow on a dirt road, while a fourth pulls at the cow's tail. Of the three men, one is holding a tennis racket, one is holding a golf ...
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Young Woman in Clearing

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Description: A portrait of a young woman wearing a hat and dress, and holding a bouquet of flowers, standing in a clearing. In the background is the darkroom horse-draw...
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E.W. Brandel and Dr. Jones

Date: 1922
Description: E.W. Brandel sits on porch steps holding his daughter's dog Max, a fox terrier. Next to him, holding a camera, is Dr. A.W. Jones, the twin brother of the p...
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Photographer and Wisconsin State Capitol Building

Date: 07 04 1876
Description: Two men stand by a wagon on which is written "A.L. Dahl Landscape Photographer." The photographer stands on the left side of the view. The flag on the side...
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Man in Horse-Drawn Vehicle

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Description: Side view of a man sitting in a carriage pulled by a horse in front of a house. The photographer's shadow falls into the photograph, just in front of the c...
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Henry Hamilton Bennett with Dog

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Description: A studio portrait of H.H. Bennett sitting on a small table with a dog. Bennett is wearing a fur hat.
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Horse and Buggy Near Mining Camp

Date: 09 1910
Description: People gathered around a horse-drawn buggy on the dividing line between the Ferris-Hagerty property and the Leighton-Wyoming mines. Harry Dankoler is to th...
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Dankoler with Horse-Drawn Carriage

Date: 09 1910
Description: Three men are in a horse-drawn carriage in front of the Dillon Hotel where a man and woman look on from the front porch. The group is preparing to leave fo...
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Dankoler and Two Men in Wooded Area

Date: 11 06 1909
Description: Joe Leighton, E.A. Corneille, and Harry E. Dankoler standing in a wooded area with a small dog. Dankoler is holding the holding the shutter release mechani...
Photograph

Harvesting with McCormick Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Men use a McCormick grain binder to harvest a crop on a hill overlooking a valley. Town buildings are on a hill in the far background. Two women and two ch...
Postcard

Easter Greetings

Date: 1910
Description: Easter postcard with a female rabbit sitting on an Easter egg and a male rabbit standing behind her. Another male rabbit is taking their picture with a cam...
Photograph

Photographer and Wisconsin State Capitol Building - Anaglyph

Date: 07 04 1876
Description: Two men stand by a wagon on which is written "A.L. Dahl Landscape Photographer." The photographer stands on the left side of the view. The flag on the side...
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Bull at Iron County Fair

Date: 1935
Description: View of a bull at the Iron County Fair. The photographers shadow can be seen on the bull. Two men and two other cattle are visible on the right.
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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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Man and Dog

Date: 1925
Description: Ferdinand Leonard (Fedy) Hotz poses holding a somewhat uncooperative dog in a stand of birch and other trees.

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