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Family Grouped around Table by House

Date: 1879
Description: A family is grouped around a table, including a man with a top hat, two dolls on the ground between two small girls and a woman holding a closed fan. Behin...
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People in front of House with Statue

Date: 1876
Description: Two men, two women are posing in front of a frame house that has a chair, sofa, table and a small white statue on its front porch. There are three doors an...
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Leonard Martin's Tavern

Date: 1910
Description: View from fork in road of Martin's Tavern in Chamberlain. There is a horse and carriage with driver on the left. Three men sit or stand in front of the tav...
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Federal Bird Warden

Date: 1921
Description: J.M. Eheim posing outdoors with multiple birdhouses.
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Vine-Covered Birdhouse

Date: 
Description: Man standing near Purple Martin birdhouse on a tall post, near a border of flowering bushes. There are houses in the background.
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Frank Johns Farm

Date: 1931
Description: Farm of Frank Johns of Hastings, Florida. Two men wearing hats are standing among stacks of filled burlap bags. There is a birdhouse on the right atop a lo...
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Small Group of Boys

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Description: Small group of boys and one man sit outside the open doorway of a small wooden house or shed.
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Boat in Canal

Date: 08 04 1962
Description: A boat in the Fox River Canal, headed up river. This particular lock, the Ripide Croche Lock, is located just north of Wrightstown.
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Students with Bird House Projects

Date: 1915
Description: Group of school children standing on the steps of a school house(?) holding their bird house projects.
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Depot and Train

Date: 1917
Description: View of a train approaching the depot. Two men stand alongside the train. Heavy smoke from the train causes a fog cloud.
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Meskan's on East Lake

Date: 1935
Description: View from water of a boy sitting on the back of a wooden boat with his feet on a pier. He is holding a dog which is standing on the dock. There is a small ...
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Frank Woods Summer Home

Date: 1937
Description: Elevated view of a woman standing on lawn of the Woods mansion on Nebraska Row. Bayfield is visible on the opposite mainland shore of Lake Superior.
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Lyndale Bay Resort

Date: 1935
Description: View from water of men fishing from boats along lakeshore in front of three cabins on Upper Eau Claire Lake.
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Street Scene with Billboards

Date: 1920
Description: A man stands near the backs of billboards on the left along a street or alley. Power lines lead to the horizon, over what appear to be businesses or indust...
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Group of People in Front of Log Buildings

Date: 
Description: Group portrait of a man, woman, and four children posing standing in front of a wooden fence. On the far left is a horse pulling a small buggy, a young gir...
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Leisy's Brewery Delivery Truck

Date: 09 20 1935
Description: A man unloading beer barrels from the bed of an International truck owned by Leisy's Brewery.
Magazine or Periodical

The American Velocipede

Date: 1886
Description: Engraved image from a sketch by Theodore Davis showing four men bicycling.
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Cottages at Atcheson's Resort

Date: 1930
Description: View of resort cottages near a lake. A group of vacationers are sitting on the lawn and porch. A birdhouse on a tall post is among trees on the right. Hill...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 55-61

Date: 
Description: Way back in the soft center of hard times
did not their resistance to change in the sentiment
make some sense

What could take the place of the...
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Woman Examining a Birdhouse

Date: 1922
Description: Mrs. Parks examining a birdhouse.

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