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Family Outside of One-Story House

Date: 1898
Description: Eight people posing in front of a one-story clapboard house holding possessions. The man on the far left is holding a gun and wears a ammunition belt aroun...
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Bertha Swingle

Date: 1932
Description: Bertha Swingle, wearing a print dress and hat, poses outdoors in front of a door at her home. There is a large hosta plant on the left and other shrubbery ...
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Family in Front of Frame House

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Description: Group portrait of men, women and children posing in front of a single-story frame house. The man on the left is holding a shotgun, the man next to him is h...
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School Picnic

Date: 06 30 1905
Description: Group portrait of a Muscoda Public School picnic. Emma Schmitt (later Mrs. Sherwin Gillett) is on the far left of the top row. The 1905 Wisconsin Census ha...
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Woman Driving Scout with Canvas Topper

Date: 1961
Description: Woman driving a Scout with canvas topper along a driveway. She is wearing a string of pearls and is wearing gloves. A young boy is sitting in the passenger...
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In the Backyard

Date: 1900
Description: Edward Petersen, left rear, and his son William F. Petersen, right rear, pose behind three unidentified people sitting on a rustic bench in a yard. Edward ...
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After Sunday Dinner

Date: 1914
Description: Group portrait of eight women and two men posing on the lawn at Black Point. The description on the reverse of the photograph reads: "The Wacker family aft...
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Guests at Black Point

Date: 1914
Description: A group of nine women pose with Charles Wacker, center, on "A Sunday Afternoon - about 1914" on the lawn at Black Point. The individuals are identified, fr...
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Boxelder

Date: 1929
Description: Charlotte "Lottie" (Mrs. Walter) Kohler posing standing with her forearms resting on the branch of a large, spreading tree on the grounds of the Kohler est...
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"You're a Mean One" Protest Sign

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: Three young people, two men and one women, are sitting on the curb in front of a fence with a sign reading: "No Trespassing By Order of Police." Behind the...
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Jeff Friedman

Date: 1976
Description: Casual outdoor portrait of Mayor Jeff Friedman of Austin. He was attending the Conference on Alternative State and Local Public Policies held on the St. Ed...
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Brumder Brothers

Date: 1890
Description: A group of five young men and boys, all sons of George and Henriette Brandhorst Brumder, sitting on a bentwood settee. A hammock and awning form the backgr...
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Children's Wedding

Date: 1925
Description: Clifford Messinger, rear left, and his wife, Gertrude Merker Messinger supervising a mock wedding at Villa Henrietta at Pine Lake. The bride is their daugh...
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Family Group

Date: 1905
Description: Hattie von der Sump, sitting at left, and her brother Fred, standing, posing with Mrs. Wallace and an unidentified toddler, who is sitting on the ground. T...
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Kusick Family

Date: 1905
Description: A man and woman, most likely Valentine and Elizabeth Kusick, are sitting on their porch steps. They are flanked by two men standing on the lawn, and there ...
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Wedding at Hickory Hill

Date: 11 22 1904
Description: Group portrait, with bride and groom Anna Kearns and Neil J. Brown, (with moustache) standing at the center front on their wedding day. They are flanked by...
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At the Wedding

Date: 06 27 1906
Description: A large group of well-dressed men, women and children posing beside the small wood frame Von der Sump farmhouse. There is a canopy decorated with greenery ...
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O'Keefe Family

Date: 1905
Description: A man wearing a suit and hat is sitting on a hammock holding a small child (blurred by movement) in his lap. Standing at left is a woman wearing a fancy li...
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Kusick Family

Date: 1905
Description: Valentine Kusick is sitting in the grass in a chair in front of the porch railing of his well-kept house. His wife Elizabeth is sitting at the top of the p...
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Tom Duffy's House

Date: 1905
Description: A wooden windmill tower dominates the front yard of a small one-story wood frame house. A group of people are posing on the left, including two couples sit...

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