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Company House and Family in Benham

Date: 1919
Description: A family of five posing in front of an International Harvester "company house" in the coal mining town of Benham.
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Family on Sidewalk

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Description: A group of fourteen people dressed for cold weather and wearing hats and scarves are standing on a sidewalk in front of a picket fence. A car is parked on ...
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Portrait of J. Robert Taylor Family

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Description: The J. Robert Taylor family. J. Robert Taylor, his wife Alma Reinhardt Taylor, and their three children, Donna, Frederick, and Ellen. They are dressed in c...
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Donna and Ellen Taylor

Date: 1913
Description: Outdoor portrait of Donna and Ellen Taylor posing in matching gloves, hats and coats.
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Donna, Ellen, and Fred Taylor

Date: 1913
Description: Group portrait taken in a neighborhood yard of J. Robert Taylor's children.
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Sitting on the Porch

Date: 1920
Description: A woman and a child sit on a railing and look out from the porch of their house. A man is in the background approaching from a car parked in the street.
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University Houses Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 30 1950
Description: Cynthia Cottam, age 3 and a half, watches as children participate in a parade of gaily decorated tricycles while costumed as Native Americans, cowboys, and...
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F.D. Eyerley and Daughter

Date: 1897
Description: F.D. Eyerley crouches down to give his daughter a kiss. A bicycle is propped against a wooden fence which runs the perimeter of the front yard of the West ...
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Shorewood Hills Fourth of July

Date: 07 04 1952
Description: Seven children dressed as cowboys 'portray the hardship of the 49ers trail.' They are, left to right: Bobby Curtis, John Curtis, John Levy, Bruce Levy, Vir...
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Westmorland Fourth of July Parade

Date: 07 04 1952
Description: Four girls costumed as Chinese 'coolies' carry a fifth girl seated up in a sedan chair. They are, left to right: Jean Verthein, Darlene Conner, Cindy Wheel...
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Lewis Arms on Easter

Date: 04 26 1943
Description: Lewis Arms poses with his sister and other children on Easter Day. Front from left to right are Nedra Arms (sister) and John Hall. From left to right behin...
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Lewis Arms with his Mother and Sister

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Description: Lewis Arms, who is wearing his Navy uniform, poses with his mother Mamie (Arms) Hall, and his sister, Nedra Arms.
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J.L. McLaughlin

Date: 1924
Description: J.L. McLaughlin and wife, two sons and one daughter posing around their Flanders automobile in front of their house. Outdoor stairs are leading up to the s...
Postcard

Family Posing in front of House

Date: 1913
Description: Photographic postcard view of the exterior of a house with a family posing in front.
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Abiel E. Brooks House

Date: 1877
Description: The Abiel E. Brooks House, built in 1853, with a family group posed on the lawn and porch. Identified (front row, left to right) are Mrs. Noah (Jane Ann) C...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 674-683

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Description: Dearest Daughter,

The year is flown.
We can't compete and we stand alone
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Holcombe Parsonage

Date: 1920
Description: Rear view of the first parsonage occupied by the Reverend Mr. Row.
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Clough House

Date: 1870
Description: View across road of the Clough house, residence of Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby. A man is standing and holding the hands of two young girls in front of the fenc...
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The Day's Catch

Date: 1904
Description: Group portrait of men and boys standing in front of two houses all holding a long stringer of fish. Three women are standing in the yard in the background....
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Exterior View of Home of Johnson

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Description: View across yard towards the southwest corner of South 2nd and Johnson (Grove). Owned by Johnson. There is a man standing inside the fence, and a girl stan...

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