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Peter Lagacy Family

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Description: The family of French-Canadian immigrant Peter Lagacy, posing with produce, including a large cabbage, potatoes, and carrots, in front of their log farm hom...
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John Lloyd Jones House

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Description: John Lloyd Jones house, near Hillside Home School on Highway 23 across from Taliesin. A man and a woman are standing and holding bicycles, one woman is kne...
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John Joseph Olver (Oliver) Family

Date: 1898
Description: Group portrait of the Olver (Oliver) family. In chairs: Alice Melissa and John Joseph; sons, from left to right standing: Louis Franklin (Frank), Willard S...
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Episcopal Ministers Attending Summer School

Date: 07 04 1927
Description: Group portrait of Episcopal ministers (men and women) attending a rural ministers summer school. Taken in front of University of Wisconsin-Madison's Agricu...
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Fairchild at Gettysburg Monument

Date: 1869
Description: Governor Lucius Fairchild of Wisconsin and an unidentified group visiting the still uncompleted national monument at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in 1869. Fair...
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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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Winnebago Auto Parts Baseball Team

Date: 09 08 1948
Description: Group portrait of the Winnebago Auto Parts baseball team, 1948 champions of the City League.
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Ho-Chunk Group near Tents in a Field

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Description: Three Ho-Chunk men and three Ho-Chunk women posing standing in front of tents in a field. The women are wrapped in plaid fringed shawls, and the men are we...
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Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Group Posing Outdoors

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Description: Three Ho-Chunk men wearing hats and a Ho-Chunk woman wrapped in a shawl are posing outdoors sitting on a bench in front of a corrugated metal building.
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Ho-Chunk and European-American Group in a Field

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Description: Several Ho-Chunk and European American men, women, and children standing and kneeling in a field. Probably picking cranberries at Gebhardt's nursery. A lar...
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Ho-Chunk Men and Woman in Front of Awning

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Description: A Ho-Chunk woman, standing between two Ho-Chunk men dressed in regalia, including feathered headdresses, in front of an awning. Probably at a powwow. A dog...
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Three Ho-Chunk Men and One Ho-Chunk Woman

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Description: Three Ho-Chunk men posing standing together outdoors, in front of a woman wearing a shawl wrapped around her head and shoulders sitting behind them on the ...
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Ho-Chunk Women and Children

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Description: Group of people under and near a tent. One Ho-Chunk woman is sitting outside a canvas awning holding an infant, with a Ho-Chunk girl standing behind her. A...
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Ho-Chunk Man Performing Handstand

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Description: Ho-Chunk man performing a handstand in front of two Ho-Chunk men standing nearby. There is a horse-drawn wagon near trees and bushes in the background.
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Y.M.C.A. Hiking Group

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Description: A Y.M.C.A. hiking group of men and boys posed standing on the edge of a sandy drop in a field. A house and trees are in the background. Most of the group i...
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Women Golfers at Nakoma Country Club

Date: 05 17 1950
Description: Women golfers wait to tee off at the Nakoma Country Club. Left to right: Mae McNearney, Adeline Hendrickson, Erminie Linke, Mrs. C.R. Moe.
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Syl, Mama, Aunt Helen and Will under Tree

Date: 04 1902
Description: Syl, his "Mama" Annette, aunt Helen and Will posing on and around a rustic bench under a willow tree.
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Picnic Among Trees

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Description: A group of women and children sitting and standing around a long table in a grove of trees enjoying a picnic. A man is sitting on a couch on the left, and ...
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Portrait of Four Women in Field

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of four women, taken in a field. The two women on the left are posing standing, while the two on the right are posed kneeling or cro...
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Tom Roddy and Henry Stacy

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Description: Outdoor portrait of many men in front of and near a tent, including Tom Roddy and Henry Stacy. Tom Roddy, "known as White Buffalo," is standing to the righ...

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