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Sweeney Brothers

Date: 10 04 1933
Description: Brothers William Sweeney (right) and Homer Sweeney (left), standing on Coon Rock Bluff.
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Group Outside of House

Date: 1876
Description: Twenty-eight people and one dog are posed in the yard of a wood frame house. A lap dog is sitting on a chair balanced on top of a fence post. A woman at th...
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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...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Harvesting Machinery Catalog Cover

Date: 1889
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for William Deering & Company, manufacturers of harvesting machinery. The cover features a framed inset of a scene of...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Advertising Catalog

Date: 1889
Description: Advertising catalog for grain cutting (harvesting) machinery manufactured by William Deering and Company. Features an illustration of children sitting with...
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Boy Aiming Gun While Father Watches

Date: 06 12 1945
Description: Ira Kurth, 3918 Manitou Way, with children Stuart and Kathleen. Stuart is aiming a gun while his father and sister look on.
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Henry Vilas Zoo

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Description: Several families peer into an animal environment at the Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo). Three small children stand on top of the stone wall and look over...
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Group Portrait of Native Americans

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Description: A studio portrait of a group of Native Americans. A woman in a dress holds an infant in her lap, a man stands behind her, and two young men, one standing a...
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E.W. "Gramps" Brandel

Date: 1923
Description: E.W. Brandel, standing in a road. Known as Gramps by Mary Brandel, he is posing holding a bag, a bundle of sticks on his back, and a long stick over his sh...
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The Brandels and the Taylors

Date: 1923
Description: E.W. Brandel, Mrs. Brandel, and the Taylors pose in chairs in front of a building. The man on the right is smoking a cigar, and behind them are windows wit...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Group

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a middle-aged Ho-Chunk man and woman posing sitting with shawls wrapped around their waists. They are in ...
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Karst Family

Date: 1895
Description: Women bringing lunch to the men working in the field. The men are harvesting grain using a horse-drawn grain binder.
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Ho-Chunk Family During Winter

Date: 1915
Description: Using a portable, 4 x 5 glass plate negative camera, Van Schaick photographed Ho-Chunk on the streets of Black River Falls. These occasional pictures offer...
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Portrait of Four Ho-Chunk Men from the Greencrow Family

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Description: Studio portrait of four Ho-Chunk men posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. They are sitting around a table on which is sitting two packages wrappe...
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The Phillips Family

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Description: The members of the Phillips family stand on the lawn outside of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Armory (Red Gym or Old Red).
Print

Virginia in 1776, Virginia in 1861

Date: 1860
Description: Two images of the "family" of Virginia. Above depicts a happy, prosperous "family" at the Declaration of Independence in 1776. A banner with the stars and ...
Photograph

Bernard and Nellie Arms with Great Nieces

Date: 1960
Description: Bernard and Nellie Arms stand with (left to right, front) Rita and Mamie Arms, daughters of Lewis Arms.
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Family Seated in Field Outside Home

Date: 1910
Description: Portrait of a family in field. A man holding a cigar leans against a tree trunk, and a woman and young girl are seated on a broken limb which lies over the...
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Lorbieke-Onernek Wedding

Date: 1916
Description: Family and friends gathered in front of a home for the wedding of Joseph Lorbieki and Agnes Onernek. Three musicians can be seen near the center. A windmil...
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Skiers

Date: 01 1928
Description: Winter scene with Ferdinand Hotz, holding a cigarette, posing on skis. His wife, Clothilde, stands on the left with a long walking stick; daughter Helen (L...

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