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Main Street

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Description: View down Main Street, with a hill at the end of the street. Pedestrians are walking on the sidewalks, and horse-drawn vehicles are along the unpaved stree...
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Main Street

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Description: Panoramic view down Main Street, with a hill at the end. Pedestrians are on the sidewalks. Signs on the right side of the street read: "Garland Stoves and ...
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South Shore

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Description: View along shoreline of a man and two boys fishing on a wooden dock. A rowboat is pulled up on the shore. Two cars are parked near trees. In the far backgr...
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The Best Fishing Grounds in Wisconsin

Date: 1925
Description: View down dirt road along the shoreline of Crystal Lake. A man and a child stand under a tree's shade, near a pier where a man is seated on the dock. There...
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Two Women on Dock

Date: 1925
Description: View from shoreline of two women standing on a dock on Crystal Lake. Just beyond the dock, a man and woman fish from a boat.
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Quarry Scene

Date: 1910
Description: View over quarry towards two men in suits sitting at the top edge of the cut face of the granite quarry. In the background is a house at the top of the hil...
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View of Crystal Lake

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view from hill of Crystal Lake, with wooded shoreline. Caption reads: "View of Crystal Lake, Wis."
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Boating on the Mill Pond

Date: 1905
Description: View looking down hill towards an unidentified woman who is sitting holding the oars in a skiff near the shoreline of the millpond on the Montello River, n...
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Fox River Dam

Date: 1905
Description: A view from the south looking over the Fox River dam at Montello. The entrance to the lock is in the background. In the foreground are two men in a boat an...
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Fourth of July

Date: 07 04 1905
Description: View down hill towards shoreline where a crowd fills a barge which has been fitted with benches, an awning, and American flags for an excursion on Buffalo ...
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Fox River near Endeavor

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view from hill towards the Fox River, with a farm in the foreground. The farm has a windmill with a sign on it that reads: "Kilbourn Steel Mill," ...
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General View of Herman's Buildings

Date: 1910
Description: A view across a field towards a farmstead, including a wood frame two-story house, barns and sheds, and a windmill. There is a fence at the edge of the fie...
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A Heavy Load

Date: 1910
Description: A woman, identified as Mrs. Wallace, is bending forward as if to grasp the handles of a wooden wheelbarrow. Leta von der Sump, left, and a girl identified ...
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Will Mowing the Lawn

Date: 05 14 1905
Description: Will von der Sump, wearing work clothes and a hat, is pushing a reel lawn mower in front of a low fence near shrubs. There is a wooded hill in the backgrou...
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Threshing

Date: 1910
Description: A man at far left, possibly Frank von der Sump, is posing with his elbow resting on a steam tractor. A belt from the tractor is powering a threshing machin...
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Fernhill Farm

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view from hill of the Frank and Bertha von der Sump farm on Golden Road. There is a modest one-story farmhouse, a barn, windmill, and four other f...
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Corn Binder

Date: 1905
Description: Rear view towards left side of an unidentified man driving a three-abreast team of horses hitched to a mechanical corn binder. There is a wooded hill in th...
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Will and Cutter

Date: 1905
Description: Will von der Sump sitting in a small sleigh with a glossy finish. He is bundled in a fur coat with a high collar, and is wearing a cap. There is a fur lap ...
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Wallace's Pony

Date: 1905
Description: A portrait of a horse fitted with a tooled leather saddle. A wooded hillside is in the background.
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Hunting in the Snow

Date: 1905
Description: An unidentified man is posing with a long gun in a snowy field. There is a tree in the left foreground, and a wooded hillside in the background.

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