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Wade House

Date: 1858
Description: Ambrotype of the Wade House, a carriage inn located in Greenbush, also showing a section of the original plank road in the foreground.
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Albert Schwark

Date: 1913
Description: Albert Schwark posing in front of a horse-drawn carriage.
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Downtown Sheboygan

Date: 1972
Description: Elevated view of downtown Sheboygan, with a set of horse-drawn carts on the street in front of storefronts. In the distance is a church steeple.
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Sheboygan Livery Stable

Date: 1892
Description: Men posed in front of a livery barn and horse sales stable.
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Children's Carriage Factory

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Description: Children's carriages manufacturing plant. The factory was purchased about 1875 by A.D. Crocker and his brothers and converted to furniture manufacturing.
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Wagons at Herrling Sawmill

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Description: View from roof of wagons lined up by the Herrling sawmill.
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Herrling Mail Delivery Sleigh

Date: 02 06 1908
Description: The horse-drawn mail delivery sleigh used by Franklin Herrling.
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Rudolf Herrling Farm

Date: 1903
Description: Rudolf Herrling farm looking west from the sawmill platform. Three men are near horses and carts in a fenced-in area. In the background is the farmhouse.
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Sheboygan Falls Tannery

Date: 1878
Description: Elevated view of several buildings making up the Sheboygan Falls Tannery, which was owned by proprietor C.S. Weisse. Weisse is at the far right, standing w...
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Stagecoach Ride at Wade House

Date: 08 1959
Description: Visitors enjoy a stagecoach ride, an attraction at Old Wade House during the August "twilight tours" of this historic site. A team of two horses stand in t...
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Stagecoach at Wesley W. Jung Carriage Museum

Date: 07 05 1968
Description: Grand opening of the Wesley W. Jung Carriage Museum. A stagecoach is pulled by horses from the Jung Carriage Museum at Wade House along a curved gravel dri...
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Carriage at Wesley W. Jung Carriage Museum

Date: 07 05 1968
Description: Grand opening of the Wesley W. Jung Carriage Museum. Side view of a carriage with a fringed shade, pulled by a horse, traveling in front of the museum on t...
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Lena and Alma Herling at their Farm

Date: 1900
Description: Lena and Alma Herling at their farm with a horse and a wheelbarrel. In the far background are farm buildings and what appears to be a church.
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Civil War Re-Enactor and Horse

Date: 09 1994
Description: A young woman civil war re-enactor pets a horse. More horses can be seen in background.
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William Fiebelkorn Farm

Date: 1908
Description: William Unglaube is in the wagon, which has bags of barley in it, with William Fiebelkorn on William Fiebelkorn's farm. There is an unidentified figure in ...
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William Unglaube with His Sister

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Description: William Unglaube is in a two-seater buggy with one of his sisters. The buggy is pulled by one horse on a dirt road.
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The Traveling Salesman

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Description: A traveling salesman, dressed in a suit and light hat, stands beside his carriage. A case of perfume and remedy wares sits near his feet. The small carriag...
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Three Men Having Lunch

Date: 1921
Description: Three men sitting on the ground next to a horse-drawn wagon are having lunch. Two of them have jugs; one is holding a cup. All three are wearing work cloth...
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Group Looking at Pigs

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Description: Three young women, one of them holding child on the fence, line up along the opposite side of a fence to look at a herd of pigs. They are all smiling. On t...
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William Fiebelkorn and his Wife Fredericke

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Description: Two horse-drawn sleighs are parked in the snow in front of a house. In the first one on the left, William Fiebelkorn Sr. and his wife Fredericke (Krause) s...

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