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Reverend A. Jacobsen and Family

Date: 1877
Description: Stereograph of Rev. A. Jacobson, family and visitors, Perry, Wis." from Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views." Jacobson (1836-1910) immigrated to t...
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Bennett Family Popcorn Party

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Description: Interior portrait of the Bennett family posing around a bowl of popcorn. They are sitting in an alcove with the pocket doors open, and three stringed instr...
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Seated Family outside of Home

Date: 1878
Description: Seated family group with two children, in front of wing of frame house, with curtains in upstairs windows.
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Group of People near Piano

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Description: Four women posing in chairs while a man sits on the floor holding a child, all in front of a piano.
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Group Posed near Organ

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Description: Three women and one man posed next to an organ. One woman sitting on the man's lap.
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Group Sitting in Parlor

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Description: Two women, two children, and a man sitting in a parlor showing a portrait of a man and a doorway hanging with cords.
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Group Sitting in Parlor

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Description: Two women, a man, and child sitting in a parlor with a doorway hanging with decorative cords.
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Group Sitting in Parlor

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Description: Four women, one elderly, and two children, probably Julia Spaulding and family. Spaulding twins, Julia, elderly woman, Sadie and children, Dudley and Margu...
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Group of People Reading

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Description: Three men, woman, and boy posed reading in a room.
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Man with Two Children

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Description: Man sits in a rocking chair holding a baby, while a child sits on a stool next to him. The man is possibly John H. Mills, holding Dudley Mills, and the chi...
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Woman with Four Children

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Description: Woman sitting with three girls and one boy in a room, probably a farm family.
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Group having Tea in Parlor

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Description: Two women, man, and child having tea in a parlor.
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Self-Portrait with Cary

Date: 1898
Description: Dr. Edward A. Bass holds his son, Edward Cary Bass, on his lap in the parlor of their home.
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Ada and Everetta Bass

Date: 1895
Description: Ada Bass with her daughter Everetta on a chair in front of a curtain.
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Ada and Everetta Bass

Date: 1893
Description: Ada Bass sits in a chair sewing at a table while her daughter, Everetta, lies on a daybed.
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Ada and Cary Bass

Date: 1900
Description: Ada Bass with her son, Edward Cary, sitting on a couch.
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Ada and Everetta Bass

Date: 1895
Description: Ada Bass and her daughter Everetta in their parlor.
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Family Group

Date: 1905
Description: A group portrait of two women, a man, a boy and a girl posing in a parlor; two other rooms are visible through doorways. The girl is seated in front of a p...
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Middleton Family

Date: 1905
Description: Forest Middleton sleeps on a settee as his father, William, reads and his mother and Grandmother Joanna Middleton sit nearby.
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Forest and Joanna Middleton

Date: 1898
Description: Forest Middleton plays "Guess Who?" with his grandmother. He stands on a small footstool; she is seated in a chair holding a newspaper or magazine. On the...

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