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Ruth B. Glassow Home

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Ruth B. Glassow, a professor of physical education for women at the University of Wisconsin, stacks wood in the outdoor fireplace that she built by herself...
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Tree Surgeon Truck

Date: 1939
Description: An International D-300 truck owned by P. Hansling & Son Hartford Forestry Company Tree Surgeons is parked in the drive of a home with a large chimney. A ma...
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Elderly Ho-Chunk Man in Lodge Doorw ay

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Description: An Elderly Ho-Chunk man is posing standing in the doorway of a lodge. He has a fringed shawl wrapped around him and is wearing a head covering, necklaces, ...
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Ho-Chunk Men Playing Cards

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Description: Five Ho-Chunk men are sitting around a blanket on the ground playing cards. They are in front of a lodge frame without coverings. A man holding a walking s...
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Joyeux Noel!

Date: 1918
Description: Holiday card with a soldier walking while carrying a child who is waving an American flag. The soldier is wearing a uniform and a campaign hat. Two childre...
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Two Children with Snowman

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Description: Two children posing in front of a large snowman in front of a brick building. The smaller child is sitting on a ladder supported by the older boy. The snow...
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Chief Ma-ko-day and Family

Date: 07 1916
Description: St. Croix Ojibwa Chief Ma-Ko-day (Chief Peter Bearheart) and his wife, grandson, and another unidentified person in front of their birch wigwam located in ...
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Vel Phillips at Bat

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Description: Vel Phillips grips the bat and ducks as the ball is pitched at a baseball game. The catcher is on the right. Chain link fencing, a bicycle and a residentia...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 85-90

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Description: 200 years this tree grew here and so did I
We were raised here and brought up young ones
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Portrait of Hattie Fels

Date: 1903
Description: Outdoor portrait of Hattie Fels standing next to a chair made from a log stump, which is placed close to the side of a house with ivy climbing up the side.
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Outdoor Portrait of the Twins

Date: 1903
Description: Outdoor portrait of Jennie and Edgar Krueger standing in front of the side of a house. Jennie is wearing a pocket watch in her front pocket with the chain ...
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Outdoor Portrait of Krueger Family

Date: 1903
Description: Outdoor portrait of Florentina Krueger sitting in a chair with her two children, Jennie and Edgar Krueger, standing on either side of her. A book is lying ...
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Outdoor Portrait of Edgar Krueger Reading

Date: 07 1903
Description: Outdoor portrait of Edgar Krueger sitting in a rocking chair reading a book next to a house. He has the book he is reading open in his lap. Ivy is growing...
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Outdoor Portrait of Jennie Krueger Reading

Date: 07 1903
Description: Outdoor portrait of Jennie Krueger sitting in a rocking chair, next to a house, reading a book. The book she is looking at is open and resting in her lap....
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Kressin Family Portrait

Date: 10 14 1906
Description: Outdoor portrait of the August Kressin family posing on the side of the front steps of a house. August Kressin sits on the top step holding Alice Kressin, ...
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Krueger Outdoor Family Portrait

Date: 1908
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Alexander Kruger family. Alexander and Florentina are standing in between their two children, Jennie and Edgar, next to a hou...
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The Twins Sitting by the Front Porch

Date: 1908
Description: Edgar and Jennie Krueger are sitting together in a wicker chair placed in front of a porch. An end table is sitting next to them with a potted plant placed...
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Effie Goetsch Carr

Date: 10 1901
Description: Outdoor portrait of Effie Goetsch Carr posing sitting in a log stump fashioned into a chair near the side of a house. She is wearing a large velvet hat wit...
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In Front of the Bruetzman Home

Date: 1920
Description: Ernst Bruetzman, Jennie Krueger Bruetzman, and Mr. and Mrs. August Bruetzman in front of the Bruetzman home on 11th street.
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August Krueger Residence

Date: 1900
Description: August and Mary Krueger standing in front of their home during winter. Their daughter Sarah Krueger is sitting on the edge of the porch.

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