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Gesell Family Burlesque

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Description: The Gesell family in costume with broom, sword, and other props for a humorous picture. Family members identified as follows: Gerhard Jr. (drinking from pi...
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Woman with Blender

Date: 03 18 1955
Description: Woman stirring the contents of an Osterizer blender that is sitting on the stove.
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Female Curling Team

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Description: A female curling team poses with their brooms and stones for a portrait.
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A Full Dozen

Date: 09 1904
Description: Edgar and Jennie Krueger playfully hunting for eggs.
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Young Woman Whittling

Date: 1903
Description: Young woman, possibly a University of Wisconsin student, whittling while seated outdoors on a cellar doorway or bulkhead.
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Parfrey's Glen

Date: 1909
Description: Two women pose behind a log which has fallen across the stream in Parfrey's Glen. One woman holds a small pail.
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Four Girls Stand near Back Door

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Description: Four girls stand on a porch near the back door of a stone building. All four girls wear their hair in pigtails. Another girl is standing on the left.
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August Derleth

Date: 1941
Description: Sauk City author August Derleth sitting in a wing back chair near a fireplace in his home, "The Place of Hawks."
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"Rag Doll" Testing

Date: 1913
Description: Class of girls and teacher running a seed germination test ("rag-doll" test) in the classroom. The class is standing around a table, and are using a pail t...
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Baker's Dozen Bread Club

Date: 07 1923
Description: Miss Marilla Zearling demonstrating a bread-making technique to members of the Baker's Dozen Bread Club.
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Theresa Barber Shop

Date: 02 21 1978
Description: "Theresa Barber Shop. Jan Reuter carries on the business after the untimely death of her husband, Carl. Her customer is Eric Schaumberg."
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Theresa Barber Shop

Date: 02 1978
Description: "Eric Schaumberg has his 'bangs' cut by barber, Jan Reuter."
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Seated Man with Legs Crossed

Date: 1930
Description: Man sitting on a box, leaning back against a wall, with his legs crossed. He is dressed in bib overalls and is smoking a pipe. He may be sitting in a kitch...
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Vocational Class

Date: 1978
Description: Vocational students at James Williams Junior High School work on a silkscreen project. The screens are laying on the work bench. More students, tables and ...
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Jan Reuter Cutting Hair

Date: 1976
Description: "Jan Reuter cuts Philip Zingsheim's hair. Jan's husband, Carl, died an untimely death in 1975."
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Picking Cherries

Date: 07 15 1919
Description: The photographer's wife, Clothilde, center, and two of his daughters, on the right, pick cherries with others in the family's orchard. They have small pail...
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Family Portrait on Porch

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Description: Group portrait of a family posed on a porch. The three women in the back hold a large enamel bowl, a mixing bowl and spoon, and a grinder or sifter. In fro...
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Bigalk and Gercke Girls

Date: 1899
Description: Jose and Esther Bigalk sitting with Emma Gercke outdoors during the summer months with bows in their hair. One girl is sitting in a wash basin and the othe...
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Nurse Rechard

Date: 1895
Description: A woman identified as Nurse Rechard stands in profile on the bottom step of a small flight of porch stairs. She is holding a tray with glassware on it.
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Two Indigenous Women

Date: 08 18 1943
Description: A young indigenous woman wearing a flower in her hair poses with an older woman who is balancing a basket on her head on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea...

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