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| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of William Tennant, standing with short pants that reveal his prosthetic legs. He holds a newspaper in his ... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of two women wearing white pointed hats and long, white dresses with fluffy collars, and broad white belts. They stand their backs to the c... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | George Lincoln sitting on a Deering mower. The original caption reads: "George Lincoln on old Deering Mower about 1893." |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Engineering(?) photograph of a grain binder. The binder may be experimental. |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | McCormick self-rake reaper as manufactured in the 1860s. The reaper is sitting in the yard of the McCormick Reaper Works (factory). Original caption reads:... |
| Date: | 08 07 1863 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite of William H. McIntosh, Company F, 22nd Wisconsin Infantry, at the age of 26. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | A woman plays the organ, while two women, wearing hats, and three men, gather behind her, holding song books. They are enclosed by a low, circular railing;... |
| Date: | 08 1898 |
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| Description: | Summer kitchen at the Turville family farmhouse. |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | View of the First Norwegian Lutheran Church interior looking up the aisle between the pews and towards the altar. Double oil chandeliers are hanging from t... |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | Woman sitting in a chair reading, with one child on a rocking horse and another child in a high chair. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Oval studio portrait of Christine Gesell, the photographer's wife, and son Arnold Gesell. Caption on reverse reads "1/2 yr - 1 yr." |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Students in a chemistry class at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school, operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Supply room of the Northern Hospital for the Insane. Canned and bottled goods, kitchenware, clothing, and blankets are on the shelves. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Six beds in the sleeping quarters of the Northern Hospital for the Insane. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | The kitchen in the Northern Hospital for the Insane. Institutional cooking equipment and various supplies are visible. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Interior of the cell blocks in the Wisconsin State Prison. |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Composite of photographic portraits of the members of the Concordia Singing Society of Alma, Wisconsin. The decorative matte includes musical elements and ... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Dining room at the Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Sleeping quarters at the Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys, with several rows of bunk beds. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Auditorium at the State School for the Deaf; the stage is dressed with a 'nature' backdrop. |
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