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Margarethe Meyer Schurz

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Mrs. Margarethe Meyer Schurz, the first kindergarten teacher in the United States. Caption reads: "Mrs. Carl Schurz First Ki...
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Carl Schurz and Mrs. Schurz

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Description: Formal studio portrait showing Carl Schurz seated and Margarethe [Meyer] Schurz, (Mrs. Carl Schurz) posed standing next to him.
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Family with Christmas Tree

Date: 1900
Description: A family dressed in formal clothing seated around a Christmas tree in the living room.
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Women Sitting on Bench

Date: 1936
Description: Two women sit on a bench in a park. Caption reads "Aunt Lydia with the photographer's wife Mary."
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Operating Machinery Outdoors

Date: 1915
Description: A young boy in overalls operates a machine, perhaps a pump for water, underneath a windmill. There are overturned buckets in the foreground. An elderly man...
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Hattie Braemer with Twins in Wagon

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Description: Hattie Braemer, the children's caretaker, is standing next to the twins who are sitting in a wagon. A woman is standing on the porch behind them.
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Hattie Braemer with Twins

Date: 1900
Description: Hattie Braemer is standing between Edgar and Jennie Krueger, who are sitting in high chairs.
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Mary Krueger with Twins

Date: 1899
Description: Mary Krueger, sitting in a rocking chair and holding twins Jennie and Edgar Krueger on her lap. There is a fur rug on the floor.
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Sarah Krueger Bhend Feeding Cats

Date: 1899
Description: Sarah Krueger Bhend feeding kittens in front of a farm building.
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Krueger Family

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Description: Krueger family portrait from left to right of Rexford, Henry, and William Krueger.
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Krueger Family

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Description: Portrait of the Krueger family. From left to right: Mae, Professor Henry, Everett, William, and Rexford Krueger.
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Two Women

Date: 1891
Description: Two women are sitting in chairs on the lawn in front of a house. They are wearing dark dresses.
Historical Object

Louise Mears Fargo and Her Children

Date: 08 1901
Description: A photograph of Louise Mears Fargo and her children is mounted on an album page decorated with a hand-painted wild rose. In the photograph, Louise, wearing...
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Frank B. Fargo Family

Date: 1906
Description: An album page features a collection of family photographs which include head and shoulders studio portraits of Frank B. Fargo and his wife Louise Mears Far...
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Strawberry Time

Date: 1913
Description: A group of finely dressed men and women posing in a strawberry field. There are buildings in the background. The people are identified in a handwritten ca...
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Frank B. Fargo

Date: 12 1914
Description: A seated head and shoulders studio portrait of Lake Mills businessman Frank B. Fargo at age 68. He is wearing a suit with vest and necktie with stickpin. T...
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The Fargo Boys at the Farm

Date: 07 1916
Description: Frank Fargo Jr. is resting his elbow on his older brother Stuart's shoulder as they are posing standing in front of a large tent. Both are wearing bib over...
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Stuart and Frank Fargo

Date: 1916
Description: Stuart Fargo, left and his younger brother Frank Fargo Jr. pose for a three-quarter length portrait outdoors. Both men are wearing suits, and ties with lap...
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Fargo Family and Friend

Date: 02 1918
Description: From left, Frank B. Fargo, Jr. posing with his parents, Louise Mears and Frank B. Fargo, and Edw. Webster near the porch of the Fargo family home. Webster ...
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Fargo Ancestors

Date: 1917
Description: An album page with mounted copies of six photographic portraits of three generations of the Fargo family. They include Robert Fargo (1766(?)-1849), his son...

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