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Family Outside of One-Story House

Date: 1898
Description: Eight people posing in front of a one-story clapboard house holding possessions. The man on the far left is holding a gun and wears a ammunition belt aroun...
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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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Two Women Posing on Lawn of Winnebago County Asylum

Date: 1930
Description: Two women sitting on the lawn of what appears to be the Winnebago County Asylum. Behind the women is a limestone block foundation lined with flowers. One o...
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U.S. Capitol

Date: 07 11 1863
Description: View of the east front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. A small group of people stand near a fence on the lawn in front of the building. A ...
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Meinen Golden Anniversary

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait of eight members of the Meinen family on the occasion of the golden anniversary of two of its members. The portrait was taken in front of tw...
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Shirley Borgman

Date: 1957
Description: "Shirley Borgman."
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Four Girls Pose Outdoors

Date: 1930
Description: Four young girls pose outside of Witt's photography studio. They are wearing dresses. Two of the girls have jackets, and three of them have hair bows.
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Going Away to School

Date: 08 21 1956
Description: Five West High School graduates sitting in front of Bascom Hall on the University of Wisconsin campus. They will be attending colleges away from Madison. L...
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Bertha Swingle

Date: 1932
Description: Bertha Swingle, wearing a print dress and hat, poses outdoors in front of a door at her home. There is a large hosta plant on the left and other shrubbery ...
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Family in Front of Frame House

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Description: Group portrait of men, women and children posing in front of a single-story frame house. The man on the left is holding a shotgun, the man next to him is h...
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Female Model with Camera

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Description: A female model poses with a camera in her lap while sitting in the grass. She is wearing a black bathing suit, a striped cape, and shoes with knee-high sto...
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School Picnic

Date: 06 30 1905
Description: Group portrait of a Muscoda Public School picnic. Emma Schmitt (later Mrs. Sherwin Gillett) is on the far left of the top row. The 1905 Wisconsin Census ha...
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Family Gathering at Rufus Gillett's

Date: 1919
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the extended Gillett family taken at the home of Sherwin's brother, Rufus.
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Father #31;— Mother Golden Wedding

Date: 06 1916
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Conrad and Mary Schmitt's (Emma Gillett's parents) Golden Wedding Anniversary.
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Ladies in the Park

Date: 1925
Description: Group of eight women, probably members of a club, in Vilas Park.
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St. Martin's Band

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of the band of St. Martin's Catholic Church. The members pose with their instruments, which include clarinets, french horns, flugelh...
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Mary Morris and Infant Son

Date: 07 12 1960
Description: Sitting on a blanket on the lawn are Mary Roberta Morris, Santa Monica, California, and her seven month old son, Patrick Marling Morris. They are visiting ...
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Mary Krueger Reading

Date: 1909
Description: Mary Krueger sitting on the edge of the front porch with a book open in her lap. Potted plants are placed on either side of her.
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Outdoor Portrait of Hattie Fels with Josie and Esther Bigalk

Date: 1909
Description: Group portrait of Hattie Fels, sitting in a wicker rocking chair, with Josie and Esther Bigalk standing behind her. Two potted plants are on the lawn, and ...
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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.

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