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Reverend H.A. Preus and Family

Date: 1873
Description: Reverend H.A. Preus and his family pose seated outdoors in front of the Spring Prairie parsonage.
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Toward the Old Place

Date: 2003
Description: A landscape view toward the Old Place on the Quinney farm.
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Outdoor Group Portrait

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Description: A group of adults and children pose for a portrait at a lakeside setting. Four children are sitting on a bench, and a young girl sits on the ground. In the...
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Richard and Ralph Quinney Haul Firewood

Date: 1939
Description: Winter scene with young Richard and Ralph Quinney hauling firewood on a sled through the snow past the farmhouse.
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Charles Taylor Family

Date: 1902
Description: Family portrait of Charles Taylor, his wife, Ellen Wishart, and their two children taken on the lawn in front of their house. Lorena Taylor, standing besi...
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Walworth Hotel

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Description: Exterior of Walworth Hotel. Stairs lead to a porch where a man sits and signs that read "Billiard Hall" and "New Walworth Buffet" are near the side entranc...
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City Hall

Date: 1910
Description: A view of the facade and side of City Hall. The main entrance is part of the bell tower. Men are sitting on the bench outside to the right.
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Dairy Calf Demonstration

Date: 06 28 1932
Description: J.C. Nisbet (center), an editor of Hoard's Dairyman magazine, addresses a crowd of men, women and children at the Walworth County 4-H Club Picnic at...
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Dr. William F. Petersen and Sons

Date: 08 10 1930
Description: Dr. William Petersen stands behind a bench posing with his three sons, posed on bench, from left, William Otto (standing, holding a ball), Conrad William, ...
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Lake Shore Porter's Park

Date: 1890
Description: Stereograph view along shoreline of Geneva Lake at Porter's Park. A man sits in a canoe at the rocky shoreline while a woman sits and reads on a rustic ben...
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Alma Schmidt Petersen

Date: 1980
Description: Alma Schmidt Petersen, owner of Black Point Estate, poses seated in a green wicker chair on the porch of the main house. Standing behind her on the left an...
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Clara and Henry Bartholomay

Date: 07 12 1954
Description: Clara Seipp Bartholomay (1871-1956) sits with her husband Henry Bartholomay, Jr, (1868-1955) on the porch of their summer home, which was built in 1905 as ...
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Alma on the Porch

Date: 1942
Description: Alma Schmidt Petersen poses seated in a wicker chair on the porch at Black Point. She is wearing a dress and light coat. There is a large-leafed potted pla...
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Elsa Seipp Madlener

Date: 1955
Description: A handwritten note describes this portrait as: "Aunt Elsa in her summer house "The Lindens" when she was eighty years old." She is wearing a print dress an...
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View on the Lawn "The Highland"

Date: 1931
Description: View of the Highland Hotel's lakeside lawn. Several park benches are among the trees on the lawn. In the background at the shoreline is a boathouse with a ...
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Civil War Tree

Date: 07 2014
Description: A large Bur Oak tree is shading a sign for Vesuvio's Little Italy restaurant on the corner of Washington and South 7th Street. Brick buildings across the s...
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Founder's Oak

Date: 1981
Description: An enormous, nearly symmetrical spreading bur oak tree towering over a picnic table and a row of conifers. Samuel Faulkner Phoenix, the founder of Delavan,...
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Outdoor Group Portrait

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Description: Stereograph of a group portrait of five people, including three men, two women, and an infant, posing on the grass in a wooded area. In the background, on ...
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Lake Geneva

Date: 06 11 1921
Description: W.A. Holt and daughter Jeannette Holt are sitting on a bench with Lake Geneva in the background. Caption reads: "Lake Geneva."

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