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| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Abraham Schmocker, a "hermit" who lived in "Stumptown" near Alma, seated on a bench outside his log cabin, holding a kitty. |
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| Description: | Dutch family posing outside their log home with two horses. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A man kneels next to a monument dedicated to the pioneers. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Souvenir postcard showing a view of the Cutler house and Morris D. Cutler. Caption reads: "Souvenir postcard of centennial celebration of the founding of W... |
| Date: | 05 29 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Centennial Parade near the Wisconsin State Capitol. The Blue Mounds float depicting Dane County's first settler, Ebenezer Brigham, is coming down... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Thomas (Tom) and Florence Quinney standing in front of their farmhouse which has a climbing vine growing on it. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Katherine (Kate) Quinney and her brothers, Thomas (Tom) and Willam (Bill), standing in a yard. |
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| Description: | Wooden-framed studio portrait of Mary Potter Reynolds, Richard Quinney's great great grandmother. |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | The house built by Charles A. Grignon between 1837 and 1839 for Mary Meade, his Pennsylvania bride. Mrs. Grignon and her family are standing in front of th... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A promotional card displaying a group of thirteen people outside their new home in Northern Wisconsin. The caption bellow the photograph reads, "These pe... |
| Date: | 05 1995 |
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| Description: | "Pioneer reenactors set up their tents on the Rock River in Mayville." |
| Date: | 09 07 1997 |
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| Description: | "Pioneer Days is celebrated at Firemen's Park. Civil War reenactors, in period garb, put on a show of battlefield conditions." |
| Date: | 1838 |
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| Description: | Ox-drawn cart in which Mr. and Mrs. Salmon Upson traveled from Connecticut in 1838. |
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| Description: | View across a cornfield towards a cabin and farm. A man is standing in the shade of a tree. A cone-shaped hill is in the background. Caption reads: "Pionee... |
| Date: | 08 10 1954 |
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| Description: | At the Sun Prairie Early Settlers' picnic at Angell Park, the oldest settler present was Julia McElroy, 89, pictured with her son, George McElroy. |
| Date: | 09 06 1954 |
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| Description: | Entering the grounds of the Ringling Brothers-Barnum and Bailey Circus is 96 year-old Nellie Kedzie Jones, an educational pioneer and Home Economics Extens... |
| Date: | 09 06 1954 |
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| Description: | Talking to the ringmaster at a Ringling Brothers-Barnum and Bailey Circus show is 96 year-old Nellie Kedzie Jones, an educational pioneer and Home Economic... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of men, women and children ready to disembark ship. Original caption reads: "Determination to make good is written on the faces of the Wiscon... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | One of a group of images under the headline: "Matanuska Valley Colonists Wait for Mail, Carry Water, Haul Logs." Original caption reads: "J.J. Bugge, Minne... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | One of a group of images under the headline: "Matanuska Valley Colonists Wait for Mail, Carry Water, Haul Logs." Original caption reads: "You can't get wat... |
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