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Norwegian Family with Possessions

Date: 1870
Description: Norwegian family posing with their household possessions, in front of their home. The man dressed in military uniform is a Civil War veteran. Madison, Wisc...
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Girl with Dolls

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Description: Young Jennie Krueger, the photographer's daughter, sitting with her dolls on the porch.
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Boy with Dog Pulling Wagon

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Description: Three small children with a wagon drawn by a dog.
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WIBA Fern Room

Date: 12 05 1930
Description: WIBA fern room with piano, organ, ferns, and a turntable. There is a Teddy Bear on top of the organ on the right, and on the left is a bird in a birdcage.
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Playing with Wagons

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Description: Esther Bigalk Clark, Edgar Krueger (on tricycle), Jennie Krueger, and Josie Bigalk Wendorf playing with wagons, dolls and a toy wheelbarrow outdoors.
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Family by Vine Covered House

Date: 1873
Description: A wooden fence with widely spaced pickets is in the foreground. Behind it is a family in the yard of a frame house that has vines covering its windows, nic...
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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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Two Young Girls in Yard

Date: 09 15 1948
Description: Two young girls outside with a toy pedal station wagon. Possibly children of a Harley family.
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Child with International Harvester Toy Truck

Date: 02 26 1923
Description: Joseph Byron Young playing with a toy International truck in the yard of a farm.
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Lewis Arms, Jr. with Balloons

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Description: Lewis Arms, Jr. stands in front of a house holding two balloons.
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Family Group

Date: 1905
Description: A group portrait of two women, a man, a boy and a girl posing in a parlor; two other rooms are visible through doorways. The girl is seated in front of a p...
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Young Girl with Teddy Bear

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Description: A young girl stands in a yard near the corner of a house with her Teddy Bear in one arm. She is shading her eyes from the sun and is looking down. She is w...
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Jennie and Edgar Krueger in Front of Plant

Date: 03 18 1900
Description: Jennie and Edgar Krueger, at 11 months and 17 days old, each sitting on a chair covered with a dark cloth. They are posing in front of a white backdrop and...
Postcard

Child on Hobby Horse

Date: 1930
Description: A child rides a hobby horse that is pulling a wagon filled with a toy lion and doll. A rocking chair holding a large doll, a small doll and teddy bear is p...
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Children with Toy Car

Date: 1910
Description: Ferdinand Leonard Hotz sits in a toy car while his sister Margaret (Sissy) sits glumly on the ground.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 400-412

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Description: We were promised, we were told
that candy came in stripes and boxes

But some was stacked,
like lost rewards, the chocolate-coated paradoxes
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Playing on Rocks

Date: 1901
Description: Jennie and Edgar Krueger playing with Effy Goetsch Carr on a pile of rocks. All three children have toys in their hands.
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141 - Three Young Campers with Toys

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Description: Three young campers sit in a shady, grassy area, each with a toy. One has a stuffed animal horse, one has a toy canoe, and one has a toy sail boat. All thr...
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Toy Boat in a Pond

Date: 07 24 1904
Description: Edgar Krueger standing in a lime kiln pond playing with a toy sailboat. An American flag is on top the mast of the sailboat. Florentina and Jennie Krueger ...
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Christmas Time

Date: 1940
Description: Robert and Shirley Krueger sitting in front of a decorated Christmas tree. Robert is sitting crossed legged while Shirley is sitting and reading a book. Se...

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