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Krueger Children on Front Porch

Date: 12 1905
Description: Edgar and Jennie Krueger are sitting on the front porch of the Krueger home with an Edison Standard phonograph sitting on a chair between them. Two Edison ...
Photograph

Cat in Rocking Chair

Date: 1905
Description: Jennie and Edgar Krueger's cat Tramp dressed up in old boys' clothes and sitting in a rocking chair. The cat has its paws on a board that has been placed o...
Photograph

Krueger Children at their First Christmas

Date: 12 26 1900
Description: Jennie, in rocking chair, and Edgar Krueger, on a rocking horse, with small Christmas tree and toys, including wagon, blocks, and doll, displayed outside o...
Postcard

Schurz Home

Date: 1911
Description: Exterior view of the home. Caption reads: "Home of the Hon. Carl Schurz, Watertown, Wis."
Postcard

Carl Schurz Home

Date: 1915
Description: View of the Carl Schurz home shortly before it was destroyed by fire. Caption reads: "Home of Hon. Carl Schurz, Watertown, Wis."
Postcard

Schurtz Home

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Schurz home. Caption reads: "Carl Schurtz's Home, Watertown, Wis."
Photograph

Octagon House

Date: 1945
Description: Exterior view of the Octagon House.
Photograph

Octagon House Model

Date: 1948
Description: A model of the Richards' Octagon House, showing the original structure of the porches.
Postcard

Octagon House

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior view of the Octagon House. Caption reads: "The Octagon House. Built 1852 by Hon. John Richards on Richards Hill. Watertown, Wis."
Drawing

Octagon House

Date: 1885
Description: Drawing of the Octagon House with a horse and carriage in the foreground.
Photograph

Octagon House

Date: 1870
Description: Exterior view of the Richards' Octagon House, with a horse and carriage and various people posed in front of it. Caption reads: "Octagon House Watertown Wi...
Photograph

Octagon House

Date: 1870
Description: Exterior view of the Octagon House with a horse and carriage posed in the foreground and several people around it and on its porches. Caption reads: "Octag...
Photograph

Octagon House

Date: 1880
Description: Exterior view of the Richards octagon house.
Photograph

Blumenfeld House

Date: 1930
Description: Blumenfeld house, home of David Blumenfeld, 811 N. 4th Street.
Photograph

Bashford Farmhouse

Date: 1927
Description: Exterior of the Bashford farmhouse.
Photograph

The Carl Schurz House

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the Carl Schurz home in Watertown, Wisconsin. Schurz was a German-American politician and statesman. There is a horse and a horse-drawn ve...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Family Portrait

Date: 
Description: Father, mother and three girls stand on front porch of what appears to be their home. There is a sign for an office in the basement on the left.
Photograph

Large Group Portrait

Date: 
Description: Outdoor group portrait of adults and one child posed in yard in front of a house, with a member of the clergy in the front. Perhaps a wedding portrait.
Photograph

The Home of Carl Schurz

Date: 1900
Description: Carl Schurz's house is partially visible behind trees at the end of an unpaved curving drive. A young boy sits on the edge of the porch. Caption reads: "Ho...

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