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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...
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Sture and Geneva Johnson Residence

Date: 06 28 1955
Description: Geneva Johnson sits in the sunroom of her contemporary home at 313 New Castle Way in Maple Bluff. Her home will be featured on a July 14 Tour of Homes spon...
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Peterson Christmas Tree

Date: 12 24 1945
Description: Unidentified woman seated in a chair next to a decorated Christmas tree with presents underneath. On a table next to the woman are photographs of a soldier...
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Woman Knitting Near Window

Date: 1898
Description: Elderly woman sitting in a rocking chair knitting in front of a window.
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Cary Bass and Grandmother

Date: 1900
Description: Cary Bass and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. M. Lorinda Bass, sitting on the front porch of the Bass family home at 207 Clay Street.
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Everetta Bass and Llora

Date: 1895
Description: Everetta Bass standing next to a woman identified as Llora. They are standing in front of a house at 131 East Montello Street, with the Methodist Church, l...
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Cary Bass Posing with Hoop

Date: 1900
Description: Cary Bass standing beside the Bass family home at 131 East Montello Street. He is holding a hoop.
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Alice M. Tilleson, as a Prominent Socialite

Date: 1905
Description: Alice M. Tilleson, member of the Menomonie High School class of 1905, depicted as a prominent socialite. Pictured being escorted in the back of an automobi...
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Everetta and Cary Bass

Date: 1895
Description: Everetta Bass holds her brother, Cary (Edward C.) Bass in a doorway. On the reverse, in Dr. Bass's handwriting, "Here is a pugilistic grin for you, on the...
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Artist Gordon Hampel with Flowers

Date: 2005
Description: Portrait of Gordon Hampel standing amidst his flowers.
Book or Pamphlet

Thomas Lloyd Jones Portrait and Home

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Description: A page from the book Nakoma Tomahawk with a portrait and brief story about Nakoma resident Thomas Lloyd Jones. The page includes an image of the Jon...
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Elderly Couple Sitting on Steps of House

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Description: A portrait of an elderly couple sitting on steps leading into a frame house. On the right is a metal structure that is probably part of a windmill.
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Family on Porch of Frame House

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Description: A portrait of a family of seven seated on the porch of a frame house. Farm buildings can be seen in the background.
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Family in front of Frame House

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Description: Three boys sitting on a wooden fence near a gate where a women and man are standing next to a baby carriage with a seated infant, in front of a frame house...
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Two Men with Oxen

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Description: Portrait of two men standing with two teams of oxen in front of a frame house and garden.
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Cary and Everetta

Date: 1900
Description: Edward Cary and Everetta Bass on the porch of their house at 207 Clay Street.
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Portrait of Capitola Maddock Dressed in Ho-Chunk Regalia

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Description: A European American woman dressed in Ho-Chunk regalia, including a fringed dress, necklaces, and headband with a feather, posed sitting cross-legged on the...
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Daniel Reynolds

Date: 1909
Description: Daniel Reynolds, wearing a hat, suit coat, and vest with watch fob, sits in a bentwood chair in front of a large tree. There is a board sidewalk behind hi...
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Campaign Portrait of Fred Clausen

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Description: Image of Clausen for his campaign booklet. It was titled: "Clausen Looks Ahead" or "Clausen Looks to the Future." Gauer noted that it had to be retaken bec...
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The Plocker Tavern

Date: 1925
Description: A copy of an older photograph of the William Plocker (Plokker) Tavern south of Fairwater. An unidentified couple sits in the front yard; the man holds a ra...

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