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Prize-Winning Cabbage

Date: 09 28 1895
Description: Five-acre cabbage field of Martin Anderson near Grantsburg, with several frame houses in the background. Mr. Anderson is holding a prize-winning head of ca...
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Martha Buelke with her Cow

Date: 1899
Description: Grandma Martha (Goetsch) Buelke posed in front of a barn with her favorite cow. She is holding a milking pail.
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Two Lumbermen with Saw

Date: 1880
Description: Two lumbermen posing with a two-man crosscut saw they are using on a fallen tree trunk, cutting the pine into manageable sizes for hauling.
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Woman at Traveling Photographer's Wagon

Date: 1890
Description: A woman, possibly the daughter of C.R. Monroe, holding up an image of Black River Falls Main Street at the back of a traveling photographer's wagon.
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Tzi-Kal-Tza

Date: 1866
Description: Tzi-Kal-Tza, Nez Perce, seated outdoors with a rifle across his lap. The original photo is attributed to the William Henry Jackson collection (PH 252 (3...
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Locomotive No. 539

Date: 1882
Description: View across railroad tracks of two men posing near the right side of locomotive no. 539 on another set of railroad tracks. The locomotive was built by the ...
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Man Posing with Haystacks

Date: 09 1895
Description: A lone man poses with haystacks in northern Wisconsin.
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Men in Sorghum Field

Date: 09 09 1895
Description: Two men with scythes stand in front of a sorghum patch planted on May 20th, 1895. The view was taken near Osceola.
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Little Girls in the Sun

Date: 1890
Description: Two small girls dressed in ruffles and bows sit on a woven carpet outside in the sun.
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Lars D. Reque

Date: 1879
Description: Two men in hats, one with a walking cane, are standing in front of a frame house that has a small porch with latticework in front and a Hekla Fire Insuranc...
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Family in front of House

Date: 1869
Description: A family sits around a table in a yard. One woman holds a stereoscope in her lap. Behind them is a frame house with shutters on some of the windows, and a ...
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Yankee-Built Greek Revival House

Date: 1870
Description: A Yankee-built Greek Revival frame house from the 1840s. The small dark rectangular plaque above the door is a Madison Mutual Insurance Company sign that i...
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Couple on Front Porch

Date: 1878
Description: Couple on front porch, man in hat, woman in bonnet, with chair on porch and grain of door noticeable; box underneath porch; brick foundation behind porch s...
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William Terrill Bradby

Date: 10 1899
Description: Portrait of William Terrill Bradby wearing a headdress and holding a club. Part of the Algonquian and Pamunkey Tribes.
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Men by Haystacks

Date: 1873
Description: View across bare field towards two men posing with four haystacks behind a fence. One man is seated on a fence post and the other stands on a ladder agains...
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Portrait of Man and Woman

Date: 1875
Description: Portrait of older man and woman. They are sitting out doors side-by-side in front of a dark colored backdrop.
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Portrait of Mr. Beaty

Date: 1876
Description: Waist-up portrait of Mr. Beaty photographed out-of-doors against a dark backdrop.
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"Won-Si-Vu at Rest"

Date: 1873
Description: Native American woman, a member of the Ute Indian Tribe, seated on a rock outcropping in traditional costume.
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Chief Ta-vah-puts

Date: 1873
Description: Stereograph of Ta-vah-puts, Chief of the U-in-tah Utes, standing in a field.
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"The Messenger In Full Dress"

Date: 1873
Description: Stereograph of a Native American man, a Ute Indian, seated with a dog.

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