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German Free Thinkers Society

Date: 1902
Description: Members of the German-American Freie Gemeinde ("Free Thinkers") organization, posing in front of their building at Sauk City.
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Young Women at Devil's Lake

Date: 1905
Description: Six young women posed among the rocks at Devil's Lake.
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Hillside Home School

Date: 1908
Description: Three boys posing in front of Hillside Home School. The Hillside Home School was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1901 for his aunts, Jane and Ellen Lloyd...
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Young Couples at the Grand Regatta

Date: 1877
Description: Well-dressed young couples sit in the foreground. In the background is a picket fence running along a busy road with horse and buggy traffic. Further on is...
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Monroe (Munroe) House

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of the Monroe (Munroe?) House, with three people posing on the front porch.
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Marion Park Club House

Date: 1906
Description: View across yard of house with large group of people gathered on porch posing for photograph.
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Jacob Gasser Family

Date: 1898
Description: Group portrait of the Jacob Gasser family standing in front of the farmhouse at Tower Rock Farm.
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First Smoke Stack at Power Plant Construction Site

Date: 05 06 1911
Description: Workmen posing while erecting the first smokestack at the power plant construction site on the Wisconsin River. Two men have scaled the stack.
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Crew at Power Dam Waiting for Dinner

Date: 05 31 1912
Description: Workmen posing outside the dining hall before dinner.
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Construction Workers at Dam Construction Site

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of a group of workers posing on the east bank of the Wisconsin River at the power dam construction site. One man is strumming his shovel like...
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East Shore Abutment Under Construction

Date: 04 14 1911
Description: Workers posing inside the forms for the east shore abutment at the power dam site.
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Camping Party at Devil's Lake

Date: 07 1876
Description: A camping party rests at the top of a bluff at Devil's Lake State Park.
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Messenger's Spring

Date: 1906
Description: Four men, identified as Charles E. Brown of Milwaukee, Joyce W. Caron, H.E. Cole (second from right), and A.B. Stout, all of Baraboo, rest at Messenger's S...
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Probably Parfrey's Glen

Date: 1909
Description: Seven women and a man pose on a large boulder in front of a wall-like rock formation, probably in Parfrey's Glen.
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Monroe (Munroe) House

Date: 1910
Description: Three women and a man posed on and around the porch of the Monroe House. Potted plants, a flower box, and vines grace the porch.
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Family Camping

Date: 1925
Description: A Native American (possibly Ho-Chunk) family rests at their campsite under a large tree. There is a bucket suspended over a small campfire.
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Clough, Wiswall and Stoddard Portrait

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Description: A group portrait of Pearl Clough, Myrtle Stoddard, Fraua Wiswall, Zilla Wiswall, and Roy Stoddard (probably left to right). Three of the women are posed to...
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Hunters with Deer

Date: 1940
Description: A group of 14 hunters poses in front of seven field dressed deer which hang from a rack made of metal pipe. There is a barn in the far background, left, an...
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Cornerstone Ceremony

Date: 10 01 1939
Description: A group poses at the laying of the cornerstone for August Derleth's new house, the Place of Hawks. Attendees include, back row, left to right, E.B. Trimpey...
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Reunion of the Iron Brigade

Date: 09 16 1896
Description: Outdoor group portrait of a reunion of the Iron Brigade, veterans of the Civil War, and their families at Devil's Lake, Wisconsin. The couple seated in...

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