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Joseph and Emma Gillett

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Description: Indoor portrait of Joseph and Emma Gillett, parents of Sherwin Gillett.
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Conrad and Maria Schmitt

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Description: Full-length portrait of Maria and Conrad Schmitt, Sherwin Gillett's mother- and father-in-law.
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Conrad Schmitt Family

Date: 1916
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Conrad Schmitt family. Sherwin and Emma (nee Schmitt) Gillett are standing on the far left. Sherwin is holding infant son, Lo...
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Untitled Daguerreotype of Man and Woman

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Description: Portrait of a woman and man.
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Untitled Daguerreotype of Man and Woman

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Description: Portrait of a woman and man.
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Three-Wheeled Railroad Cycle

Date: 1908
Description: C.F. Kaufman and his wife seated on a bicycle which he adapted to run, as a three-wheeled cycle, on railroad rails.
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Charles Minton Baker and Elizabeth Holt Baker

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Description: Two sixth plate ambrotypes of Charles Minton Baker, (on left) (1804-1872) and his second wife, (on right) Elizabeth Holt Baker. Baker lived in Lake Geneva,...
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Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hobbins Wedding

Date: 1902
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hobbins smile at one another and hold hands as a full-length wedding portrait is taken. She is standing, and he is sitting in a chair on...
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Otto and Mathilda Hammer

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Description: Otto and Mathilda Hammer in their large garden outside their home. Otto Hammer helped build the first sawmill in Hillsburo in 1855.
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Marc Mitscher and Family Members

Date: 07 12 1945
Description: Vice-Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, a Hillsboro native, in conversation with his mother, Mrs. Myrta Mitscher (left), and his wife, Frances Smalley Mitscher, aft...
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William and Emma Godfrey

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of William and Emma Godfrey. The couple is shown waist-up seated next to each other with their hands crossed on their laps. There...
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Bryce Canyon National Park

Date: 05 2005
Description: Joan Obey, Ranger Brent McGinn and Congressman David Obey at Bryce Canyon National Park. Canyon walls are in the far background.
Magazine or Periodical

Kentzler Article and Photograph

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Description: A brief article about Claire and Jim Kentzler, the couple who owned and managed the Green Ram Theater.
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Norwegian Farmers

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Description: A farming couple pose together on the steps of a building with a sod roof in Nordfjord country. In the background is a lake and a mountain on the far shore...
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Aslak Olsen Lie and His Family

Date: 1878
Description: Seated in front, from left to right are Ole Granum, Marit Lie (wife of Aslak), Aslak Lie, and Ingrid Lie Granum. In the second row, from left to right, are...
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Celebration at Black Point

Date: 07 12 1944
Description: Family members pose on the lawn of the Bartholomay house on the Black Point Estate. They have gathered to celebrate the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Cla...
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William O. Petersen

Date: 06 1981
Description: William O. Petersen, right, poses with his wife, Jane Browne Petersen, and cousin Ernst Schmidt Reese. Jane holds a package of cucumber seeds and a hand cu...
Drawing

Wedding Portrait of Heike and Maria Ketola

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Description: Crayon drawing from Old World Wisconsin collection displayed in the Ketola House, which was restored on the museum grounds in 1976. The drawing is of Heiki...
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Mr. and Mrs. Clint Smith

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Description: Interior portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Clint Smith. He is seated on a fainting couch on the left, and she is sitting in a chair behind him on the right. There i...
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Mr. and Mrs. Schmedeman Showing Off Their Catch

Date: 09 27 1933
Description: Albert and Katherine Schmedeman are standing outdoors, both holding a small stringer with a large fish hanging from it. Both Albert and Katherine are holdi...

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