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Bennett Family Picnic

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Description: Bennett family picnic at Dell House ruins.
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Men in Farmyard with Farm Implements

Date: 1873
Description: Four men stand with a scythe, hoe and pitchfork in the yard of a farmhouse. By the porch of the house are three women. The wood frame house has a stone fou...
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Family by Stone Gate

Date: 1879
Description: A well-dressed family of four is posed in front of a stone fence with a picket gate. Behind them is a Greek Revival frame house with shuttered windows.
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Salisbury House

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the Salisbury house, with a horse-drawn wagon located to the left side of the home and William Salisbury, John Salisbury, Mrs. William Sal...
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Children on Snow Sled with Mother

Date: 12 06 1947
Description: Winter scene with Betty Ann and Arthur G. Field on a sled in the snow with their mother Elizabeth Field kneeling next to them near a stone wall. The family...
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Males

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk males posing sitting and leaning against a prop stone wall. Probably John Blackh...
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Studio Portrait of Lucy Decorah, Belle Hall and a Young Boy

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk women and a boy. Lucy Decorah (AhHoRaPaNeeWinKah) is sitting on a prop stone wall on the lef...
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Studio Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Man and Children

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man posing sitting wearing a vest, bandana, and hat, and holding an infant. He is surrounded b...
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Ernst Friedlander Family in Home

Date: 10 03 1951
Description: Portrait of Ernst and Marie Friedlander with their baby, Helen, in the living room of their home that Ernst designed. The room includes a stone wall firepl...
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Father's Day

Date: 06 10 1952
Description: Claude Reigle explains croquet to his three children, Judy, 11, Kenny, 9, and Pamela, 7. They are posed in front of a stone wall at their home at 1233 Semi...
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Bodden Barn

Date: 2004
Description: Todd and Mary Alice Bodden, Matthew (14) and Thomas (10), live at N8202 Hwy 175 (Section 23). This barn has been in the Bodden family since 1851.
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Bodden Silo

Date: 2004
Description: The Todd Bodden family poses by this wonderful, old silo, which was built in 1910. One can only imagine how many field stones were used in the 12-inch thic...
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Giese Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: This barn, at W2208 Hwy AY (Section 31), stands isolated in a field between the farms of brothers Lloyd and Loren Giese. Lloyd Giese and his son, Andy, are...
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Meskan's on East Lake

Date: 1936
Description: View from shoreline of family members dressed in bathing suits, sitting on rock strewn incline in front of a cottage. One man is dressed in trousers and sh...
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Group Portrait of Men and Women on Estate

Date: 1895
Description: Group of relatives and associates of John Johnston, posed sitting and standing on the steps of the estate. Some of the men wear bowler hats and hold canes,...
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Studio Portrait of European American Family

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified family. A man is posing sitting on a prop stone wall and holding an infant, who is wearin...
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Studio Portrait of European American Family

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Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified family. A man and an infant are posing sitting on a prop stone wall and column. On ...
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Studio Portrait of European American Family

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified family. A man is posing sitting on a prop stone wall with his elbow resting on a stone co...
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Studio Portrait of European American Family

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Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified family. A man is posing sitting on the left on a prop stone wall, and a woman is po...
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Studio Portrait of European American Family

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified family. A man and woman are posing with a young girl and boy, and an older girl and boy. ...

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