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Tollef Gjermundsen Farmstead

Date: 1874
Description: View down hill towards two men in the foreground standing on top of a stone fence looking out onto fields where two or three men are working with two wagon...
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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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Mapleside Home

Date: 1878
Description: Mapleside, the home built by Able Dunning in 1853 on what is now University Avenue. It was razed in 1970 to make way for a Burger King restaurant.
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Mapleside Home

Date: 1876
Description: Mapleside, the home built by Able Dunning in 1853 on what is now University Avenue. It was razed in 1970 to make way for a Burger King restaurant.
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Family on Wrap-Around Porch

Date: 1873
Description: A family is seated on the wrap-around porch, with two men posed holding shotguns standing below them at foundation level. There are two windows in the ston...
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Union High School

Date: 1890
Description: Front view of Union High School with several people and a bicycle in the foreground.
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Ceylon Building

Date: 1893
Description: The gateway to the Ceylon Building's courtyard, from the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The building was purchased by J.J. Mitchell, moved to Lake Geneva...
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Charles and Harrie Atwood

Date: 1864
Description: Carte-de-visite full-length studio portrait of Charles David and Harrie Farwell Atwood, the sons of David Atwood of Madison, Wisconsin. They are posed on a...
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Studio Portrait of Young Ho-Chunk Man David Bow Littlesoldier

Date: 1895
Description: Full-length studio portrait of David Bow Littlesoldier (MauJchayMauNeeKah) posing sitting on a prop stone wall in front of a painted backdrop that appears ...
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Studio Portrait of Lucy Long-Wolf Winneshiek

Date: 1895
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting on a prop stone wall. She is wearing full regalia, including ...
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1895
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Joe Thunderking Lowe (King of Thunder) (WauKonJahHunkKah), sitting and wearing Ho-Chunk-style bandolier bags across his ches...
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Studio Portrait of Will Thunder and Charlie Greengrass

Date: 1899
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young Ho-Chunk men posing standing near a prop stone wall. Charlie Greengrass (HoeHumpChe...
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Studio Portrait of Two Young Ho-Chunk Women

Date: 1892
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young Ho-Chunk women posing sitting on either side of a prop stone wall and prop wood fence. They are...
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Studio Portrait of a Standing Ho-Chunk Man

Date: 1895
Description: Studio full-length portrait in front of Van Schaick's gazebo backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man, wearing period clothes, standing next to a prop stone wall draped ...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Man Holding Paper Fan

Date: 1898
Description: Studio portrait of Sam Wilson aka George Walkingcloud sitting on a stone wall. He is holding a paper fan in his right hand with an illustration of a boat. ...
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Studio Portrait of Frank Greencloud-Redcloud and Ed Greengrass

Date: 1888
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Ho-Chunk men, Frank Greencloud-Redcloud (NotchKeTaKah), left, and Ed Greengrass (CheWinCheKayRayHeKah). Frank Greencloud-Red...
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Wall Street in a Country Town

Date: 1895
Description: Street level view of a dirt road through a country town with pedestrians looking on, a horse-drawn carriage approaching and the facades of a few brick and ...
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If Souls Could Always Dwell Above

Date: 1850
Description: Valentine's Day card with a center oval-framed image of a woman and a cherub leaning on an ornamental stone wall. A column with an ornate top is to the rig...
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Northern End of Jerusalem and Group of Fishermen #1702

Date: 1893
Description: A group of men in robes standing on a rock are facing to the left, perhaps in prayer. Behind and below them is a crowd gathered in front of a high stone wa...

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