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Gesell Family Burlesque

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Description: The Gesell family in costume with broom, sword, and other props for a humorous picture. Family members identified as follows: Gerhard Jr. (drinking from pi...
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Renaissance Faire

Date: 1909
Description: A group of people dressed up in medieval-style clothing.
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Military Ball Sabre Arch

Date: 04 15 1932
Description: Military ball sabre arch.
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Second Herman Amberg Preus Spring Prairie Parsonage

Date: 1869
Description: This is the second Herman Amberg Preus Spring Prairie parsonage. Four men in the foreground pose with rakes and tools. One man sights along a shotgun. Oth...
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Group posed in Yard of House

Date: 1872
Description: Two women and three men are posing in a yard. One man is holding a shotgun, another a carpenter's saw. The frame house behind them has a small front porch ...
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Group of Campers at McBride's Point

Date: 1879
Description: A group of campers at McBride's Point at Maple Bluff on Lake Mendota near Madison, Wisconsin. They are equipped with German exercise equipment (exercise pi...
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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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Large Family around Table for Coffee

Date: 1873
Description: A family of sixteen in yard around table set for coffee. Three men are in the background, one holding a shotgun. There is a frame house with shutters and s...
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Women on Horses

Date: 1874
Description: Group portrait of family in yard. Two women are posing on horses, one man has a rifle, and another man has a hoe. A woman is sitting in front of the porch ...
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Dickey Chapelle with Bullets

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Description: Photographer Dickey Chapelle displays bullets and casings.
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Old Abe Displayed to Crowd

Date: 10 14 1861
Description: Engraving of Old Abe, mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Civil War Voluntary Infantry, displayed for a crowd. The eagle bearer holds Old Abe's staff perch while t...
Postcard

Woman Aiming Gun

Date: 1906
Description: Woman in a dress and hat standing in a field and aiming a gun.
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First Costume Ball

Date: 02 18 1949
Description: Members of Ethlyn Jefferds' dancing class, fifth and sixth grade students from Shorewood, Randall, and Lakewood schools, attending their first costume ball...
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Group of Women in Costume

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Description: Studio portrait of group in costume in front of a painted backdrop.
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Group at Lawn Party

Date: 08 09 1902
Description: Group portrait of lawn party. Syl sits on the ground holding a sword in front of four women who are seated and one woman who is standing. The men, all wear...
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Group Posed with Rifles and Pistols

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Description: A group of men, women and children posed in Harry Dankoler's photography studio holding rifles and pistols as if they were surrounded.
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Cartoon of the Flight of Jefferson Davis

Date: 1865
Description: Jefferson Davis in a hoop skirt with a basket and fallen dagger. Photographic card of a cartoon concerning Jefferson Davis' flight across Georgia in women...
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President Franklin Roosevelt in Mexico

Date: 1943
Description: President Franklin Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt on the officials platform during a visit to Monterrey, Mexico. Standing between them (and also pictured on ...
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Cartoon of Jefferson Davis

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Description: Carte-de-visite cartoon drawing of Jefferson Davis, showing him as he fled from being captured by Union troops when they took Richmond, Virginia. He is dis...
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Alligator Attack

Date: 1903
Description: Humorous posed photograph of a woman in a wagon being attacked by an alligator. The alligator is stuffed and propped against the side of the wagon. The wom...

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