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Dorm at Downer College

Date: 1895
Description: Interior of a student's room at Downer (women's) College. Two banjos rest on the chaise in front of the window.
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Railroad Station Office

Date: 1902
Description: Interior, with four men, of a small office, very likely a railroad station office.
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Library at Lind's Shop

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Description: Interior view one of of Hillsboro's early libraries. The library was located in the back of Addie Lind's millinery shop where it connected to an adjoining ...
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Home Economics Class

Date: 1910
Description: Home economics students (all women) dressed in aprons, dresses, and hats, stand in rows at counters tending pots at the Winnebago County School of Agricult...
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Phillip and Isabel La Follette

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Description: Phillip and Isabel Bacon La Follette sitting in comfortable chairs in their living room at home. A large dog, perhaps a Chow, is lying on the rug in front ...
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Horse-drawn School Bus

Date: 1924
Description: A school bus pulled by a team of horses named Colonel and Ned.
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Pigeon Creek Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church, Parish House Dining Room

Date: 1913
Description: Interior of a dining room, with a wood stove and tables. Caption reads: Pigeon Falls, Wis. 1913. Parish house dining room of Pigeon Creek Norwegian Evangel...
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Christian Dick Wine & Liquor Store

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Description: Slightly elevated view of Christian W. Dick, on the left, standing behind the counter of his wine and liquor store. Cigars are in a display case in the lef...
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Accordion Player

Date: 1964
Description: The granddaughter of Nellie Arms playing the accordion, probably in Nellie's home.
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Drug Store Interior

Date: 1915
Description: Interior view of the drugstore owned by Jerome Francis Franklin Jr., located next to the Franklin Hardware Company/Eland Post Office. In the foreground are...
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Two Blacksmiths

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Description: Two men are standing in a blacksmith shop. One man is working at an anvil, the other stands with his hands on his hips. They are wearing leather aprons. Hu...
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Cobbler's Shop

Date: 1919
Description: A cobbler repairing shoes. He is standing at a counter with the tools of his trade and a shelf of shoes and boots. He is wearing a long apron. The shop is ...
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Men in Cookhouse

Date: 1892
Description: A group of six men in the dining hall of a lumber camp. The men are in a room with long tables filled with table settings.
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Two Men in Meat Market

Date: 1907
Description: Note on reverse reads: "Windsor Blaisdell of Rhinelander in meat-market of this old store." He is standing behind the wood stove, and the butcher is leanin...
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Store Interior

Date: 1908
Description: Handwriting on back reads: "Interior of Kahnt's Shoe Store, Seymour, Wis. - at about the turn of the century." The store is filled with merchandise. A sign...
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John Carlson Behind Bar

Date: 1920
Description: Two men are standing on either side of a saloon bar. The bartender on the right is identified as John Carlson. The bar has a stamped tin ceiling, and there...
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Hunting Scene, Slovenian Settlement

Date: 06 01 1912
Description: Caption reads: "Hunting Scene, Slevenic [sic] Settlement, Willard, Wis." Group portrait of eight hunters with guns, and six deer carcasses hanging from a h...

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