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Henry Bigalk and Emil Kuney (Keune)

Date: 1906
Description: Henry Bigalk relaxes in a wheelbarrow holding an axe in his left hand, while Emil Kuney (Keune) is grabbing the wheelbarrow handles as if to transport Biga...
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Florentina Feeding Chickens

Date: 1915
Description: Florentina Krueger feeding chickens in the yard.
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G. Thompson Family and Domestic Machines

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Description: The G. Thompson family posing in front of their wooden house. One woman is sitting at a sewing machine working on a quilt while another is working at a kn...
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G. Thompson Family and Domestic Machines

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Description: The G. Thompson family poses in front of their wooden house. One woman sits at a sewing machine working on a quilt while another works at a knitting machin...
Postcard

Carl Schurz Home

Date: 1915
Description: View of the Carl Schurz home shortly before it was destroyed by fire. Caption reads: "Home of Hon. Carl Schurz, Watertown, Wis."
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Globe Milling Company Office

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Globe Milling Company office.
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Globe Milling Co. Office

Date: 1910
Description: View across street towards the Globe Milling Company office.
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High School

Date: 1860
Description: The first high school erected in Palmyra, built about 1860. People are standing in the yard.
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The Carl Schurz House

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the Carl Schurz home in Watertown, Wisconsin. Schurz was a German-American politician and statesman. There is a horse and a horse-drawn ve...
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Operating Machinery Outdoors

Date: 1915
Description: A young boy in overalls operates a machine, perhaps a pump for water, underneath a windmill. There are overturned buckets in the foreground. An elderly man...
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Man Sitting on Rock in Winter

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Description: Man sitting on rock holding a cane in a park or backyard enclosed by low wooden fence. Possibly Dr. William F. Whyte.
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Large Group Portrait

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of adults and one child posed in yard in front of a house, with a member of the clergy in the front. Perhaps a wedding portrait.
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Group Posed in Garden Setting

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Description: Woman seated on a park bench holding flowers. A young man stands behind her leaning on the bench, and two boys are posed nearby. One boy holds a box camera...
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Arthur J. Gafke Residence

Date: 02 13 1952
Description: Exterior view of the residence and yard of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Gafke, located in rural Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. The octagonal house was built in 1850.
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Landscaping outside Suburban Residence

Date: 07 17 1926
Description: Lawn and foundation planting outside suburban house, including Colorado blue spruce.
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Landscaping of Suburban Residence

Date: 06 1926
Description: Front yard landscaping of suburban house including foundation planting, terraced lawn, and window boxes. On the left is a driveway leading to a garage.
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Maple Beach Hotel

Date: 1930
Description: The exterior of the Maple Beach Hotel. The Hotel consists of a three-story building and a connected two-story house.
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Jones Dairy Farm Sausage Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Jones Dairy Farm Sausage of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, with the letterhead text superimposed on a farmhouse scene with trees in the foreground...
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Hattie Braemer with Twins in Wagon

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Description: Hattie Braemer, the children's caretaker, is standing next to the twins who are sitting in a wagon. A woman is standing on the porch behind them.
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Flora Krueger with Twins

Date: 10 15 1899
Description: Flora Krueger is standing behind the twins, aged 6 months, 7 days, who are sitting in highchairs. Edgar, left, weighs 23 lbs., Jennie, right, weighs 19 lbs...

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