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Peter Lagacy Family

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Description: The family of French-Canadian immigrant Peter Lagacy, posing with produce, including a large cabbage, potatoes, and carrots, in front of their log farm hom...
Photograph

Backyard

Date: 1985
Description: Backyard of the Quinney house on South Third Street in DeKalb County.
Photograph

Birch Trees in a Backyard

Date: 05 11 1963
Description: A backyard view of the Hoeser residence at 200 Prospect Street. A small birdhouse and several birch trees are visible.
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Bear Chasing Boy up Tree

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Description: View of a boy perched in a tree with a bear standing at the base while a dog looks on. In the background are stone walls and a house.
Photograph

Ludden's Poultry and Eggs

Date: 1921
Description: Exterior view of Ludden's Poultry and Eggs from the dirt road. The shop features a porch, gable roof, and fenced yard. There are wooden crates and barrels ...
Photograph

C.W. Klein Farm

Date: 05 30 1916
Description: Farm yard and buildings as seen from a rural road. Original caption: "This farm has been farmed by tenant for at least 10 years. Present tenant J.T. Siebel...
Print

Rural Route No. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Rural Route No. 3 in Fall Creek, Wisconsin, with a woman in front of a house retrieving mail from a mailbox and a horse-drawn U.S. R.F.D. ma...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Scrapbook: Garden Club

Date: 1938
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with members of the Garden Club posing in their yards or next to their plants. Started in 1931 as part of...
Photograph

Harvey Lein

Date: 1932
Description: Harvey Lein, 13, poses with a flock of chickens near a barn. He is wearing a cap and bib overalls and is carrying a bucket. There are bushes blooming in ...
Photograph

German Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1912
Description: View from road of the German Methodist Episcopal Church. The double doorway has an arched window above it, and another circular window with a decorative fr...
Photograph

Cozy Nook Cottages at "Wee Hoose" Service Station

Date: 1929
Description: Two small guest cottages on the side of a road. A well is on the right, and a birdhouse is on the left near a bench. The White House hotel is across the ro...
Photograph

Apiary of Elias Fox

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Description: Backyard apiary of Elias Fox. Chickens are in the yard among the numbered beehives. Fox and family are posing standing in the background in front of a fenc...
Photograph

A Couple, Their Home and a Dog

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Description: Outdoor view across lawn of a man and woman posing standing on the porch of a wooden house. There is a dog standing in the foreground on the right.
Photograph

Three Women in a Surrey

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Description: Outdoor view three women posing sitting in a surrey pulled by a team of two horses on the driveway of a well-manicured yard with sculpted shrubs. Identifie...
Photograph

Sam Goetsch on Horseback

Date: 07 28 1901
Description: Sam Goetsch sitting on a horse in a fenced-in yard.
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Sam Goetsch on Horseback

Date: 07 28 1901
Description: Sam Goetsch sitting atop a horse in a fenced-in yard.
Photograph

Sam Goetsch on Horseback

Date: 07 28 1901
Description: Sam Goetsch sitting atop a horse in a fenced in yard.
Postcard

State Fish Hatchery

Date: 1920
Description: Photographic postcard of the state fish hatchery. Caption reads: "State Fish Hatchery, Delafield, Wis."
Photograph

Two Women and a Dog in a Yard

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Description: View towards two women and a dog posing standing in the yard of a wooden house. Trees and plants fill the yard, and on the far left laundry is hanging from...
Photograph

View of Two People in front of Unidentified Residence

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Description: View across lawn towards an unidentified wooden house surrounded by trees. A man and woman are standing in the yard on the left, and a man and a horse are ...

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