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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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Ada Bass with Children Everetta and Cary

Date: 1900
Description: Ada Bass, seated on the porch, with the family dog seated next to her. Her children, Everetta and Cary (holding a cane in his left hand), are standing on t...
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Ho-Chunk Powwow

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Description: Ho-Chunk men are sitting and standing in an area portioned off by canvas barriers and a lodge and teepee. Identified as probably the Homecoming Powwow in 1...
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Physical Examination of Young Girl

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Description: A nurse or doctor at the Health Center gives a girl a physical examination as the mother, who is holding a baby, looks on.
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Charles Taylor Family

Date: 1902
Description: Family portrait of Charles Taylor, his wife, Ellen Wishart, and their two children taken on the lawn in front of their house. Lorena Taylor, standing besi...
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Easter Season

Date: 04 20 1957
Description: Jo Clark, age 3, is sitting on a table in a department store as clerk Frances Sternberger (left) is tying the chin strap of a new Easter hat. Jo's mother, ...
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Salute to Newsboys

Date: 10 03 1957
Description: Brothers Malcolm, Mathew and Sidney Bourne discussing their finances as newspaper delivery boys with their mother, Mrs. Bailey Bourne, at their home on Lat...
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Women Hugging Two Children on Capitol Square

Date: 05 24 1958
Description: An unidentified woman hugging two children while standing on the Capitol Square across the street from the Park Hotel. At the corner of the Park Hotel on t...
Postcard

Sheboygan in its Infancy

Date: 08 12 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Sheboygan in its Infancy." A pioneer family posing in front of their log cabin, sitting on logs. The man has a dog in his lap, the wo...
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In Its Infancy

Date: 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Sheboygan, Wis., In Its Infancy." A pioneer family posing in front of their log cabin, sitting on logs. The man has a dog in his lap,...

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