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Norris & Rowe Circus Personnel

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Description: A group portrait of Norris & Rowe circus performers outside a tent at winter quarters, including clowns, riders, and high wire performers.
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Men Using Tractor and Threshing Machine

Date: 1897
Description: Large group portrait of men and young boys operating a steam tractor that is being used for belt-driven threshing machinery in a field. In the foreground a...
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Reynolds' Farm Yard

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Description: Marjorie Quinney and Henry and Howard Reynolds stand in front of the Reynold's family farmhouse with two horses and a dog.
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Men and Boys Waving near McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait of men and boys waving in a field. One man is operating a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder. Another man and a boy are in a horse-drawn bug...
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Bluff at Woodlawn Farm

Date: 1932
Description: View looking up at two boys with two dogs posing atop a bluff at the Charles Gottschall farm.
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Bringing in the Herd

Date: 1932
Description: Russell, left, and Ira Wepking pose as they pause from bringing in the dairy cows; they have taken off their hats, which are on the ground. A small dog sta...
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Men Using Horse-Drawn Mowers in Field

Date: 1900
Description: View across partially harvested field towards a group of people posing. On the left are what may be young children posing on a horse-drawn vehicle. A man i...
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McCormick Reaping and Mowing Machine

Date: 1900
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man and a young boy using a reaping and rowing machine. The boy is sitting on the horse pulling the machine. A number of men an...
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Men and Boys with Horse-Drawn Mowers

Date: 1900
Description: View of a man standing in a field on the left near a man using a horse-drawn mower. On the right a young boy is using another horse-drawn mower. A small do...
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Boat on Trailer

Date: 1935
Description: A circa 1930 pickup truck pulling a trailer with a racing yacht is parked in a grassy, wooded area. "The North American Press" is printed on the truck's do...
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Stebbins House

Date: 1904
Description: A group is posing in front of a two-story wood frame house with a lower wing at left. Mae von der Sump is standing near a column at the left of steps leadi...
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Hernkind House and Family

Date: 09 08 1904
Description: August Hernkind, center, and his wife Kate are posing with their seven children in front of their one and one-half story wood frame farm house. Their daugh...
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...
Postcard

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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H.J. Shaver & Son

Date: 12 30 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Store of H.J. Shaver & Son, Spring Prairie, Wis." A clapboard store with large front windows. A group is posing in front, with a man ...

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