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Men with Plow

Date: 1873
Description: Group portrait of men gathered in a farmyard, posed behind two plows. The plow in front has Argyle, Wisc. from Michalson Implement Company inscribed on the...
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Theodore Roosevelt in Milwaukee

Date: 10 14 1912
Description: President Theodore Roosevelt leaving the Chicago and North Western depot after arriving in Milwaukee on his October 14th, 1912 visit, during which he was s...
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Three Elizabeths

Date: 1912
Description: Elizabeth Hull, Elizabeth Baker, and Elizabeth Nisbet standing at the tennis court net at Coole Park Manor.
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Alexander Lake's Nursery

Date: 1896
Description: A boy and a man are holding up small white pine trees, while workers are planting them at Alexander Lake's nursery. In the background are horses and wagons...
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County Agent Demonstrating Methods of Judging Swine

Date: 1928
Description: Sitting on pig pen fence, a county agent is demonstrating methods of judging swine to a local Boys & Girls club youth.
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Boy with Rifle

Date: 05 1928
Description: Boy idling away time with a rifle under a tree on the grounds of a rural school.
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McCormick Family at Island Lake Camp

Date: 1888
Description: McCormick family group portrait at Island Lake Camp in Northwestern Wisconsin, owned by Dr. William C. Gray (editor of "The Interior") and the McCormicks. ...
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Fence Sitters

Date: 1922
Description: School friends Ethel and Eleanor fence-sit on a summer day.
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Model Airplane Builder

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Description: Tony Italiano of Waukesha, founder of the Supreme Model Supply Co., with a large model airplane.
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4-H Tractor Queen Serenaded on a Farmall Cub Tractor

Date: 1950
Description: 4-H Tractor Queen receiving a cake on a Farmall Cub tractor while other 4-H members serenade her.
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Farm Family with Implements

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Description: A stonecutter, a cooper or smith (identified by the tools of their trade) and a girl with a pail are standing on the left in contrast to a group of ladies ...
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Friendly Badger

Date: 12 19 1968
Description: A vocational student holds a badger at The Ranch, a training center for mentally and physically disabled young adults.
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Girl Scouts Around a Camp Fire

Date: 10 10 1941
Description: Eight Girl Scouts kneeling around a campfire inside a campfire ring at Camp Indianola.
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Cut Fence

Date: 09 10 1963
Description: A boy repairing the fence at the Golden Guernsey Dairy cooperative McKerrow Farms.
Book or Pamphlet

Excelsior Harvesting Machinery Catalog

Date: 1890
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Excelsior harvesting machinery manufactured by Hoover and Gamble. Features a color illustration of a boy and girl in a ...
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Edgar Krueger with Mink

Date: 1913
Description: Young Edgar Kruegar holding a mink he trapped in one hand and a gun in the other.
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Family Farm House

Date: 1879
Description: Harold and Gunhild Mickelson with five of their daughters (Bertha Mickelson Bragger and her husband are standing on the right), in Section 23 of the Town o...
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Family in front of Wood Frame House

Date: 1878
Description: Three men and two women sit around a table in a yard. Behind them is a picket fence and a wood frame house. One woman holds a fan, another a book, while th...
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Family Posed in Street near House

Date: 1872
Description: A family is seated in chairs in the middle of a street in front of a frame house with shuttered windows. Adjoining this house is what may be a commercial s...
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H.W. Tenney House

Date: 1885
Description: This is the H.W. Tenney house built by Charles Patten in the late 1870's, bought by Mr. Tenney in the spring of 1881. The people are, (left to right): Eva ...

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