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Civil War Army Post Office

Date: 08 1864
Description: Soldiers relax around the Army Post Office at the quarters of the Chief Ambulance Officer, Ninth Army Corps.
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Ruth Holt with Mother

Date: 07 23 1934
Description: Portrait of Ruth Holt holding golf club, at the Nakoma golf course, age 10. She was the youngest player in the Junior Qualifying Round of the Wisconsin Wom...
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Student Golf Match

Date: 06 01 1931
Description: View of grade school championship golf match on the 4th green, with seven men and boys on the fourth green of Glenway Municipal Golf Course, corner of Spee...
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Tonyawatha House

Date: 1879
Description: A group of men posing in the yard of the Tonyawatha House, later the Tonyawatha Spring Hotel, with paddles and carpentry tools. The hotel is a frame bracke...
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Big Falls Fire Fighters

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of a fire fighting crew posing with buckets and shovels. They are battling the Big Falls Forest Fire.
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Habermann Hotel and Buffet

Date: 1900
Description: View across dirt road of two businesses. On the left is a two-story brick building with large windows which are painted with signs that say: "Habermann Buf...
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Whiting House

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph view of the Whiting House with its large harbor and boats. Whiting House is a four-story wood frame Second Empire style hotel standing on the l...
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Spectators Walking Across Golf Course

Date: 06 26 1955
Description: Spectators walk across Maple Bluff Golf Course during the Women's Western Golf Association Tournament.
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Helen Hall, Youth Hostel Secretary

Date: 05 18 1944
Description: Helen Hall, secretary at the Youth Hostel headquarters on the Samuel Post farm on Middleton Road, near Shorewood Hills.
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Carolyn Hall, Bruce Mohs, and David Culver

Date: 05 18 1944
Description: Carolyn Hall, Bruce Mohs, and David Culver, with bicycles, at the Youth Hostel on the Samuel Post farm, located on Middleton Road, near Shorewood Hills.
Postcard

Children Posing with Nun

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Description: Studio portrait of three children with flower bouquets in front of a painted backdrop. One boy is seated and two girls are standing. All of the children ar...
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Young Girl Holding Rose

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young girl standing on a chair, holding a rose in her hand. The young girl's hair is pulled...
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Girl with Certificate

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of young girl with a scroll on a table, probably a graduation diploma. She is wearing all white and has a fa...
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Two Children and a Rose

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Description: Studio portrait of two children, Liane Faust Hilgers and Harold Pick, sitting on stools in front of a painted backdrop. Harold is holding up a rose and Lia...
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Girls on Their Graduation

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio portrait of two girls on the occasion of their graduation. They are dressed in white dresses with bows in their hair, cor...
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Viola and Clarence Joss Graduation

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio portrait of Viola and Clarence Joss on the occasion of their graduation. Each of them holds a rolled diploma in their lef...
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Rose Worringer on Her Communion

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Description: Photographic postcard of a seated studio portrait of Rose Worringer on the occasion of her First Communion. She has a decorative bouquet of flowers pinned ...
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Wisconsin Women's Golf Association Tournament

Date: 07 12 1949
Description: Sixteen-year old Peggy Kral of Shawano Lake's Shalagoco Golf Club, a possible contender for junior honors in the Wisconsin Women's Association tournament, ...
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Portrait of Two Young Ho-Chunk Men

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Description: Studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk men posing sitting and wearing suits and ties in front of a painted backdrop. The young man on the right wearing the ...
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Studio Portrait of Edward Funmaker and Frank Washington Lincoln

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk men posing in front of a painted backdrop. The man on the right is sitting, and the man on the left is st...

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