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Man in Touring Car

Date: 1915
Description: A man poses in the driver's seat of a car in the yard in front of a farmhouse with a porch. Caption reads: "Man in open touring car in front of farmhouse."
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Comic Shooting Scene

Date: 1900
Description: Staged scene of a man pointing a rifle at another man, who has thrown his hands up and is leaning back. A third person is lying on the ground. A pond is be...
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Ellen Clara Sabin

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Description: Portrait of Ellen Clara Sabin, around the time she became president of Downer College.
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Ellen Clara Sabin

Date: 12 1893
Description: Portrait of Ellen Clara Sabin, while she was president of Downer College. It is signed: "Affectionately yours, Ella C. Sabin. Xmas, 1893."
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Law Firm Family

Date: 06 20 1958
Description: Father and four sons who are attorneys at the Hartman law firm of Juneau. The Hartman family partners are, from left: George, Jr.; Leo C.; father George A....
Postcard

Aftermath of a Fire

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Description: Elevated view of a completely burned building in downtown Horicon at the river. A cigar store is next door, and men are gathered on the bridge.
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Field Trip

Date: 1977
Description: A Holstein calf is stretching its neck through the bars of a pen to peer at the boy who is bending over to take a close look. Feed buckets are hanging on t...
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Four Boys in Swimsuits

Date: 1979
Description: Four boys in swimsuits are laughing and smiling as they walk down a road.
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Duck Hunter

Date: 10 1968
Description: A duck hunter with his gun on his shoulder navigates a marsh using swamp skis. Another hunter is standing in the background.
Postcard

R.H. Runge; General Merchandise

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior view of R.H. Runge's General Merchandise store. A woman and two men are standing near the entrance. Penciled-in note on reverse reads: "Burned ...
Photograph

Baseball Team

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Description: A team portrait of a baseball team. In the top row from left to right are Henry Matthews (kneeling), Fred Smith, Sam Tarraut, Fred Thomas, and Henry Jenny....
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Threshing Scene

Date: 1936
Description: A man is unloading bundles of grain from a horse-drawn wagon to another man (barely visible) who will feed the bundles into an Advance-Rumely threshing mac...
Poster

Our Daddy is Fighting at the Front for You

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an image of a boy and girl standing together. The boy is wearing a sailor suit and holding an American flag. Poster text reads: "Our Daddy...
Photograph

Northern Pike Spawn Collection

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Description: Two men are collecting northern pike spawn on Fox Lake. One man is standing and holding the pike's head, while the other is sitting in a chair with a conta...
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Collecting Northern Pike Spawn

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Description: Close-up view of two men collecting northern pike spawn on Fox Lake. One man is standing and holding the pike's head, while the other man is sitting in a c...
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Successful Hunter

Date: 1976
Description: A hunter is holding his rifle over his left shoulder and is holding a goose in his right hand.
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The Columbus Cottonwood

Date: 1982
Description: An unidentified man and boy, probably John Crombie and his son, posing next to the large trunk of an Eastern poplar, Populus deltoides on the Crombi...
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Eastern Poplar

Date: 1979
Description: An unidentified man, with jacket, hat and gloves, is dwarfed by the forked trunk of a specimen of Populus deltoides, judged in 1976 to be the larges...
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Vel and W. Dale Phillips at Horicon Marsh

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Description: Vel Phillips, wearing a coat and a hat, stands on a gravel road with her husband, W. Dale Phillips, who is wearing a coat and eyeglasses. The marsh is in t...
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Women Cleaning a Canada Goose

Date: 10 22 1984
Description: Two women are working in a kitchen plucking feathers from a goose. Caption reads: Dorothy Pautsch (left) and Jean Kuenzi cleaned a Canada goose at Louis Pa...

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