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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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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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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

Army Unit Marching

Date: 1909
Description: View across road and grass towards a group of soldiers marching through a Fox Lake neighborhood.
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 ...
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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...
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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

Date: 
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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Playing with Puppies

Date: 1960
Description: Portrait of a man and woman sitting on the lawn of the Krueger farm playing with puppies. Each of them is holding a puppy. The puppies mother stands next t...
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Holding Puppy and Dog

Date: 1960
Description: Portrait of couple kneeling on the lawn. The women on the left cradles a puppy in her lap, while the man holds a puppy in his right hand while his left arm...
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Picnicking with Friends

Date: 1961
Description: Group of people sitting together at a picnic table in a park. The table is laid out with food and paper plates and cups. Elna Krueger sits at the top of th...
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Together on the Couch

Date: 1961
Description: Edgar and Elna Krueger sitting with friends on a couch. A cat sits on the lap of a man in overalls in the center. Edgar sits in overalls next to him with E...
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Group Sitting on a Couch

Date: 1961
Description: Elna Krueger is squeezed between two other couples on a couch. A cat sits in the lap of the woman on the far left.

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