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Peter Lagacy Family

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Description: The family of French-Canadian immigrant Peter Lagacy, posing with produce, including a large cabbage, potatoes, and carrots, in front of their log farm hom...
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Wisconsin Farm

Date: 1873
Description: Three people are posing in the foreground, with a man with a long beard standing in front of two women sitting in a horse-drawn carriage. There is a barn a...
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The Robert Bashford House

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view of the Robert M. Bashford house on Pinckney and Gilman Streets. A man wearing a hat stands in the landscaped yard near a small child wearing ...
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Grandall's House

Date: 1899
Description: A path made of wooden planks leads through a tangle of shrubs and other small plants leading to Grandall's house, a two-story brick structure. A man stands...
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Self-Portrait of Photographer Wearing Cape

Date: 1930
Description: The photographer stands on a park or garden path holding his gloves. He wears a coat with attached cape, hat, and large cravat.
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Hunt Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: Greg and Colleen Hunt live at W2451 Dunn Rd (Section 30). They purchased the property in 1996.
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Camaguey Airport, Cuba with Juan Almeida Bosque

Date: 1959
Description: A group of soldiers, including Juan Almeida Bosque (center), operating chief of the Cuban Air Force, are standing outside of Camaguey Airport, Cuba. The so...
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Door County Landscape

Date: 1920
Description: A well-dressed man identified as Uncle Rudolph Schenck takes in the view from a bluff overlooking the Fish Creek valley and harbor. There are houses and ou...
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Richard

Date: 2011
Description: A bearded man named Richard, a friend of the photographer.
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Lunch in the Woods North of Lake Europe

Date: 1919
Description: Three men enjoy a picnic; the man on the right smokes a cigar.
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Group of People in Front of Frame House

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Description: Two men, two women, a young boy, and a dog are posing standing in a yard in front of a frame house. There is a photographer's wagon on the left, and a box ...
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Wonders of the Rocky Rock — Indian Pass #189

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Description: An unidentified bearded man, holding a rifle as a walking stick, and his dog, in front of a rock formation. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders an...
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Bridge Crossing

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Description: Dr. W.T. Rinehart, a prominent Ashland physician and surgeon, with Mrs. Rinehart and a sister, in an automobile crossing a small log bridge, probably over ...
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Elderly Man

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Description: Elderly man posing sitting in front of an arbor and a two-story frame house.
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Group Portrait of Men and Women on Estate

Date: 1895
Description: Group of relatives and associates of John Johnston, posed sitting and standing on the steps of the estate. Some of the men wear bowler hats and hold canes,...
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Six Children of William Krueger

Date: 07 1899
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the six children of William Krueger. In the front row sitting on the grass are, from left: Henry, Minnie, and Albert. In the back...
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Beer Barons

Date: 1885
Description: Six prominent German American brewers pose outdoors, seated around a table, for a portrait labeled "The Poterhouse [sic] Club." Well-dressed in suits and h...
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European American Family Sitting in Their Yard

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Description: Outdoor group portrait in an unidentified location of a group posing in the yard of wooden house. An older man and woman are sitting in chairs behind a chi...
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Homeless Man

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Description: A homeless man in Milwaukee sitting in the snow as he attempts to craft a makeshift shelter from a piece of tarp.
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John Merker and His Grandmother

Date: 1915
Description: John Merker (1900-1961), dressed in straw hat, bib overalls and a work shirt, is holding a pipe in his left hand. He is wearing a fake beard. His grandmoth...

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