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Primrose Landscape

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Description: View over trees towards a farm and fields, possibly those of G. Tollefson.
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Reverend Peter Andreas Rasmussen and Family

Date: 1878
Description: The Reverend Peter Andreas Rasmussen (1829-1898) is shaking the hand of a woman, possibly his wife Ragnhild Holland Rasmussen. Someone has apparently just ...
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Family Seated at Table in Yard

Date: 1876
Description: Family seated around a table in the yard of house. On the table are books, and a statue of a horse and rider.
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Reverend Peter Andreas Rasmussen and Family

Date: 1879
Description: The Reverend Peter Andreas Rasmussen (1829-1898), his wife Ragnhild Holland Rasmussen, and their eight children sit around a table in the yard of their hou...
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Reverend Peter Andreas Rasmussen Entertains

Date: 1878
Description: The Reverend Peter Andreas Rasmussen (1829-1898) on the right, his wife Ragnhild Holland Rasmussen on the left and some visiting gentlemen, no doubt Luther...
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Picnicking in Field

Date: 1871
Description: Group on picnic in field with carriages and flag. Photograph for "G. Gunhus."
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Boy on Horse Amid Picnickers

Date: 1872
Description: Group in field on picnic with flag, man on horse and people in carriages. A boy is standing on horse in the background. Photograph for "Mr. Miller."
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Lover's Retreat, Spring View

Date: 1873
Description: Identified as " Lover's Retreat, Spring View." Group in field with stream on a picnic. Children are stepping on stones in foreground with U.S. flag, people...
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Reverend Peter Andreas Rasmussen and Family

Date: 1878
Description: The Reverend Peter Andreas Rasmussen (1829-1898), his wife Ragnhild Holland Rasmussen and their eight children sit around a table in the yard of their hous...
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Townhall in Primrose

Date: 1925
Description: Primrose townhall. Laundry is hanging on a line in the background in front of another building.
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Randall Home

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view of the Randall home.
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Devil's Chimney

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Description: View of the rock formation named Devil's Chimney. A quotation on the back of the stereograph reads, "A rock 50 feet high, 25 feet diameter at the base and ...
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Birthplace of Robert M. La Follette

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Description: Log cabin home of Josiah and Mary Ferguson La Follette, the birthplace of Robert Marion La Follette, from a drawing.
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Devil's Chimney - Anaglyph

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Description: View of the rock formation named Devil's Chimney. A quotation on the back of the stereograph reads, "A rock 50 feet high, 25 feet diameter at the base and ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Primrose Township

Date: 1873
Description: A map of the township of Primrose from the "Atlas of Dane County."
Map or Atlas

Primrose Plat Map

Date: 1861
Description: The township of Primrose, which is a detail from the plat map of Dane County.
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Fleecy Clouds Over Cornfields

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Description: Disappearing line of a cornfield under a sky with “fleecy” clouds.
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Field and Woodland

Date: 06 28 1964
Description: View across a field sloping down toward a woodland area, with fields and hills in the distance. Caption reads: "Primrose (vicinity), Wis. June 28, 1960. Bi...

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