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Mrs. Ed Wallace Family

Date: 1905
Description: A group of people identified only as "Mrs. Ed Wallace Family" are posing on the lawn of a one and one-half story wood frame house. A little boy in a sailor...
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McLane House

Date: 1905
Description: View across lawn towards the John McLane family posing in front of the porch of their well-kept one and one-half story wood frame house. Family members inc...
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Cuff at Hernkind's

Date: 1905
Description: A portable horse-driven sorghum mill, owned by the Cuff family, has been set up at the August Hernkind farm. Two horses are hitched to the tree trunk that ...
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Hernkind House and Family

Date: 09 08 1904
Description: August Hernkind, center, and his wife Kate are posing with their seven children in front of their one and one-half story wood frame farm house. Their daugh...
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Last Reunion of Cheneys

Date: 1905
Description: Jim Cheney, with a full beard, is sitting next to his wife Mary, left, surrounded by men, women and children, some sitting on rugs spread on the lawn in fr...
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Couple in Buggy

Date: 1905
Description: A young man, identified on the negative envelope as Arther Samfle [sic], is sitting with a young woman in a buggy hitched to a matched team. The horses are...
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Bridal Party

Date: 06 27 1906
Description: Outdoor group portrait of a bride and groom, center, flanked by their six attendants, taken on the lawn of the Von der Sump farmhouse. Although not identif...
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Hunting in the Snow

Date: 1905
Description: An unidentified man is posing with a long gun in a snowy field. There is a tree in the left foreground, and a wooded hillside in the background.
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Man and Horse

Date: 1905
Description: A young man, possibly Fred von der Sump, posing holding the lead of a horse. The man is wearing work pants, an undershirt and suspenders. There are shocks ...
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Cheney Family Reunion

Date: 1905
Description: An outdoor group portrait of the extended family of Jim and Mary Cheney. Jim, with long beard, is sitting in the center with his wife, Mary (holding a youn...
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Sleigh and Team

Date: 1905
Description: An unidentified man, possibly Will von der Sump, and woman are posing sitting in a cutter drawn by a matched pair of white horses. The man is wearing a fur...
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Veterinarian J.A. 'Doc' Hines

Date: 1990
Description: Portrait of J.A. 'Doc' Hines, an Oxford, Wisconsin veterinarian, and once chairman of Gov. Thompson's Veterinary Board, in his office.
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Portrait of a Hunter

Date: 1961
Description: A hunter posing on a stone wall with his shotgun and the grouse he bagged. He is wearing a billed cap, plaid coat, tough trousers and lace-up knee-high boo...
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Bridge on Buck Creek

Date: 09 19 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Scene on Buck Creek, Westfield, Wis." A seated man and a standing boy pose on a wooden bridge over Buck Creek. The bridge has railing...
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Quarry Houses

Date: 1910
Description: Six men are posing on horse-drawn wagons at quarry houses for the Montello Granite Co. A large building is on the right, and a pile of stone and two small ...
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Blacksmith Shop

Date: 1910
Description: Four men are posing inside the blacksmith shop at Montello Granite Co.
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Machine Shop

Date: 1910
Description: Two men standing inside the machine shop at Montello Granite Co. The man on the left has a pipe in his mouth, and he is standing with his hand on the power...
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Steam Drill

Date: 1910
Description: Steam drill at work in quarry at Montello Granite Co. A man is standing on the right operating the drill. There are ladders against the stone cliff in the ...
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Large Derrick in Quarry

Date: 1910
Description: View from below looking up a rockface toward a derrick at the top of a quarry. Men are standing along the top nearby. Caption on back reads: "Quarry view w...
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Shaping Stone for Monuments

Date: 1910
Description: Group of men posing outdoors among large stones. Caption on back reads: "Shaping stone for monuments, Montello Granite Co., Montello, Wis."

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