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Michael Baltus Family in Front of New Home

Date: 1895
Description: Michael Baltus family posing in front of their log cabin two miles east of Auburndale Station, Wood County, with a new frame house under construction nearb...
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Children at the State School for the Blind

Date: 1893
Description: Students and adults of the State School for the Blind pose for a group portrait in front of the building.
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Pioneer Home of Nels Wickstrom

Date: 1891
Description: This is a family photograph of Nels Wickstrom with his wife Anna (born Anna Stoel) and their children in front of their log home. The oldest child, wearing...
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Children and Adults Engaged in Yard Work

Date: 02 20 1915
Description: A woman and boy are using "sedge brush" brooms to sweep a dirt yard as two women — possibly social workers or Agricultural Extension employees — look on. A...
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Woman Pumping Water from Farm Well

Date: 04 1923
Description: A bundled-up woman hand pumps water from a well into a pail. The ground is covered with ice and snow. Two cars and a farmhouse are in the background.
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Woman Carrying Water to Farmhouse

Date: 04 1923
Description: Woman carrying a bucket of water back to her farmhouse in winter.
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Family Posing in Yard

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Description: A family of five posing with their dog in the yard in front of their house. On the left is an older man sitting in a chair with a child in his lap, and in ...
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Indian Agency House

Date: 07 07 1929
Description: Miss Mary Prescott and Mrs. William McMahon, grandaughter and great grandaughter, respectively, of Pierre Paquette, appeared at a meeting called by the Wis...
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Ada Bass and Daughter Everetta with Horse

Date: 1890
Description: Ada Bass and her daughter Everetta standing on the front porch of their home. Ada is holding onto the reins of a horse named Niger.
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Henry Getto House

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Description: Outdoor portrait of Henry Getto standing in the yard, and Maria Getto standing in the doorway of their log home. There is a ladder on the roof.
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Young Woman on Steps of House

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Description: Portrait of a young woman leaning against the back corner of a house while standing on the steps. She is wearing a fur coat.
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Garland at West Salem Family Home

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Description: Informal portrait of writer Hamlin Garland at his family home in West Salem. The woman with him has been tentatively identified as his daughter, Mary Isabe...
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Marjorie Quinney's Checkered Coat

Date: 1910
Description: Marjorie Quinney, Richard Quinney's aunt, wearing a stole and a checkered coat, standing behind a Model-T Ford on the family farm with sheds in background.
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Gus the Snowman and Friends

Date: 01 09 1952
Description: Winter scene with Gus the Snowman, a creation of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Myrland, in the front yard of their home at 507 Sheldon Street. The Mrylands built the s...
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James Sanford Home

Date: 1875
Description: Young man and two women in a horse-drawn wagon in front of the fenced yard of the James Sanford home. There is a small patch of snow on the ground in front...
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Ruins of Cyclone

Date: 08 07 1924
Description: A view of the ruins of a cyclone, showing a roofless house and an overturned automobile in the yard. Several people are standing in the yard, and two child...
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D.W. Corning Groceries on Street Corner

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Description: Panoramic view of a street corner. Commercial buildings are along the street on the left, including D.W. Corning Groceries. A large group of people are on ...
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Group Portrait in Front of House

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Description: An outdoor group portrait of twelve people and two horses. The four men, seven women, one child, and two horses are all standing in front of a house. There...
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Children at Corn Germination Lesson

Date: 1913
Description: Class of children gathered outdoors around a table for a corn germination lesson. Original caption reads: "after the rag dolls are prepared they are immers...
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Sweeping the Yard

Date: 02 20 1915
Description: A woman and young boy sweep yard with "brush broom" while another woman with two children looks on. Two additional women, possibly Agricultural Extension e...

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