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Coaching Party Departing for Scottish Games

Date: 08 31 1909
Description: A coaching party of festively clad men, women, and children departing for the Annual Scottish Games sponsored by the St. Andrews Society. Some participants...
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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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Kleinstueber Machine Shop

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Description: Elevated view of Kleinstueber's Machine Shop, where Christopher Latham Sholes perfected his typewriter. The sign on the top of the building reads: "Brass F...
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Visitors to the Iron Ridge Mine

Date: 1900
Description: Visitors, dressed in their Sunday best, contrast with the rough garb of the miners. Left to right, miners were: Charles Kanass, Robert "Beaver" Smith (hold...
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Stahl Dog Team

Date: 1910
Description: Tom Stahl's dog team transporting two women in La Pointe on Madeline Island.
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Woman Sweeps Debris at Deering Works Twine Mill

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Description: Woman sweeping up debris in a warehouse at International Harvester's Deering Works twine mill. The factory was owned by the Deering Harvester Company until...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior - Museum of the Historical Society

Date: 1900
Description: The Daniel Webster carriage on display in the Historical Society's museum in the third Wisconsin State Capitol. At that time the Historical Society's quart...
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Gates of Heaven and Floral Parade

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Description: A horse-drawn carriage decorated for a floral parade on West Washington Avenue. The carriage is passing in front of the Gates of Heaven Synagogue (the buil...
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Wisconsin Central Railroad Depot

Date: 1891
Description: Elevated view across railroad tracks of the Wisconsin Central Railroad depot. Virtually the entire population of Sherry is thought to be standing on the pl...
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H. Sveren Farm

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Description: H. Sveren farm with the family standing in the foreground and a dog, farm buildings and fences in the background. A line of trees is behind the farmhouse o...
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Reverend Jakob Aall Ottesen and Family

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Description: The Reverend Jakob Aall Ottesen (1825-1904), his wife Cathinka Doderlein Ottesen and their family posing in three horse-drawn wagons in front of a two-stor...
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Man in front of Fence

Date: 1873
Description: A bearded man is standing in the foreground in front of a fence, and a person is sitting on the fence on the right. Two people are standing on the hill beh...
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G. Gullockson Farmstead

Date: 1876
Description: View, from above, of what may be the G. Gullockson farmstead. A frame house is in the left foreground, with a large group of men, women and children standi...
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N. Lunde Farm

Date: 1874
Description: View framed by trees of a barnyard at the N. Lunde farm. Cattle and three men are standing in an enclosed yard in front of a barn with a cupola. One of the...
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Farmyard with Barn and Log Outbuilding

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Description: A family is in a farmyard with wagons, horses and implements. A barn with a cupola is behind them. Behind the barn is a log outbuilding with a straw roof.
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Family with Horses, Wagon and Wagon Shed

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Description: A woman and a child sitting in a horse-drawn wagon. Beside them on the left is a man standing with a horse. Behind them is a fence and a wagon shed with a ...
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Family with Horse-Drawn Buggy on Farm

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Description: A family is at a farm in town with frame buildings, a horse-drawn buggy, and a long frame structure possibly used for drying hops.
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Family Playing Croquet near Barn

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Description: Group posed playing croquet in front of a bank barn with a handsome cupola and lightning rods. Horse-drawn wagons are in front of the barn.
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Couple in Carriage

Date: 1879
Description: A man with an impressive beard, and a woman, are sitting together in a carriage with a collapsible top. A young girl is standing by the carriage while hold...
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Family with Carriage

Date: 1870
Description: A carriage and a family stand in front of a picket fence in front of an unpainted Greek Revival frame house. Attached to the house is a storefront. Althoug...

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