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Oak Hill Cemetery

Date: 1873
Description: Women with parasols in Oak Hill Cemetery. Thomas and Hannah Robinson's tombstones can be seen.
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Women in Oak Hill Cemetery

Date: 1872
Description: Two woman sitting in Oak Hill Cemetery. Board fencing, with a set of steps near the gate, surrounds the graveyard. Picket fences set off some of the headst...
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Fort Crawford Military Cemetery

Date: 1905
Description: Fort Crawford Military Cemetery, restored by the United States Government about 1905. A woman is standing in the center.
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Fort Crawford Military Cemetery

Date: 1905
Description: Fort Crawford Military Cemetery, restored by the United States Government about 1905. A man and woman are looking at a tomb in the foreground.
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Brisbois Grave

Date: 1925
Description: Brisbois grave, tomb of Michael Brisbois. A woman is standing behind the graves, looking out to Prairie du Chien and the Mississippi River.
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Three People Standing at Grave

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Description: Two women and a man visit a recent grave.
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People at Cemetery

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Description: Elevated view of various groups of people in a cemetery. A small group of people are gathered around a grave in the foreground. Other small groups are walk...
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Grave of Colonel Hans Heg

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of women and one child alongside the graves of Colonel Hans Heg, commander of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry, and his daughter Annetta....
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Norwegian Lutheran Church

Date: 1920
Description: View across lawn towards Norwegian Lutheran Church and cemetery. Well-dressed men and women stand at the entrance to the building. There are graves behind ...
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Oak Hill Cemetery

Date: 04 1900
Description: The horses and buggies of William Wills, A. Pautz, and Sarah Krueger are at the gate of Oak Hill Cemetery, founded in 1850.
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Memorial Day

Date: 05 1993
Description: "American Legion members honor deceased comrades on Memorial Day."
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Anne and Carl Braden at a Grave

Date: 06 1951
Description: Anne and Carl Braden stand at the grave of her ancestor Ann Poague McGinty. McGinty was the first white woman to settle in Kentucky.
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Group of People in a Cemetery

Date: 1890
Description: Large group, posed at a distance, in a cemetery, probably in Hixton or Schlecterville.
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River Church Cemetery

Date: 05 1989
Description: Legionaries place flowers on graves at River Church Cemetery.
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Two Women in a Cemetery

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Description: View across grass towards two women posing standing in front of a group of tombstones in a cemetery.
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Cemetery Scene

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Description: View across grass towards three women and one girl posing standing in a cemetery. The woman on the right is holding a closed umbrella.
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Visiting George Washington's Tomb

Date: 1950
Description: Group of people standing in front of George and Martha Washington's tombs. One woman on the left is walking away from the tomb holding a camera. Two Americ...
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Burial of German Massacre Victims

Date: 1939
Description: A group of people stand in a graveyard in Lemberg, Poland as German victims of a massacre are buried.
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Martha & Emma Schroeder Gravestone

Date: 10 1974
Description: Outdoor portrait of Bernice (Boyum) Bergner standing behind a gravestone for her aunt Martha W. and her mother Emma M. Schroeder Boyum in the Hillside Ceme...
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Rifa Zumot at Son's Grave

Date: 06 1963
Description: A woman is sitting and blowing her nose in front of a gravestone. A potted plant and a handbag are next to her. Caption reads: "Nine years after his death,...

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