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Webb Family Album: Look — Laugh

Date: 1920
Description: A page from the Webb family album, compiled and captioned by Andrew Webb Jr., with images of Caroline Webb (Andrew's mother), Henry P. Jones, and Circus Da...
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Webb Family Album: Three Maids of Madison

Date: 1920
Description: A page from the Webb family album, compiled and captioned by Andrew Webb Jr., son of Caroline Webb, with four images of family friends, including two young...
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Dousman Family

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Description: Page from photo album showing Nina S. Dousman and three sisters posed outdoors while hiking in a coulee, north of town. Nina is seated and reading. Three o...
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Webb Family Album: The Tumbledown Shack

Date: 1920
Description: A page from the Webb family album, compiled and captioned by Andrew Webb Jr., son of Caroline Webb, with two images of friends, an image of the corner groc...
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Brick Farmhouse

Date: 1920
Description: Farm family and their dog in front of a two-story brick farmhouse.
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Album Page

Date: 1917
Description: An album page, decorated with hand-painted sweet pea flowers, includes six mounted photographic prints. Enoch B. Fargo (1821-1892), is at top left, and his...
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Aerial View of Minocqua

Date: 1932
Description: Aerial view of Minocqua.
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Company House and Family in Benham

Date: 1919
Description: A family of five posing in front of an International Harvester "company house" in the coal mining town of Benham.
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The Schildhauers looking at Photographs

Date: 1897
Description: Four Schildhauers: H., Annie, Rudolph and Edward, sit in a parlor and look at a photo album.
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Janesville House with Retaining Wall

Date: 1919
Description: A frame house with a retaining wall. The house was once occupied by the family of Jenkin Lloyd Jones just before they moved to Chicago. His son, Richard Ll...
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McCormick Rush Street Home Exterior

Date: 1879
Description: The facade of the McCormick family residence at 675 Rush Street, which takes up an entire block between Erie and Huron Streets. Cyrus Hall McCormick, Sr. h...
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Brayton School

Date: 03 21 1920
Description: Exterior view of the Brayton School.
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Yahara River

Date: 1920
Description: View of the Yahara, or "Catfish" River.
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Mark in the Harness

Date: 1905
Description: Mark, the Fargo family dog, has been harnessed to a Coaster wagon and has a bit in his mouth. Frank Fargo is sitting in the front of the wagon holding the ...
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1010 Walker Court

Date: 1918
Description: The Richard Lloyd Jones family car parked in front of the residence at 1010 Walker Court (now 1010 Rutledge Court). House to the left is 617 South Brearly...
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617 South Brearly Street

Date: 1918
Description: Richard "Dick" Lloyd Jones stands on Walker Court beside house at 617 S. Brearly Street. The Jones family home is in the background.
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Atwood's Drug Store

Date: 1918
Description: Walter M. Atwood's Drug Store, 1054 Williamson Street, from 1914 to 1945. The family lived upstairs until 1937. Signs in the windows read "Kodaks," and "U...
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The Gateway Inn

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Description: View across unpaved road towards The Gateway Inn. There are striped awnings over the windows, and on the left are chairs near a table with an umbrella. Cap...
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Walk East of House at Walnut Grove

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Description: Photograph from album with the caption: "Walk East of House" which shows a sidewalk curving towards a building. A fence and other buildings are among trees...
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St . Mary's Hospital

Date: 1918
Description: Saint Mary's Hospital, 720 South Brooks St., completed in 1911.

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