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Horse-Drawn Trolley

Date: 1890
Description: Man driving a horse-drawn trolley of the Milwaukee City Railroad Company on the Greenfield Avenue & Third Street line. The corner of a building advertising...
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Family Group in Front of Farm Buildings

Date: 1890
Description: Man and woman posing sitting, each holding a child in their lap, and a young man, girl, and a boy holding a toy horn, are posing standing. The group is pos...
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Barn Raising at Paddock Farm

Date: 1891
Description: Elevated view of a barn raising on the farm of Alva Paddock in the township of Salem on Geneva Road, Highway 50.
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George Thompson and Family

Date: 1892
Description: George "Uncle Riley" Thompson and his wife and children posing on their farm. The family are, from left to right: Bessie, mother Julia holding Rosie, Mamie...
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The Pen is Mightier Than the Sword

Date: 1893
Description: Full-length studio photograph of Louis Brosemer wearing a suit and hat. He is standing before a United States flag holding an oversized pen as though it wa...
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Gentleman Shopping for Cigars

Date: 1895
Description: Will Viel chooses a cigar in Margraff & Freiburger's Dry Goods Store.
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Man Milking Cow

Date: 1895
Description: A man sits on a stool and milks a cow outdoors near a fence. Another cow investigates the camera lens in the foreground.
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Hunting Prairie Chickens

Date: 1895
Description: Two hunters check their shotguns while their hunting dogs wait in the field.
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Boxcar Traveler

Date: 1895
Description: A man stands in the open doorway of a Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, & Omaha railway boxcar.
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Barn Raising

Date: 1895
Description: A large group of men pose on the wooden framework of a barn that they are building.
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New London Schoolhouse

Date: 1895
Description: Children posing on a board sidewalk in front of a schoolhouse in New London. The boys are wearing short pants, leggings, and caps, and the girls are wearin...
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Cutting Christmas Trees for Market

Date: 1895
Description: A group of loggers at work in the woods with horses and a team of oxen. The men are cutting down fir trees to eventually be sold at market.
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Horse-Drawn Sleigh and Sled

Date: 1895
Description: A man stands on a sled pulled by a team of two horses that is carrying logs on a snow-covered road. Moving away from the log-carrying sled is an empty egg-...
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Man at Desk

Date: 1895
Description: A man, possibly John Forbes, working at a roll-top desk in his office over the old Fire Hall. A dog is sitting on a chair in the lower left. Books on the s...
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W.M. Smith and W.H.D. on a Log

Date: 07 1895
Description: Two men, W.M. Smith and W.H.D., rest on a large log over Little Bear Creek.
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Loggers Posing on Railroad Tracks

Date: 1896
Description: Loggers posing on narrow-gauge railroad tracks with a railroad velocipede and cant hook near Saddle Mound, a large hill that dominates the local area in Ja...
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Dutton and Wheeler's Iceboat

Date: 03 08 1896
Description: Three men stand near a large iceboat owned by Dutton and Wheeler on Lake Mendota.
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Jessie Turvill Thwaites Picking Flowers

Date: 08 1896
Description: Jessie Turville Thwaites, wife of Reuben Gold Thwaites, picks wildflowers.
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Bicycle Racers

Date: 1897
Description: View from infield of two bicycle racers at the starting line of the quarter-mile cement bicycle track maintained by the Racine Athletic Association. Two me...
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Family Enjoying a Picnic

Date: 1897
Description: The Meinhardt family assembled for a picnic in their garden. A river or lake is in the far background. The table is set with china and flatware. Among the ...

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