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Tollef Olsen Family

Date: 1878
Description: The Tollef Olsen family posed around a table in the yard with the family dog. A framed print of a long-haired retriever is placed prominently on a chair to...
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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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Turvill Family Picking Strawberries

Date: 1897
Description: The Turvill family picking strawberries on their family farm. Five family members, men and women, are crouched in the field picking, and a young girl stand...
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The J.B. Alexander Family

Date: 1900
Description: The J.B. Alexander family at the Wisconsin Central train depot. The young child in front holds a doll.
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New Year's Dinner

Date: 01 01 1900
Description: A group of family members sitting at a table laden with food for a New Year's dinner.
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Family Outside of Barn

Date: 08 1903
Description: Alexander Krueger sitting in an open barn door with the twins Edgar and Jennie. Their Grandpa August Krueger is sitting on a fence on the right at the side...
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Family Greeting

Date: 1905
Description: Mary E. (Mrs. Joseph) Smith, third from right, with family members on the porch, wave as two men at the bottom of the steps doff their hats.
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Picnic with the Rosenberrys

Date: 1913
Description: Mary E. Smith, Katherine Landfair Rosenberry, and possibly Marvin Rosenberry's daughter (?) sit in the grass having a picnic. Marvin Rosenberry stands near...
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Peterson Family at Home

Date: 1915
Description: Mr. Peterson is sitting in a rocking chair reading the newspaper and smoking a pipe, while Mrs. Peterson is standing at the stove with their young son, Jam...
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Group Portrait on Playground Slide

Date: 1920
Description: A group of friends pose on a playground slide. Included in the group are Cresence Esser Bowar, Matt Bowar (husband of Cresence), Herbert Esser (brother of ...
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E.W. Brandel and Dr. Jones

Date: 1922
Description: E.W. Brandel sits on porch steps holding his daughter's dog Max, a fox terrier. Next to him, holding a camera, is Dr. A.W. Jones, the twin brother of the p...
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Men Having a Picnic

Date: 06 1927
Description: Edward J. Rickers with UW nightwatchman "Gramps," on a Lake Mendota outing. They are seated on the grass together with a picnic lunch and a campfire. There...
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Family Golf Outing

Date: 1936
Description: Two generations of the Brandel family pose with golf clubs at the Fox Lake Golf Course.
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Leaving the Family Gathering

Date: 1940
Description: Well-dressed relatives leave a house where they attended a family gathering.
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Feeding the Thresher

Date: 1959
Description: Paul Lembcke and his son Roy threshing grain on their farm at harvest time.
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Summer Sanctuary

Date: 1959
Description: Paddlers in a canoe on their way down the Namekagon river. The shoreline on the left is tree-covered.
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Quiet Reflections

Date: 05 1968
Description: Elevated view from riverbank of a family enjoying a canoe ride on the Wisconsin River, in Tower Hill State Park. The trees are thick on both shorelines.
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G. Thompson Family and Domestic Machines

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Description: The G. Thompson family poses in front of their wooden house. One woman sits at a sewing machine working on a quilt while another works at a knitting machin...
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Family and Dog on Lawn Next to House

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Description: Exterior view of family posing on the lawn in front of a house. The woman on the left is standing on a board sidewalk holding a broom. Behind her, another ...

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