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Maple Bluff Camp

Date: 1873
Description: Stereograph of a group of people posing by the lakeshore of Maple Bluff with tents in the background. One of the woman is holding an archery bow, two women...
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View of the Dining Table

Date: 1876
Description: "View of the Dining Table" from the "Dedication of Blue Mounds Church" section of Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views", showing a long banquet tab...
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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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Men and Women by Tents

Date: 1879
Description: A group of interestingly dressed men and women posed before a line of tents. The men are wearing uniforms, possibly those of a band. Fishing poles and cha...
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Hop Pickers

Date: 1879
Description: Hop harvesters, mostly female, stand with hops, probably on the farm of Knudt Heimdal. Many of the harvesters have hop wreaths on their heads. Two men with...
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Women with Schuetzen Rifles

Date: 06 1887
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Emma Protz, an unidentified woman (likely Julia Protz), and Clara Tester posing with "schuetzen-rifles." ...
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Fudge Party

Date: 1890
Description: College students at the University of Wisconsin having a fudge-making party around a small gas burner.
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Studio Tableaux of Martha Washington's Tea Party

Date: 1890
Description: Tableaux of "Martha Washington's Tea Party" enacted by Mrs. Gesell and friends. Left to right: Mrs. Schaettle, Mrs. Kempter, (the younger) Mrs. Fritz Laue,...
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Inspecting a 15 Pound Muskellunge

Date: 1890
Description: A group of three men and two women are standing on a pier inspecting a 15 pound muskellunge. Long Lake is in the background. There is a boathouse at the en...
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Two Young Women in Tennis Costumes

Date: 1890
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted background of two young women dressed in long, striped tennis costumes and matching striped caps. They each hold a te...
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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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Ada Bass with Children

Date: 1894
Description: Portrait of Ada Bass seated while holding son Cary, with daughter Everetta standing next to her. Another woman, possibly Ada's mother, Arlina Burlingame, i...
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Sarah Fairchild Conover

Date: 1895
Description: Sarah Fairchild Dean Conover, sister of Civil War hero and governor Lucius Fairchild, reclines on a sofa in her home at 424 North Pinckney Street.
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Interior of Straubel House; Parlor and Dining Room

Date: 1895
Description: Interior view of the parlor and dining room of the Straubel home. A piano is in the parlor in the foreground, and a woman is standing next to the dining ro...
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A Summer Sitting Room

Date: 07 08 1896
Description: An informal group is seated under an awning in the garden of the Fairchild house at 302 Monona Avenue (later renamed Martin Luther King Boulevard). Picture...
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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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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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Small Child on Boardwalk

Date: 1898
Description: Caption reads, "Sam D. Conant at cottage." A woman sits on the boardwalk and looks at the child.

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