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Wisconsin Dells With Excursion Boat

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Description: Elevated panoramic view of the Wisconsin River shoreline in the Wisconsin Dells. There is an excursion boat, The Dell Queen, visible in the lower le...
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Filming a Family Eating Lunch

Date: 08 1948
Description: A man films a family as they sit at a picnic table and eat lunch at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition.
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Field of Potatoes on the Farm of Oswald Scheller

Date: 09 04 1895
Description: A promotional card depicting Oswald Scheller and his family on their farm in northern Wisconsin.

The caption below the image reads: "Field of potatoes on...

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Sugar Bush

Date: 1960
Description: Steam and smoke billow as a man is boiling maple syrup on the Harvey Blue farm.
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Exterior Group Portrait of European American Men

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Description: Stereograph of a large group of European American men posing standing outdoors.
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Five Men at a Camp Site

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Description: Outdoor view towards five men posing kneeling in front of two tents.
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Two Men on a Tractor

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Description: View of two men posing standing on a tractor and wagon in a field.
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House with a Man and Boy on the Porch

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Description: View across lawn of a man and boy posing standing on the porch of a wooden house. There are outbuildings in the background on the left.
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Man and Child with a Canoe

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Description: Portrait of a man standing behind a canoe next to a small child sitting on top of it. Behind the canoe is stacked fuelwood and a building.
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Children Sitting by a Wood Pile

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Description: Outdoor portrait of two boys and a girl sitting on the ground next to a pile of wood, with a brick building in the background.
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Patriotic Parade

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Description: View across unpaved road towards a group of people on a stagecoach patriotically decorated for a parade on a town street.
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City Water Pumping Station at Town Creek

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Description: Three men posed standing on the porch of a small brick building with a tall smokestack, probably the City Water Pumping Station at Town Creek, surrounded b...
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Onion Fields of John Hass

Date: 07 31 1895
Description: Chas B. Howe standing in his garden, holding cabbages, beets, onions, and turnips. The garden is located on the farm of John Hass, with 1.5 acres of onions...
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Farm Home of August Krueger

Date: 09 05 1895
Description: View across road of the log buildings and farm home of August Krueger. Two women and three men stand near the fence along the road. One of the men holds a ...
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Charcoal Kilns

Date: 09 27 1895
Description: Elevated view of men and horses standing atop the platform used to load wood into charcoal kilns, also known as pits. These kilns convert cord wood into ch...
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John Liegeois at Dutton Farm

Date: 1900
Description: John Liegeois at Dutton Farm. John had an identical establishment in Little Suamico. Joeseph Jr. and John and Louis Liegeois and Rachel were born in (Robi...
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Folk Singer

Date: 1941
Description: Unidentified folk singer sitting on a stack of logs and holding a pipe. Possibly recorded in Waushara County in 1941, where many lumberjacks were recorded.
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People Standing with Seated Men with Accordions

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Description: Two men are posing sitting on a bench holding accordions. and six men, two women, and a girl are posing standing around the two men. In the background is a...
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Outdoor Group Portrait of European American Family; O'Brien Family

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a family group posing standing in front of a wooden house and between two carriages drawn by horses. The group is identified as t...
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Hauling Fuel Wood

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Description: Outdoor view of a man posing standing behind a sled loaded with wood and pulled by a single horse on snow-covered ground. In the background is a snow-cover...

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