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Bennett Family Picnic

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Description: Bennett family picnic at Dell House ruins.
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Charles and Harrie Atwood

Date: 1864
Description: Carte-de-visite full-length studio portrait of Charles David and Harrie Farwell Atwood, the sons of David Atwood of Madison, Wisconsin. They are posed on a...
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Inauguration Day for Governor Nelson and the First Lady

Date: 01 05 1959
Description: Mrs. Gaylord Nelson (Carrie Nelson) as she accompanies her husband, Gaylord, to his office after his inauguration at the State Capitol.
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Barn Raising

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Description: Barn raising. The foundation is constructed from local fieldstone or "pudding stone," found in the nearby fields. A large group of men are is posing holdin...
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Studio Portrait of Roddy

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man posed standing next to a stone wall, probably either Tom or Bill Roddy. His hat is rest...
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Brule River Fish Hatchery

Date: 1935
Description: A one-story building is situated amongst young evergreens and surrounded by stone walls containing river raceways for spawning fish. A group of people are ...
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Solomon Juneau House Marker

Date: 06 05 1997
Description: "Juneau House Marker."
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Portrait of a Bearded Man

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a European American man with a beard posed standing and leaning on a prop stone wall with his...
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Studio Portrait of Two Unidentified European American Men

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of two men wearing suits and hats, posing standing in front of a painted backdrop. The man on the left has his left leg up on a...
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Studio Portrait of European American Child

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified girl posing sitting in front of a prop stone wall. She is wearing a light-col...
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Shelter House

Date: 1935
Description: View across lawn towards two men sitting on a log bench in the central open area of the shelter house at Council Grounds State Forest (now Council Grounds ...
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Boys and Toy Airplane

Date: 1920
Description: Reginald Jackson, Jr., of Madison, holding the toy airplane, and a group of friends, all of whom are wearing short pants, sitting on the windowsill in fron...
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Black Oaks Cottages at the Dells

Date: 1927
Description: Front entrance to the Black Oaks resort. A man is driving an automobile down the drive near two stone walls with columns framing the entrance to the drivew...
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Studio Portrait of European American Family

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified family. A man and woman are posing with a young girl and boy, and an older girl and boy. ...
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Studio Portrait of Unidentified European American Man

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a man standing with his foot on a prop stone wall in front of a painted backdrop. The man is posing standing and leaning on ...
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Touring Pendarvis House

Date: 08 1940
Description: A group of eight young men, all Georgia Junior Rangers, and two of their guides, are posing in front of Pendarvis House, a Cornish miner's cottage. Five me...
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Cell Doors in Hallway

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Description: Stereograph of three men posing in a long prison hallway. Two men are on the first level balcony with one on the inside of the railing and the other man st...
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Early Voters

Date: 10 21 2020
Description: Early voters at La Crosse City Hall standing at a distance to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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Americanization Pageant Color Guard

Date: 08 31 1953
Description: Outdoor group portrait of a Boy Scouts color guard that participated in the Americanization Pageant. They are, from left: David Ross, David Langhammer, and...
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Studio Portrait of European American Women

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two unidentified young women posing standing near a prop stone wall and porch. The younger woman on the l...

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