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Vesper, Wisconsin

Date: 1895
Description: View of Vesper, featuring various buildings.
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The Carl Schurz House

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the Carl Schurz home in Watertown, Wisconsin. Schurz was a German-American politician and statesman. There is a horse and a horse-drawn ve...
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Utly Residence

Date: 1887
Description: The Utly Residence, surrounded by a fence, on the north-east corner of Wisconsin and 8th Streets. Built by E.R. Cooley. A man is standing in the center nea...
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Jackson County Poor Home

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Description: Man posed sitting in a buggy pulled by a single horse in front of a two-story brick building, probably the Jackson County Poor Home.
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J.C. Head House

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Description: View across road of a woman posing sitting on the edge of the porch of single-story frame house. In the road in front is a woman sitting posing with a dog ...
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Man and Woman in Horse-Drawn Buggy

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Description: Man and woman posing sitting in a buggy pulled by a single horse. There is a large fur over their laps. They are in front of the gate of a wooden fence and...
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Group of Men and Boys in front of Tavern

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Description: Group of men and boys posed standing in front of a wooden building, probably a tavern. The photographer's wagon is in the background.
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People in front of Frame House

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Description: Man posing sitting in a buggy pulled by a single horse. Nearby are two men and two women posing standing near a wooden fence. In the background is a two-st...
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Residence of General Simeon Mills

Date: 1874
Description: Residence of General Simeon Mills.
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Spaulding Residence; South Porch

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Description: View down driveway towards a horse and carriage in front of large brick house. Several men and women are posing standing and sitting on the porch. House id...
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Group Portrait of Women and Children in a Sled

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of women and children posing standing on a sled hitched to a single horse. There is a dog on the porch of a a wooden building on the...
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Outdoor Group Portrait of Unidentified People

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Description: A group of people and horses are assembled on the lawn of a multi-gabled house with a wooden sidewalk. There are a few trees in the yard, and a slope in th...
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S.H. Van Gorden & Son General Merchandise Store

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Description: Men posed standing in front of the S.H. Van Gorden & Son General Merchandise Store on a snow-covered street. S.H. Van Gorden is probably standing on porch ...
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M.J. Chapman Store

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Description: Group portrait of men and boys posing in front of the M.J. Chapman Store, probably in Alma Center, and known contemporarily as the C.T. Gansel Building.
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Snowy Street

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Description: View of a street in a town, probably Hixton, with footprints crisscrossing a snow-covered street. A group of men are standing on the porch of the hardware ...
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Group in Front of Buildings

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Description: View from road of several men, a woman, girl and young boys posed in front of buildings in a lumber town, probably McKenna. There are two blurred images in...
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York Iron Works

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Description: York Iron Works with a view of the blast furnace. On the hill is the boardinghouse and the dance hall. A man is working near the railroad cars, and other p...
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Horses and Sheep

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Description: Elevated view over sheep pen towards men displaying several horses in a yard among farm buildings, a frame house and a windmill. Three women and two young ...
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Copy Photograph of an Exterior View of an Unidentified Residence

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Description: Copy photograph of an exterior view of a two-story wooden dwelling. A horse and buggy are parked in the street in front of a fence. A woman and two childre...
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Two Sleighs on the Corner of South Second and Johnson Streets

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Description: View across street of a two horse-drawn sleighs on the street in front of a two-story wooden house, surrounded by snow. The house is identified as the resi...

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