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Outside Villa Louis

Date: 1968
Description: A woman dressed in period clothing is holding the hand of a young girl, with her parents standing behind her. Two other women in period clothing are standi...
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Door County Country Club

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Description: Exterior of the Door County Country Club, opened in 1921. Men and women gather on the building's porch and on the lawn.
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River Scene

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Description: View of the Rock River. Two men stand before a dam and, beyond them, a woman stands on a bridge. Downtown buildings are visible in the background.
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Roods Glen Resort on Lucky 13

Date: 1930
Description: Three-quarter view of Glen Rood's Resort. A man, woman and child are near the lawn swing in the yard. Benches are on the open porch and in the yard. There...
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Woman with Snowman

Date: 1905
Description: Winter scene with Wilma Gesell, daughter of Gerhard Gesell, stands on a board sidewalk arm-in-arm with a snowman. The snowman holds a Wisconsin pennant.
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Group of People Next to House

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Description: Two women, two boys, two girls, and a small girl are posing standing at the corner of a frame house. A woman is standing next to a column of the porch, and...
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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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Cheese Factory

Date: 1924
Description: View from unpaved road of two men and two women posing outside of a cheese factory. An automobile is parked in the road near a large tree. In the backgroun...
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Group of People Near a Fence

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Description: Angular view across road towards a man, woman, girl and boy posing near a fence in front of a frame house. There is a horse-drawn buggy on the left.
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Group in front of Sawmill

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Description: Large group of men, women, and children posed standing and sitting in front of an open sawmill.
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People Posed in front of G. Bashford Home

Date: 1878
Description: Two women and a man posed in the garden path of an L-shaped Greek Revival frame house. The front and back doors are open, revealing a breezeway straight th...
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Street Scene

Date: 1921
Description: A view of the central business district. A creamery on the left. A house on the right with a woman in a rocking chair and two children in front. Some men s...
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At the Shelter House

Date: 1940
Description: An unidentified woman is posing sitting on the sand and looking toward Lake Michigan. The newly built shelter house, with its large windowed bay and massiv...
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Couple on Porch

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Description: View across lawn towards a man posing standing and a woman sitting on the porch of a two-story frame house with a balcony above the porch.
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House Just North of Hixton

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Description: View across yard towards a large two-story brick house with front porch. There is a man and woman posing standing on another porch on the left. Identified ...
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Garland at West Salem Family Home

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Description: Informal portrait of writer Hamlin Garland at his family home in West Salem. The woman with him has been tentatively identified as his daughter, Mary Isabe...
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Woman in Fur Coat

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Description: Miss Emma Strauss poses near a house wearing a fur coat and fancy hat.
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Ho-Chunk Man and Women in Doorway

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man and two Ho-Chunk women are standing in front of the entrance door of a wooden building, probably the Mission. The man is wearing a suit, bow...
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Horses at Point Beach State Forest

Date: 1940
Description: Nine unidentified men and women on horseback are posing in front of the lodge at Point Beach State Forest. A young girl wearing a swimming suit is sitting ...
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General Store

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Description: View across street of the General Store. A group of five men, two women, and three children are standing in front. with a windmill is in the back and a sta...

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