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This dissertation examines photographs taken by amateur Belgian immigrant photographers in rural Wisconsin between 1880 and 1950. It uses these photographs as a cultural historical text to understand how this little-known immigrant group saw themselves, their families, communities, and the time period. Over 200 photographs are analyzed within their historical context using sources like newspapers, census records, letters, and oral histories. The photographs are also compared to representations of immigrant
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- SIMONA S
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- EN