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Farmer Making Soap

Date: 1910
Description: The farmer and his wife are making soap outdoors. Lye is made by letting rain water seep through wood ashes for several months. Lye and fat produce soap. T...
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Horse and Buggy on a Country Road

Date: 1906
Description: View down tree-lined country road near Wausau, taken by Dr. Joseph Smith, talented amateur photographer. It depicts women (probably members of his family) ...
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Family Greeting

Date: 1905
Description: Mary E. (Mrs. Joseph) Smith, third from right, with family members on the porch, wave as two men at the bottom of the steps doff their hats.
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Mary E. Smith

Date: 1913
Description: Mary E. Smith, wife of Dr. Joseph Smith, arranges flowers for the holidays.
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Visiting the Glacier at Grindewald, Switzerland

Date: 1906
Description: Dr. Joseph Smith and family view the glacier at Grindewald during their European tour.
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Mary E. Smith

Date: 1903
Description: An outdoor portrait of Mary E. Smith, taken by her husband Dr. Joseph F. Smith. Mrs. Smith is sitting in the grass, and wears an elaborate hat decorated wi...
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Two Children and Adult on Porch

Date: 1910
Description: Two children, a boy and a girl, stand on a porch. A woman in a dress (face obscured) crouches behind the two children.
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Mrs. Joseph Smith

Date: 1908
Description: Mary E. Smith seated in a bedroom in the Belvedere Hotel (?), probably in Washington, D.C. or vicinity. Her reflection is in the mirrored door behind her. ...
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Family Portrait

Date: 1913
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Ashmun family posed on and behind a bench. C.S. Ashmun, Jane Ashmun and Isabel Ashmun Roberts are seated on the bench, while ...
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Two Girls in an Orchard

Date: 1913
Description: Two young girls among flowering apple trees in the Wisconsin State Orchard.
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A Stroll Through the Park

Date: 1903
Description: Mary E. Smith standing in a sunlit path in Garfield Park.
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Women of the Smith Family

Date: 1908
Description: Members of the family of Dr. Joseph Smith, seated on the porch.
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Womens' Picnic Party

Date: 1910
Description: Four women seated as a small picnic party in a wooded area. Jane Ashmun and Harriet Millard are seated on the left. One of Jane Ashmun's daughters is seate...
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Two Women Posed on a Porch

Date: 1905
Description: Mary E. Smith, right, and a friend seated on the railing of a neo-classical residential front porch. There is another porch in the background.
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Mrs. Smith in Jackson Park

Date: 1903
Description: Mrs. Joseph Smith seated on a bench in Jackson Park. In the background are horse-drawn vehicles.
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Members of Dr. Joseph Smith's Family

Date: 1908
Description: Harriet Millard, Mary E. Smith, and Harriet Millard Smith seated on a porch.
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Hudson Touring Car

Date: 1917
Description: Three women sitting on the side rail of a Hudson Touring Car along a country road.
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Drive to the Lake

Date: 1917
Description: Three women sit in the back of a Hudson Touring car, while a fourth woman stands behind the car on the side rail. All four women wear scarves over their ha...
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Horse and Carriage Ride

Date: 1910
Description: Mary E. Smith on a horse and carriage ride.
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Horse and Carriage on a Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: Four women of Dr. Joseph Smith's family ride a horse-drawn carriage over a bridge. Mary E. Smith sits in the front on the left. The horse is wearing a fly-...

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