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Family at Dining Table

Date: 1890
Description: Family gathered at the dining table.
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Family Camping

Date: 1890
Description: A family campsite with a woman and three boys standing next to a canvass wall tent. In front of the tent is a campfire with pots, and a log with a hatchet ...
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Summer Relaxation

Date: 1901
Description: Aunt Helen lounging on a hammock slung between two trees. Her son, Syl, is sitting nearby on a cane rocking chair.
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Uncle Herman's Farm

Date: 08 02 1903
Description: Group of well-dressed people posing outdoors at Uncle Herman's farm. Harry Dankoler is the man in the middle holding the shutter release mechanism. On the ...
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Class in Accounting Principles

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Description: A University Extension Accounting class posing in the classroom, with men standing and women seated. Included are Berhart, Jackson, Ollinger, Stewart, Keit...
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Laurie Residence, Sturgeon Bay , Wisconsin

Date: 1890
Description: The Laurie residence, home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Laurie, occupied by them since 1870. A group of people are posing in the grass in the foreground.
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Sturgeon Bay Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Sturgeon Bay Public Library. Prominent elements are reading tables, librarian's desk, bookshelves.
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New Year's Dinner

Date: 01 01 1900
Description: A group of family members sitting at a table laden with food for a New Year's dinner.
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Sturgeon Bay Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Sturgeon Bay Public Library. In the room are reading tables, two carved wood columns, a fireplace, bookshelves, and a nine-drawer card...
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Sturgeon Bay Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Sturgeon Bay Public Library. Library opened in 1913 with a gift of $12,500 from Andrew Carnegie. In the room are reading tables, books...
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Girl Skipping in Yard

Date: 08 23 1964
Description: Patti O'Connell skips barefoot through a barnyard area. The barn is covered in ivy and is owned by the Lloyd Lehman property.
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Lakefront View

Date: 08 23 1964
Description: View of Lake Michigan as seen from the lakefront property owned by Mr. Lloyd Lehman. Mrs. Lehman, and a neighbor, Patti O'Connell, attempt to set a dinner ...
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Ma Sitting in Chair

Date: 1898
Description: Low angle view of "Ma" sitting in a large chair near a window wearing a long white dress or nightgown in a bedroom with a fur rug over another rug. There a...
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Syl and Aunt Helen at Wild Rose Cottage

Date: 1900
Description: Syl and aunt Helen at Wild Rose cottage. Syl leans over the railing of the porch while Helen reclines in a hammock reading a book.
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Group Seated Around Piano

Date: 01 20 1901
Description: A large group of people are sitting around a woman playing a piano at night. Lamps light the scene, and children are playing on the floor.
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Mrs. Woshbun with Group at Table

Date: 06 15 1901
Description: View from across lawn of Mrs. Woshbun with other women sitting around a table on a deck built on the edge of a hill overlooking a river. There are also roc...
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Woman Standing over Bound Man

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Description: A woman standing over a man who has been tied up and laid across boards resting on two sawhorses. In the background is a telephone on a half wall, and a ta...
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Group Posed in Photography Studio

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Description: A posed photograph in front of a backdrop with two men standing to the left near a board resting on a book in the foreground. A woman and three other men a...
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Aunt Helen Sitting with Syl

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Description: Aunt Helen sitting indoors next to a window with Syl on her lap.
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Syl with Aunt Helen near Door

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Description: Aunt Helen and Syl stand bundled up against the cold just outside a door to a house with a snow-covered yard behind them.

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