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Gathering at Large Picnic

Date: 08 08 1914
Description: View of men, women and children sitting on benches near picnic tables set out under trees.
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Swimming Pool

Date: 08 09 1936
Description: Dr. Frederick Davis residence, located at 6048 S. Highlands Avenue, also known as Edenfred. Two women are relaxing at the swimming pool. One woman is sitti...
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Coeds on Roof of Ann Emery Hall

Date: 06 23 1931
Description: Three University of Wisconsin-Madison coeds are playing cards, and one woman is reading, on the roof of Ann Emery Hall, 265 Langdon Street, an independent ...
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Two Women at CIO Session

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Description: Two women talking on a foliage covered bench as part of a CIO session at Highlander Folk School.
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Labor Lock Out

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Description: United Packinghouse Workers of American representative Bruce Nolan (seated on the stool) speaks to workers at the White Packing Company which had refused t...
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Alec Nelson and Family

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Description: Alec Nelson and his wife and two children pose in front of their house at 215 Lake Drive on Germania Hill.
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Boots Wall, Ernest Truex, Owen Moore, and Mary Pickford in "Caprice"

Date: 1913
Description: Edith Henderson (played by Boots Wall) has her eyes covered by two young men as Jack Henderson (Owen Moore) kisses Mercy Baxter (Mary Pickford) on a bench ...
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Harry Hilliard and Theda Bara in "Romeo and Juliet"

Date: 1916
Description: Romeo (played by Harry Hilliard), on his knees, clasps Juliet's (Theda Bara) hand in a romantic scene still in the Fox production "Romeo and Juliet" (Fox 1...
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Food Conservation Demonstration

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Description: Food conservation is demonstrated to a group outdoors at a community center.
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Roddy House

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Description: View across lawn of the Roddy House. A young girl is posing in the yard standing and displaying a pony, a young man is sitting with a dog near the porch st...
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Group in the Yard of the Able Cheney House

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Description: Two men, four women, five girls and two boys posing near and on a tree with a low hanging branch, and a wooden bench. Three of the group is posing at a swi...
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Group of Women and Girls at Picnic

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Description: Group of women and girls, and one large dog, posing standing and sitting around three picnic tables. Horses are grazing in the background.
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People Posing Under Awning

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Description: Men and women are posing standing and sitting under a rough awning. They are sitting in chairs and a hammock near a table in the woods. A few people are we...
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Group of People Under Awning

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Description: Six women, two men, and a girl are posing sitting and standing near a table under the awning of two tents in a clearing in the woods.
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Luncheon for Returning Soldiers

Date: 1918
Description: Scene in a small city park showing a group of local women serving luncheon to soldiers recently returned from service in the first World War. Very possibly...
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Pipe Dyer's Indian Village

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Description: View across grass towards a group of Ho-Chunk people sitting together at their summertime village, which was managed by Roland "Pipe" Dyer. There are trees...
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Al St. John

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Description: Al St. John and an actress sitting close together on a bench in a scene from, or a publicity still for, an unidentified silent film. Seven boys and girls a...
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Septima Clark and Rosa Parks

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Description: Septima Clark (left) and Rosa Parks are sitting outdoors next to one another. Clark is holding her eyeglasses in her lap, and Parks is holding flowers.

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