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Naturalization

Date: 09 18 1984
Description: Jennie Youn Haeng Seider, 4, of Milwaukee, used her father Jeffrey Seider's back to display her new certificate of naturalization.
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Family Examining a New W-30 Tractor

Date: 02 07 1935
Description: Salesman showing a new McCormick-Deering W-30 tractor to a small group of men, women, and children in the showroom of an International Harvester dealership...
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John J. Flad Sr. Family

Date: 07 31 1943
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the John J. Flad Sr. and Nell Flad family. Includes seven adult children, Thomas H., Joseph H., Rev. Fr. Paul N., John J. Jr., Ja...
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Frank Family Banquet

Date: 03 15 1936
Description: Frank family banquet at the Morris L. Frank restaurant, located at 611 Chapman Street. The family were Greenbush residents.
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CUNA Christmas Party

Date: 12 22 1935
Description: Group portrait of CUNA (Credit Union National Association) adults and children around a table with presents. There is a Christmas tree in the background.
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Reque Family and Home

Date: 1873
Description: Family and frame house of Lars David Reque. The family is posing in the yard which is surrounded by a picket fence, with a large frame house behind with ca...
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Extended Family of Bill Jay

Date: 1898
Description: Group posing standing and sitting in the grass in front of a board house, possibly the Bill Jay family. The two children sitting are probably Edward and Sa...
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Group Posing by Organ

Date: 1899
Description: Group of people posing around an organ. A young woman in a white dress is sitting at the organ, facing left, with an older man behind her on the right. On ...
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African American Family Group

Date: 10 16 1948
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of African American families sitting along a long table, celebrating a birthday party at the Workmens Circle Clubhouse, 4...
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Family in front of Hans Kjorstad Residence

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Description: View of group posing on the lawn in front of a two-story frame house. Four men in the background on the left are standing near two teams of horses; three m...
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Log Cabin

Date: 1914
Description: Log cabin known as the "haunted house" on Rock Island, remodeled by Chester Thordarson. There are three people sitting on the porch.
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Farmall at the Tri-State Fair in Iowa

Date: 08 22 1929
Description: A crowd of spectators gathers around a Farmall Regular tractor on display at the Tri-State Fair.
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The Lloyd Jones Family

Date: 1883
Description: A group portrait of about 40 members of the Lloyd Jones family. The empty chair in the front row was placed in memory of the wife of Richard Lloyd Jones.
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Nyhus Family

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of eleven members of the Nyhus family, including four women, four men, and three young boys.
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Meinen Family Large Group Portrait

Date: 1900
Description: Outdoor group portrait of some eighty members of the extended Meinen family on the occasion of the golden anniversary of two of its members. They are stand...
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Cornerstone Celebration in Hurley

Date: 07 15 1906
Description: Elevated view from the south of a crowd gathered to witness and celebrate the laying of the cornerstone of the new St. Mary of the Seven Dolors Catholic Ch...
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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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"Bigger Than Life" Movie Still

Date: 1956
Description: Dramaic scene still from the Twentieth Century-Fox movie "Bigger Than Life," featuring Walter Matthau (playing Wally Gibbs), James Mason (playing Ed Avery)...
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Hobart Bosworth in "The Scarlet Sin"

Date: 1915
Description: The Reverend Eric Norton (played by Hobart Bosworth) entertains a baby with a teddy bear in a publicity still from "The Scarlet Sin" (Universal, 1915).
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Mr. and Mrs. William Roddy

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Description: Elevated view of group of people at a livery. A man and woman, possibly Mr. And Mrs. William Roddy, are posed sitting in a buggy pulled by two horses in fr...

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