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Woman with Long Hair

Date: 1922
Description: A young woman with long, loose hair sits in a chair in a yard. There is a cottage and lake in the background. She appears to have a mirror in her lap.
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Mary Brandel in Undergarments

Date: 1922
Description: Mary Brandel poses outdoors on a porch in what appears to be undergarments or sleepwear.
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Mary Brandel Posing on Log

Date: 1924
Description: Mary Brandel posing on a weathered log, with fields, fence, and buildings in the background.
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Mary Brandel and Friend with Car

Date: 1925
Description: Mary Brandel and a friend pose on the sideboard of a parked car in what appear to be bathing suits. They are near a drive near a small building on the left...
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Brandel Women and Friend in Bathing Suits

Date: 1925
Description: Mary Brandel, her mother, and a friend pose together wearing bathing suits. Trees and a lake are behind them, and the shadow of the photographer can be see...
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Aunt Lydia

Date: 08 13 1936
Description: Aunt Lydia, a relative of the Brandel family, is wearing a dress and eyeglasses. She poses leaning against a tree.
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Henry Lawrence Ahlgren and Harriet Gleason

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Description: Outdoor portrait of Henry Lawrence Ahlgren (1908-2004) and Harriet Gleason (1911-1998) while students at the University of Wisconsin. The couple married Fe...
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Sigurd Olson Outdoors in Snow

Date: 1940
Description: Winter scene with Sigurd Olson, age 41, probably taken for publicity purposes.
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Knopf in Minnesota

Date: 08 1961
Description: Publisher Alfred A. Knopf, Sr., photographed while visiting the cabin of author Sigurd Olson at Listening Point. Knopf published all eight of Olson's books...
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That Hoola Shimmy: Two Men Playing Ukeleles

Date: 1920
Description: Two young men dressed in suits and ties playing ukeleles on a residential street.
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Hazel Marsden

Date: 1932
Description: Hazel Marsden, a 12-year old student at Prairie School, holds gladiolus flowers from her garden. There is a tobacco plant growing among the flowers.
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Orin Swingle

Date: 1932
Description: Orin Swingle, teacher at Strawberry School, poses with his left foot on the bumper of an automobile. He wears suspenders and holds his hat in his right han...
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Bertha Swingle

Date: 1932
Description: Bertha Swingle, wearing a print dress and hat, poses outdoors in front of a door at her home. There is a large hosta plant on the left and other shrubbery ...
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Mary Estalene Oungst

Date: 1933
Description: Mary Oungst, teacher at the Cloverland School, District No. 2, poses standing in front of a lilac bush. There is a house in the background.
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Phyllis Coggins

Date: 1933
Description: Phyllis Coggins, age 9, poses alongside the Cloverland School. She is identified as the "Leader in English" among the school children. She is wearing a s...
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Alice Klusinski, Graduate

Date: 06 1932
Description: Alice Klusinski poses in her graduation cap and gown. She is leaning on an automobile and holding a rose in her left hand.
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Alice Klusinski in Her Cap and Gown

Date: 06 1932
Description: Full-length outdoor portrait of Alice Klusinski posing in her cap and gown on graduation day.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

A Young Alfred Lunt as Rip Van Winkle

Date: 1904
Description: A young Alfred Lunt dressed as Rip Van Winkle, using clothing and a musket borrowed from farm hands and leggings made of gunny sacks.
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Linda Schiesser in a Mexican Jacket

Date: 1948
Description: Linda Schiesser (b. 1944) posing outdoors wearing trousers, a hat with her name on it, and a Mexican Tourist Jacket. Written at the bottom of the print: "L...
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M.E. Stewart and Mrs. I.B. Woodward

Date: 1884
Description: Ferrotype/tintype of M.E. Stewart and Mrs. I.B. Woodward. Three-quarter length portrait, both seated, facing forward, in front of a painted backdrop. They ...

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