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The "Vernie Mac" at Taylor Falls

Date: 1900
Description: A fire fighter's excursion on the "Vernie Mac" at a landing near Taylor Falls on the St. Croix River between Minnesota and Wisconsin. Excursion barge is a...
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Date: 1944
Description: President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the rain during his presidential reelection campaign.
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Circus Clown Sitting on Donkey

Date: 1909
Description: A circus clown sits astride a donkey outside a tent.
Postcard

Hoover visits Coolidge

Date: 1925
Description: Herbert Hoover visits President Calvin Coolidge during Coolidge's summer retreat from the heat, crowds, and a White House renovation in Washington, D.C. Ca...
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George William Piernot

Date: 1961
Description: George William Piernot (1922-2000) standing outdoors wearing his Madison Fire Department uniform in front of the home of his parents George Francis and Rho...
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George William Piernot

Date: 1961
Description: George William Piernot (1922-2000) standing outdoors wearing his Madison Fire Department uniform near the garage and home of his parents George Francis and...
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Sig Olson Duck Hunting

Date: 1930
Description: Sigurd Olson duck hunting with his son, Sig Jr.
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Leonore Middleton in Rickshaw

Date: 1922
Description: Leonore Middleton poses in a rickshaw pulled by a Japanese man.
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Dr Charles C. Miller Near Hives

Date: 1915
Description: Dr. Charles C. Miller standing among his beehives.
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Laughing Marine

Date: 04 05 1945
Description: Soldier L. Heims, seated outdoors on the back of a loaded vehicle, smiling broadly while reading a letter. Other smiling soldiers are in the background.
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George Peck in the Woods

Date: 1912
Description: Former governor George W. Peck stands in the woods with his arms outstretched. He is wearing a brimmed hat, shirt, neck scarf, suspenders, and pants.
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Oscar and Raccoon

Date: 1935
Description: Oscar, an employee at the State Experimental Game and Fur Farm, feeding a raccoon which is riding on his shoulder. The raccoon is grasping Oscar's hand wit...
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Making Chowder

Date: 08 1940
Description: Joe Norton, left, and his son Bud are tending a large pan of fish chowder cooking over the coals of a campfire on the shore of Green Lake. In the backgrou...
Print

On Christmas Day

Date: 1900
Description: A Christmas greeting card with an illustration of a woman at a market stall with wreaths and greenery. Inside the stall is the vendor. The colors are chrom...
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Filming a Scene for "The African Queen"

Date: 1951
Description: Crew, in foreground, filming a scene for the 1951 film "The African Queen." Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn are in a boat with a microphone over thei...
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Ready for the Summer Rain

Date: 1936
Description: A man and a woman, probably Eleanor Holt DeWitt and Donald Soule DeWitt, are standing together, wearing rain ponchos and wide-brimmed hats. Trees and Archi...
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Snake!

Date: 1916
Description: Three men are displaying a very long snake. Names from left to right: W.A. Holt, Rev. Ernest Wright, and W.M. Comstock. Caption reads: "Snake!"
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Couple on the Pier

Date: 08 23 1922
Description: A man and woman are striking a theatrical pose on the pier. Lake Michigamme is in the background.

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