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Norwegian Sunday School Picnic

Date: 1873
Description: A Norwegian Sunday school picnic, perhaps held at Maple Bluff on Lake Mendota. The original stereograph is in the collection of the Norwegian-American Hist...
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Wienermobile at the Fair

Date: 1952
Description: The driver of the wienermobile finds the entrance to the Oscar Mayer tent at the Wisconsin State Fair too low for it to get in.
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Young Girl and Puppy

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Description: Miss Irene Baudle cradles her doll while sitting next to her puppy in front of the family wheat field.
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Frank King Painting a Character onto a Boat

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Description: Frank O. King paints his character "Uncle Walt" onto a rowboat. The boy in the background on a pier is King's grand-nephew David Witt Nye.
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Tug-o-War

Date: 1965
Description: A group of men play tug-o-war on a lawn near the side of a street. Two buildings are in the background.
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Honey Queen Lois Lensmeyer

Date: 1969
Description: Manitowoc County Honey Queen, Lois Lensmeyer of Whitelaw, Wisconsin. She wears a white dress and is standing and smiling with her Honey Queen sash and crow...
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Campers at Campfire

Date: 1950
Description: Margo Pirie and Sue Ann Hackett on an outdoor camping trip. They are seated near a campfire with a tent in the background.
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Sid fishing near a pond

Date: 06 1957
Description: View of Sid fishing in tall grass at a pond or river. He is looking over his shoulder towards the camera.
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Historymobile Visitors

Date: 09 17 1955
Description: Vistors entering and exiting the Wisconsin Historical Society Historymobile parked at Point Beach State Park.
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Through Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Description: Through Bosnia and the Herzegovina during the war. Celebrating the Mevlud (Mawlid) festival to commemorate Mohammed's birthday on January 18th (1916) in Sa...
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Mosque in Sarajevo, Bosnia

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Description: Through Bosnia and the Herzegovina during the war. Celebrating the Mevlud (Mawlid) festival to commemorate Mohammed's birthday on January 18th (1916) in Sa...
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Rowing on Archibald Lake

Date: 1898
Description: Close-up of a young man, possibly James McClure, Jr., rowing on Archibald Lake. A tree-lined shore is in the background. Caption reads: "A Great Hand at Ro...
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W.A. Holt and Daughter Eleanor Tobogganing

Date: 11 26 1903
Description: Smiling at the camera, daughter Eleanor Holt is tobogganing with her father W.A. Holt in the backyard of the Holt family home. Aunt Nell is standing behind...
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Fishing Party

Date: 1905
Description: Alfred Holt (center) is rowing the boat on Archibald Lake while Richard Rumsey (?) and James McClure are baiting hooks for fishing. The wild shoreline and ...
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Tea Party

Date: 1905
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Eleanor Holt, wearing a bow in her hair, who is standing and pouring a cup of tea for her brother, Donald...
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Hank Aaron Signing Baseball

Date: 03 1962
Description: Three men are standing behind a counter, two of them wearing Milwaukee Braves baseball caps. In the middle, Hank Aaron is signing a baseball. To his left, ...

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