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Grist Mill

Date: 1872
Description: Wind powered stone grist mill. Two men stand on a wood balcony near the open doorway of the windmill.
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White Pine Forest Mapping

Date: 03 1939
Description: A man mapping a planted stand of white pines in Devil's Lake State Park. He is wearing snowshoes.
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Heart of the Hills Walking Club

Date: 1926
Description: Members and guests of the Heart of the Hills Walking Club pose on a bluff near Devil's Lake. H.E. Cole stands second from right.
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Rockford College Picnic

Date: 1913
Description: Four women from Rockford College standing by the side of a dirt road looking into a wooded area. The women are carrying picnic baskets.
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Arthur Stubb

Date: 1932
Description: Arthur Stubb, 13, a student at Peck School, "dragging the field before the grain was planted." He poses wearing a cap, jacket and bib overalls, with the re...
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Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Clubs

Date: 1896
Description: View across railroad tracks towards a group of glee, banjo and mandolin club members posing in front of a University of Wisconsin banner on the Chicago and...
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Three People Sitting on a Roof

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Description: View looking up at a man sitting between two women on a roof. The women are wearing hats, skirts and collared blouses, and the woman on the right is wearin...
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Portrait of Six Women in Wearing Hats

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Description: Vignetted group portrait of six young women posing in a row. They are all wearing hats with flat crowns, curved or bent brims and lavish feather arrangemen...
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Four Women Wearing Feather Hats

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Description: Vignetted group portrait of four women standing closely in a row gazing at each other. The two women on the right stand in profile looking at the other two...
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Double Portrait of Two Men

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Description: Double portrait, probably in a studio, of two men, in two different poses, one on the left and one on the right. Both men are wearing hats and suits. In th...
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Hattie Taylor and Others on Shoreline near "Kate E. Howard"

Date: 1912
Description: Hattie Taylor and her neighbors on the icy shoreline of Lake Michigan near the row boat "Kate E. Howard."
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Maple Grove

Date: 1930
Description: An unidentified man wearing a hat and double breasted overcoat is holding a binocular case in his left hand and posing beside maple trees that have multipl...
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Sugar Camp

Date: 1930
Description: A Native American man, left, posing in front of the sapling frame of a shelter at a maple sugar camp. Two Native American women are standing under the fram...
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Ojibwe Dancers

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of a group of male and female Ojibwe (Chippewa) dancers forming a circle. They are surrounded by a crowd of white onlookers. The dancers are ...
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Judging Horses

Date: 1925
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of men gathered around four teams of horses hitched to sleighs in a snow covered lot. There is a dog at the center of the...
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Judging Sheep

Date: 1925
Description: A man in a light-colored overcoat, possibly Joseph Wojta, standing behind a sheep being inspected by two other men. A group, including men, women and child...
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Judging Horses

Date: 1925
Description: View across unpaved road towards a Native American man wearing a plaid overcoat with two work horses. A crowd of men are watching from the elevated wooden ...
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Learning to Select Good Horses

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of a Native American man holding the lead of a horse as it is evaluated by another man, possibly Joseph Wojta, who is wearing a hat and long ...
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Judging Dairy Cows

Date: 1930
Description: View across muddy ground towards a man holding a dairy cow by the halter, and on the left a boy holding the lead of a heifer. They are standing in front of...
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Clearing Land

Date: 1920
Description: Four Native American men posing while clearing land for farming. One man is standing atop a stump which has been pulled from the ground. Another man is hol...

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