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Fred Clausen With Family

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Description: Family photograph of the Clausens in their yard for use in campaign literature.
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Man and Woman Gathering Water

Date: 1910
Description: A man and woman gathering water in calabashes, pitchers and clay pots. The women is carrying the water on a basket on her head, while the man carries them ...
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Two Women Bowing in Kimonos

Date: 1910
Description: Hand-colored lantern slide of two women bowing to each other on opposite sides of an entrance gate to a yard. In her diary from Japan and South Korea, Carr...
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Three Women Seated Around a Table

Date: 1910
Description: The women sit at a table on which are papers with Asiatic lettering, along with a teapot and teacups. Behind the group are sliding wooden door panels. In f...
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People and Dog Sitting Outside

Date: 1910
Description: Three children, an adult, and a dog sitting outside of a thatched home. The children appear to be preparing food. All of the children are unclothed. In her...
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Thatched Housing

Date: 1910
Description: Log and thatched homes. In a number of her journals, Carrie describes the conditions of housing. Many countries at the time still utilized thatched houses ...
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Medicine Lodge at Skunk Hill

Date: 1920
Description: View of a portion of Skunk Hill, with the medicine lodge in the background next to other buildings. The canvas is partially on the lodge.
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Western Canoe Association Members at Picnic Point

Date: 1894
Description: Seven members of the canoe association are posed around an eighth member, who is lying face down on a padded cot, covered with ferns. Ferns have been strat...
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Interior of Straubel House; Parlor and Dining Room

Date: 1895
Description: Interior view of the parlor and dining room of the Straubel home. A piano is in the parlor in the foreground, and a woman is standing next to the dining ro...
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Painted Plow in Sid's Backyard

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Description: A plow with handles, plowshare and hitch is painted with multicolored design of spirals, dots and chevrons. A red concrete lantern is on the left, and leaf...
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Adopted Skunks

Date: 06 1937
Description: A domestic short-hair calico mother cat is sitting with several baby skunks around her. There is also a kitten at lower right. On the reverse of the print ...
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On the Front Porch of the Ark Cottage

Date: 1911
Description: A small group is gathered on the screened porch of the Ark cottage. Anna Holt Wheeler is standing in the doorway, looking at the camera and holding a handi...
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Minnie May Rumsey Holding Baby Jeannette Holt

Date: 07 25 1896
Description: Minnie May Rumsey is smiling and holding her niece Jeannette Holt. The baby is looking at the camera. An architectural column and foliage are in the backgr...
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Robert Thurston Canoeing

Date: 1917
Description: Robert Thurston is canoeing on Archibald Lake amidst some shoreline grasses. The Ark cottage on the Island is in the background on the right.
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Strawberries and First Long Trousers

Date: 06 15 1918
Description: Donald Holt, who is 16 years old, is wearing his first long trousers, marking the transition from boyhood to manhood. He is taking a strawberry that Mrs. W...
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Jeannette Holt and Spot on Exhibition

Date: 1912
Description: Jeannette Holt is holding on Spot up on its hind legs in front of Island Lodge. People are standing on the porch and watching.

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