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Children Under Canoe

Date: 1915
Description: Four children lay on their stomachs and pose underneath a canoe, which is overturned on the ground. They are near Delavan Lake.
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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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Rockford College Costumed Battle

Date: 1914
Description: Four costumed Rockford College students pose outdoors in mock battle on a lawn. Fighting roosters [?].
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Baseball in Wausau

Date: 1905
Description: Young boys playing baseball on a baseball field. One of the boys is running towards first base after hitting the ball, while another boy, in the infield, a...
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Girls Gathering Grains

Date: 1910
Description: Three girls standing in tall grass gathering a type of grain, with a thatched house and a hill in the background. The girls wear white blouses and skirts.
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Three Boys in Robes

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three boys in black robes each holding a book. The boys stand with two potted plants, and a prop wall of s...
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Swan Dive

Date: 1905
Description: Halftone print of two divers in mid-air as other young men watch from the pier at the Y.M.C.A. camp on Geneva Lake. A sailboat is moored to the pier, which...
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Swimmers at Mauthe Lake

Date: 1939
Description: View across beach towards a woman wearing a dress sitting on the top of a picnic table. Three girls in swimming suits and caps are standing near her. A lif...
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Around the Fire

Date: 1940
Description: Boys are roasting weiners at a stone fire ring overlooking the Chippewa River in Brunet Island State Park. A man on the far right, behind trees, is walking...
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Council Ring

Date: 06 1942
Description: Fourteen Boy Scouts are sitting in a circle in a clearing at Terry Andrae State Park. One boy on the right is older and is shirtless. There are picnic tabl...
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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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Gordon Wheeler and His Dog

Date: 1918
Description: Gordon Wheeler is sitting on the ground in a clearing by a wooded area with his Collie named Queenie. Caption reads: "Gordon Wheeler and Queenie."
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Decoration Day

Date: 05 30 1912
Description: Three girls are decorating Lucy Rumsey Holt's electric car with American flags for Decoration Day, possibly for a parade. Jeannette Holt is on the left. Sp...
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Holt and Stroh Cousins

Date: 08 22 1913
Description: An informal group portrait of some of the Holt and Stroh cousins, along with Uncle Wallace Rumsey. Jeannette Holt and Wallace Rumsey are holding metal milk...
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On an All-Day Bike Trip Around Lake Mendota

Date: 04 1941
Description: Frances Badoratto, Stella LaBruzzo, Vita Valenza, and Mary Lou Ciulla posed on their bicycles during a trip around Lake Mendota with the Neighborhood House...

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