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Cranberry Harvest

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Description: Hand-colored image of a Wisconsin cranberry bog and harvest. Men are harvesting in the flooded cranberry marshes.
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Boys' Woodwork Group at Neighborhood House

Date: 1923
Description: Group of boys at a woodworking session in the basement shop at Neighborhood House, with boys posing with various tools and planks of wood. In the far backg...
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Sewing Saturday Mornings at Neighborhood House

Date: 1924
Description: Groups of children are sitting at tables for a Saturday morning sewing group at Neighborhood House, with a woman helping the children at each table. One bo...
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Children Playing Games at Neighborhood House

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Description: Children seated at tables playing board games and working on a jigsaw puzzle, with three women assisting.
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Boys Reading at Neighborhood House

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Description: One boy reads a book to a group of boys who are seated or lying in front of him by a fireplace. A sign on the mantel reads, "Silence". Boy Scout insignia a...
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Camp Fire Girls at Neighborhood House

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Description: Group of girls sitting or standing around a table that is covered with paper and containers of paint, holding brushes and small objects they are painting. ...
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Boys Marching with "Guns"

Date: 1906
Description: Boys marching down a neighborhood street with toy guns. The leader is carrying a big stick. A boy in the back is carrying a flag.
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Towering Rock Formations

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Description: View of four natural rock towers. There is a person (probably a man) standing on top of the one on the far left.
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Children Gathered Around Horse-Drawn Walking Plow

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Description: View of children gathered around a horse-drawn walking plow at Budlong School. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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Children and Horse-Drawn Wagon

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Description: Rear view of a group of children, some holding sacks over their shoulders, and some standing on a horse-drawn cart, looking towards a building in the backg...
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Group of Youth Posing with Woman Sitting on Horse-Drawn Wagon

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Description: Boys and girls are standing and crouching next to a horse-drawn wagon. A woman is standing on the wagon holding the reins. There is a white, clapboard buil...
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Bird on Woman's Hat

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Description: A bird is on the hat of a woman standing outdoors. She is standing outdoors, and is carrying snowshoes in her arms. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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Group of Children Standing in Line

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Description: A group of children are standing in line outdoors. They are on a wooden walkway leading to a farm building. There is mud in the driveway. Pallets are stack...
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Group of People in Three Horse-Drawn Wagons

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Description: View towards men, women and children in three horse-drawn wagons on a dirt road in front of what may be a schoolhouse. There is a bell tower on the buildin...
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Young Men Posing with Chickens

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Description: Group portrait of young men posing, some sitting and others standing. The young men are each holdig a chicken, and ears of corn are stacked on the floor in...
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Men and Women with Corn

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Description: Group of men and women in a barn with piles of corn. They appear to be shucking the corn. Hay is piled in the hay mow above the group. Hand-tinted lantern ...
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Residential Urban Garden

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Description: Men and women are strolling and conversing in a public garden. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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Children Working in Classroom

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Description: View from back of classroom towards a teacher and a group of children working with lab equipment in the front of the room. Other children are sitting in sc...
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Young Women and Young Man Working in School Garden

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Description: Three young women, and one young man are working in a garden in a fenced-in corner at the V.V. school. A low, metal railing separates a strip of plants and...
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The Shepherd and His Flock

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Description: A man and a dog are standing in the left foreground looking down a hill towards a flock of sheep. Caption reads: "CC47 — The Shepherd and His Flock, Sheep ...

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