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The "Rock School" Building

Date: 1900
Description: The "Rock School" building, with children and teachers posed outside.
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Dickey Chapelle as a Young Girl

Date: 1934
Description: Georgette Louise (Dickey) Meyer, the tall, bespectacled girl in the middle, salutes with five other children.
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Boy and Girl Working in the Field

Date: 1917
Description: A girl and a boy doing field work beside a wagon.
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Mothers Against the War

Date: 1966
Description: Mothers and infants at a demonstration against the war in Vietnam.
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Young Girl Feeding Chickens

Date: 1898
Description: A young girl feeds a flock of chickens outside the Leslie Bird house. Several other residences are visible in the background.
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Mule-Drawn Wagon on Dirt Road

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Description: A view of a man and boy posed on their mule-drawn wagon in the middle of a dirt road, which appears to be cut through the surrounding rock formation. Capti...
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William O. Petersen

Date: 1928
Description: William O. Petersen, youngest son of William F. and Alma Schmidt Petersen, plays at the Geneva Lake shore. There is a picnic basket in the background and a...
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Children with Goats

Date: 1927
Description: Five children, probably cousins, including Edward Petersen, center, and his brother Conrad, second from right, pose with two goats in an orchard at Black P...
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Boys and the Goat House

Date: 1927
Description: The Petersen brothers, from far left William Otto, Conrad Schmidt, and Edward William, with an unidentified boy (probably a cousin) pose in front of a smal...
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Man Passing Out Flags on the Fourth of July

Date: 1911
Description: Postcard of a view of a man wearing a straw boater passing out flags to children on the Fourth of July. Text on reverse, "Sane 4th."
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Off to School

Date: 1904
Description: Dorothy Fargo, ten years old, is holding the hands of her brothers Frank, four years old, and Stuart, seven years old, as they are posing on the sidewalk a...
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Boys with Their Dog

Date: 1905
Description: Stuart, left, and Frank Fargo posing with their dog, Mark, in front of a folding screen. There is a calendar on the screen behind them.
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Mark in the Harness

Date: 1905
Description: Mark, the Fargo family dog, has been harnessed to a Coaster wagon and has a bit in his mouth. Frank Fargo is sitting in the front of the wagon holding the ...
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Boating

Date: 1911
Description: Frank B. Fargo, standing on the shore and posing in front of the small launch "Ruth" on Rock Lake. An unidentified man, possibly Charles Millard, is standi...
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Wash Day at Camp

Date: 1907
Description: The travelers are washing their clothes in the St. Croix River. There are a number of logs at the river's edge.
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South 10th & Washington Street, Looking East

Date: 1906
Description: View of Washington Street from the intersection of South 10th Street looking east towards Lake Michigan. Streetcar tracks are running down the center of th...
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Toddler Eleanor Holt on the Shore of Archibald Lake

Date: 08 1902
Description: Toddler Eleanor Holt, carrying a pail, and Minnie May Rumsey are walking on the path away from Archibald Lake.
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Dr. James McClure, Miss Smith, and the Blackberry Pickers

Date: 1902
Description: Group portrait of women, men, and children standing in front of a display of freshly-picked blackberries. Dr. James McClure (left) and Miss Smith (right) a...
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Holt and McClure Children at Sandy Beach

Date: 1902
Description: View from rowboat of siblings Jeannette and Alfred Holt standing in the water and watching the rowboat approaching the shore of Archibald Lake. Alfred is h...
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Building the Tennis Court

Date: 1905
Description: A group of five men are preparing the soil for the new tennis court. The men are using shovels, rakes, and wheelbarrows. On the right, children Alfred and ...

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