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Children and Adults Engaged in Yard Work

Date: 02 20 1915
Description: A woman and boy are using "sedge brush" brooms to sweep a dirt yard as two women — possibly social workers or Agricultural Extension employees — look on. A...
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Group Portrait of African Americans in front of Building

Date: 02 17 1915
Description: Group portrait of African American children and adults posing in front of a run-down building with a stone chimney — possibly a rural school house.
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Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad Passenger Depot

Date: 1910
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad passenger depot. The village of Allis is now part of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and is called West Allis.
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Martin's Tavern

Date: 1910
Description: View of Leonard Martin's Tavern in Chamberlain, with large Martin house in front.
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Tripp Memorial Library

Date: 1912
Description: View from street of the Tripp Memorial Library in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, about 1912. Caption reads: "New Library, Prairie du Sac, Wis."
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Nettie, Harold, and Chauncey McCormick Leaving Church

Date: 04 12 1914
Description: Photograph taken by a reporter on Easter Sunday, of Nettie Fowler McCormick (1835-1923) leaving Fourth Church in Chicago with her great-nephew, Chauncey Br...
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Mrs. Lathrop at Old La Pointe Post Office

Date: 1910
Description: Mrs. Elizabeth Lathrop sitting on steps of La Point Post Office with an unidentified woman.
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Man in Truck

Date: 1916
Description: A truck parked in front of an International Harvester Company building, possibly the Champion Works. The building has an archway, with lettering which read...
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Owen Moore and Florence Lawrence in a scene still

Date: 1912
Description: Owen Moore, costumed as a minister, talks to Florence Lawrence by a gate in front of a house in a scene still from a silent drama, possibly "The Redemption...

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