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Swiss Group

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Description: Hand-colored studio portrait of women and children in Swiss costume.
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Tall-tale Postcard: Onion Mound

Date: 1909
Description: Photomontage of several farmers working to lift a giant onion onto the flatbed horse-drawn cart. Beside them is a giant mound of onions with a ladder leani...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Gold Mine On The Farm

Date: 1911
Description: Photomontage of a giant pig in a pen. A man, standing in the pen, is holding a giant ear of corn for the pig to eat. Numerous ears of oversized corn litter...
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Indians in Native Dress

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Description: Group of Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indians in traditional dress. Caption reads: "Indians in Native Dress, Wittenberg, Wis."
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View from Lake Monona

Date: 1905
Description: View from shoreline looking towards the city of Madison from across Lake Monona. Several people are in a rowboat on the lake. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis....
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Red Cliff Indian Reservation

Date: 1913
Description: Powwow at the Red Cliff Indian Reservation on the shores of Lake Superior.
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Lake Kosciuszko

Date: 1905
Description: A boat with five people are on a lake surrounded by trees. Behind them are several docked boats. In the background is a park area with a red-roofed buildin...
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Lake and Boaters Near Railroad Tracks

Date: 1910
Description: Two men walk along railroad tracks near water's edge. Standing on the shoreline are a group of adults and children gathered around boats. Buildings can be...
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Winter Iceboat on Lake Monona

Date: 1918
Description: Richard "Dick" Lloyd Jones and his mother, Georgia Lloyd Jones, look at an iceboat on frozen Lake Monona. Houses along the north shore are in the backgrou...
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Winter Sledding on Lake Monona

Date: 1918
Description: A woman pulls Richard "Dick" Lloyd Jones on a sled across the ice on Lake Monona. Two other women stand on either side, and houses on the shoreline are in ...
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Winter with Lloyd Jones Family on Lake Monona

Date: 1918
Description: Two women stand behind Richard Lloyd Jones and son Richard Lloyd Jones Jr., who are seated on a sled on frozen Lake Monona.
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Booker T. Washington with Dick and Jenk Lloyd Jones

Date: 04 1914
Description: Booker T. Washington stands flanked by Richard "Dick" Lloyd Jones (left) and Jenkin Lloyd Jones (right) near the shore of a Madison lake. Washington, desc...
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Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones and Grandsons

Date: 1913
Description: Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones, well known Chicago minister, with his grandsons Richard "Dick" Lloyd Jones (standing) and Jenkin Lloyd Jones on the floor.
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National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

Date: 1905
Description: Lake near the home, probably Lake Hincks, which was named after General Edward W. Hincks who was administrator of the Home in the 1870's. The grounds consi...
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Dick Lloyd Jones

Date: 1913
Description: Richard "Dick" Lloyd Jones sits on the lap of "best friend of Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Jones" and plays with a toy train car.
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600 Block South Brearly Street with cars and children

Date: 1918
Description: Unidentified man stands beside a car, with Richard "Dick" Lloyd Jones and Jenkin Lloyd Jones inside. An unidentified man poses beside a second car. In th...
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Biss with Her Mother, Georgia Lloyd Jones

Date: 1914
Description: Georgia Lloyd Jones and her daughter Florence (Bis or Bisser) on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Agricultural Hall is in the background...
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Jenk on Pony

Date: 1917
Description: Jenkin Lloyd Jones sits on a pony calmed by his mother, Georgia Lloyd Jones. His younger sister, Florence (Bis) is in the background.
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Carriages at the Milwaukee Journal Building

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Description: Heavy touring carriages unload passengers in front of the Milwaukee Journal newspaper building. A crowd is gathered, along with a few musicians and ...
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Picnic Group

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Description: A crowd of men, women, and children gathered in front of a building with picnic baskets.

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