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Mountain Meadow at Interstate Park

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Description: Mountain meadow at Interstate Park. This area was an ancient lake which became filled with peat. Prehistoric bison bones, copper points, and flint arrow po...
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Tent at Interstate Park

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Description: Tent covering the excavation site of the bones of extinct bison. Milo Mickelson and Lester Giesler are standing in the doorway of the tent.
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Picnic at Interstate Park

Date: 1936
Description: Picnic area at Interstate Park showing parked automobiles and visitors.
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Saturday Picnic

Date: 06 20 1936
Description: Men, women and children have gathered under the trees at the picnic grounds at Interstate Park. Containers of food have been set out on the picnic tables; ...
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Camp

Date: 1930
Description: Red poppies and other wildflowers are blooming in profusion near a camp of seven tents. Towels or laundry are hanging from clotheslines, and there is an au...
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Two Men

Date: 1930
Description: Two men are smoking cigarettes outdoors. They are wearing turbans and traditional dress, and are sitting on a colorful rug with long fringe. A pair of sho...
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Native Oleander

Date: 1930
Description: An autochrome transparency of a shrub covered with pink blossoms. Arid hills are in the background.
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Oleander in Bloom

Date: 1930
Description: An oleander in full bloom is standing in colorful contrast to the arid hills in the background.
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Shell Mound and Field

Date: 1930
Description: Poppies are blooming in profusion in a field backed by an irregular hill, identified by the photographer as a shell mound.
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Girl and Wildflowers

Date: 1930
Description: A young girl is smiling as she is posing while sitting in a rocky field of wildflowers with purple blossoms. She is wearing traditional dress and a head sc...
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Algerian Landscape

Date: 1930
Description: In the foreground, oleander bushes are blooming in profusion, backed by arid hills.
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Camp

Date: 1930
Description: View across field towards an automobile parked in front of a row of tents set up in a landscape of rolling hills. Two men are sitting at a table near the t...
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Camp

Date: 1930
Description: View across field towards an automobile, possibly a 1930 model Citroen, parked in front of a row of tents set up in a landscape of rolling hills. Two men a...

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