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Woman Using Spinning Wheel

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Description: Elderly woman using a spinning wheel to make yarn from wool.
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Byron Kilbourn

Date: 1855
Description: Portrait of Byron Kilbourn, Milwaukee businessman.
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Brillion News Print Shop

Date: 1901
Description: Interior view of the Brillion News Print Shop, where a printer and his assistants, two women, are posing around a press and work tables.
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Indian Group at Pima Agency

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Description: A group of Indians, possibly at the Pima Agency, near Phoenix.
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Group Boat Trip

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Description: A group on a boat trip, possibly people traveling with William Arthur Jones.
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Joseph William Hobbins House

Date: 1900
Description: The Joseph William Hobbins House at 114 West Gilman. Two woman are standing on the front porch.
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Snow-Covered Railroad Car

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Description: Two men standing on top of a snow-covered railroad car. The top of the steam locomotive is the only area visible of the train. Photograph reads, "On the Ma...
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John F. Kennedy Signing the Social Security Amendments

Date: 1961
Description: John F. Kennedy, seated, surrounded by a number of men, including Vice-President Lyndon Baines Johnson, center, standing, and Wilbur Cohen, Assistant Secre...
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Woman Waiting for a Train

Date: 1900
Description: Woman seated among parcels on the train platform of an isolated small railroad station.
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Operational Meeting

Date: 01 31 1950
Description: In this large indoor group portrait, C.L. (Neal) Harrington is in the second row, second from the right. The men are attending an operational meeting for t...
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Lotta and Florence Lawrence

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Description: Florence Lawrence and her mother Lotta are standing together outdoors wearing overcoats and holding their hats. They are both smiling, and Florence has one...
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J.K. Severson House

Date: 1903
Description: An automobile with driver and four passengers is parked beside the porch of a two-story wood frame house at 1923 East Washington Avenue. On the reverse of ...
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Pearl White on the RMS Olympic

Date: 07 05 1913
Description: Actress Pearl White stands on the deck of the RMS Olympic with four other women and four men. All are dressed very nicely and two of the women hold large ...

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