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Green Bay Public Library

Date: 1910
Description: Interior view of the Green Bay Public Library. The library was built in 1903 at a cost of $12,000 by H.A. Foeller, Architects. Note on photograph reads: "I...
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Stephenson Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Stephenson Public Library. Cardboard backing reads: "Marinette - Lecture room - Stephenson Public Library." Reverse of cardboard backi...
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Cabins at Al's Place on the Turtle Flowage

Date: 1933
Description: Modest cabins located along shoreline of Turtle Flowage on a cloudy day.
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Cabins and Boats at Al's Place on the Turtle Flowage

Date: 1935
Description: View from water of vacation cabins and boats along lake shoreline of Turtle Flowage. The roof of the building on the right says: "Al's Place / Lunches — Ca...
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Cars Parked by House

Date: 1933
Description: Old cars parked in tall grass next to a house with a porch; a gas pump is on the right. There is a smaller dwelling with a car parked next to it on the lef...
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Two Hares

Date: 1909
Description: Two hares rest on rugs in the Middleton family apartment. Two plants in large jardinieres are also featured.
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Man with Tractor and Brush Hog

Date: 11 12 1928
Description: A man stands beside a McCormick-Deering tractor outfitted with a "Brush Hog."
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Judge Stone's Residence

Date: 11 30 1915
Description: The large, pillared residence of Judge Stone, with a long driveway curving from the left. A man is driving an automobile down the driveway.
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Interior of Conrad Schmitt Home

Date: 1905
Description: Interior view of the parlor of the Conrad Schmitt (Sherwin Gillett's father-in-law) home. Family photographs are on the wall and on the piano.
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Camp 5

Date: 1909
Description: A view of The Gang's canoes at their fifth camp of the trip.
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Soldiers Awaiting Orders to Fire Artillery

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian artillerymen taking a break from the battle at a firing position on the southwestern battlefront in Tyrol. Some of the men are smoking. The troops...
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Building Barbed Wire Entanglements

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Description: Austrian officers are overseeing the building of a wall on the front. On the left side of the wall, soldiers are standing knee-deep in the water, construct...
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Soldiers in Front of Bunkers

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers post in front of the bunkers on the Italian front in the battle zone around Lavarone in South Tyrol. These are camouflaged artillery posi...
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Constructing Barbed Wire Entanglements

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers are building barbed wire entanglements in a lake reed bed on the southwestern battlefront in South Tyrol. One man holding a coil of wire ...
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Water Wheel in the Desert

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Description: Water wheel in the Syrian desert.
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Flour Supply

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Description: Flour supply wagons in a semi-desert region.
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Cactus Etching

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Description: Turkish officer etching his name into a cactus leaf as a remembrance.
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Arab Civilians Working in a Trench

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Description: Soldiers and children cleaning up rubble.
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Daycare

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Description: Daycare for the children of soldiers. Children are cared for and given food daily, without charge, by volunteer aids.
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Daycare

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Description: Daycare for the children of soldiers. Children are cared for and given food daily, without charge, by volunteer aids.

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