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Children Working in School Garden

Date: 1916
Description: Large group of students and teachers working in the Tyler School Gardens. The director of the school (or gardens?) was E.M. Bardwell.
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Raspberry School

Date: 1906
Description: Exterior view of the Raspberry School with a group of adults and children standing outside its entrance.
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Cherry Picking

Date: 1921
Description: A woman with a bucket clipped to her belt holds up a cluster of cherries in a cherry orchard.
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Women in Parade

Date: 1918
Description: Women, possibly International Harvester employees, carrying American flags and a company banner in a parade. The parade may be on Michigan Avenue in Chicag...
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California State Fair Exhibit

Date: 09 1932
Description: Exhibit-goers look at an International truck and a line of new crawler tractors (TracTracTors) arranged for International Harveser's display at the Califor...
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Overhead View of International Auto Wagon on Scenic Road

Date: 1914
Description: Elevated view of a man driving three women in an International Auto Wagon(?) along a scenic unpaved road overlooking a valley. There is a guard fence on bo...
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Woman in Farmhouse Living Room

Date: 1931
Description: Miss Lielle Geddis sitting in a rocking chair while reading an issue of "Country Gentleman" magazine in the living room of her home.
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Viennese Coffee

Date: 1935
Description: Irene Steinkopf, wife of Associated Press foreign correspondent Alvin J. Steinkopf and a former Milwaukee journalist, tastes her first Viennese coffee with...
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People at Red Arrow Resort

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Description: Three women, a dog, and two boys wearing swimsuits sit in front of the Red Arrow Resort building. Four wooden row boats are pulled up on the shoreline of D...
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Girls Playing Field Hockey

Date: 1935
Description: Girls running around on a field holding hockey sticks playing field hockey, possibly in Iron County. In the background are houses and trees.
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Students Returning to School with Corn

Date: 1919
Description: Small class of students and their teacher carrying sacks full of corn. Original caption reads: "Returning with trophies, Elm Grove School." The writing on ...
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Home Economics

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Description: Slightly elevated view of six young women posed in a kitchen. Two women on the left stand at a sink washing dishes, two women stand at a table behind them,...
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School Picnic

Date: 06 30 1905
Description: Group portrait of a Muscoda Public School picnic. Emma Schmitt (later Mrs. Sherwin Gillett) is on the far left of the top row. The 1905 Wisconsin Census ha...
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Family Driving

Date: 1903
Description: George S. Parker and family seated in their car, one of the first automobiles in Janesville. Behind them is a couple in another car.
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Grand View Hotel

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Description: Side view across lawn of the Grand View Hotel, with a porch in the front. Cottages are in the background on the right. Women are sitting in the lawn chairs...
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Courtyard of the White House Hotel

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Description: View across sidewalk of the courtyard of the White House Hotel. The Annex is on the right. A gazebo is on the left, there are benches and a lawn swing in t...
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Seven Young Women

Date: 1896
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop and prop column of seven European American women sitting on the floor. They are all leaning against one anot...
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J.R. Ogden and Family

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Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of a European American family posed sitting in front of a painted backdrop. A middle-aged man with a moustache and bea...
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J.R. Ogden and Family

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Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of a European American family posed sitting in front of a painted backdrop. On the far left is a young woman wearing a...
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Funeral for a Child

Date: 1902
Description: Group standing outdoors in the yard of a small clapboard church at the funeral of a small child. The child's white coffin, surrounded by mourners, stands o...

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