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Koehler Family in a Garden

Date: 09 04 1895
Description: Julius Koehler family in their garden in front of their newly built frame home. The original Koehler farm was destroyed by forest fire in July of 1894, evi...
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Amund and Siri Rustebakke and Women with Spinning Wheels

Date: 1873
Description: Amund Rustebakke, standing in doorway, and Siri Rustebakke, center, sitting, in front of a house with her daughters and daughter-in-law and four spinning w...
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Brand New Oven

Date: 1950
Description: Woman displays a brand new oven/stove.
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Dressed for a Night Out

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Description: A young woman wearing a formal gown and mink stole looks at a portrait of a woman while sitting on a couch, as if waiting to go out for the evening.
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New Orleans Market

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Description: A woman and two young children are shown in a farm market.
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Fresh Vegetable Vendors

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Description: Two African American women pose with baskets of fresh vegetables on their heads while selling their produce. A building with an exterior brick chimney is b...
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Giles House

Date: 1875
Description: The Giles house, residence of Hiram H. Giles, state legislator and social welfare authority.
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Giles House

Date: 1875
Description: Exterior view of the Giles house, residence of Hiram H. Giles, state legislator and social welfare authority.
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Diomicio Saeng and Family

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: Diomicio Saeng, the manager of Haciend El Tejon (76 miles Southwest of Metamoras, Mexico), posing with his five children and wife on the steps of their hom...
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Series of Portraits of Women

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Description: Series of portraits with four women, together and individually. The names of the women, who are possibly sisters, are Clara, Amelia, Gertie, and Nellie.
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Farm Family on Bales of Cotton

Date: 1921
Description: A couple with two children sitting on a bale of cotton in a barnyard posing for a portrait.
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Women of the Freie Geminde

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Description: Women of the Free Congregation (Free Thinkers) of Sauk City, gathered in the basement of their meeting house.
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Group Seated on Lawn for Supper

Date: 06 1913
Description: Group of International Harvester Agricultural Extension speakers seated on a lawn for supper. Original caption reads: "This picture shows part of the Alfal...
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Rural Teachers Learn Woodworking and Rope Tying

Date: 08 1919
Description: Group of several women, probably rural school teachers, assembling wood projects, including benches, while others are learning to tie rope.
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Bench Work

Date: 1919
Description: View of a teacher watching over a group of male students as they practice woodwork at benches inside a classroom. The text on the blackboard hanging on the...
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Mrs. Gillespie Feeding Chickens

Date: 06 1930
Description: Mrs. Gillespie using a metal bucket to feed a flock of White Leghorn chickens outside a farm building on an International Harvester demonstration farm. A s...
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Gillespie Family at IH Demonstration Farm

Date: 06 1930
Description: Group portrait of Josh Gillespie sitting with his wife and children on the steps of a farmhouse. Gillespie was foreman at International Harvester's Montgom...
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Woman at Sink

Date: 1925
Description: A woman filling a bucket with water from an indoor well pump while standing at a kitchen sink. A mirror is hanging on the wall and a potted plant, canister...
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Girls in Sewing Class

Date: 1914
Description: Female students working in a sewing class taught by Miss Catherine Mulvey. Original caption reads, "Miss Mulvey teaches the primary grades, but on Friday a...
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Students and Teachers Outside School

Date: 1913
Description: Group portrait of students and teachers of the Woldale High School outside their school building.

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