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Photographer's Son in Boat

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Description: Laurie Peterson, son of the photographer, plays in boat. The photograph was originally titled "The Lone Boatsman".
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Lone Fisherman

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Description: View across water towards Laurie Peterson, son of the photographer, fishing from a rock on a misty morning near the family home.
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Carl A. Peterson Fishing

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Description: View from shoreline of the photographer, Carl A. Peterson, taking a moment to light his pipe while fishing from a boat near the family home.
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Niagara Falls from Canada Side

Date: 1877
Description: Stereograph of "Two different views of the Falls from Canada side," from the series "Niagara Falls and Suspension Bridge" as mentioned in Dahl's 1877 "Cata...
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Iron Bridge across Mississippi

Date: 1875
Description: "Iron Bridge across Mississippi" photographed during "The Norwegian Lutheran Synod held at Minneapolis, Minn., 1875," as described in Dahl's 1877 "Catalogu...
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Lake City Cornet Band

Date: 05 17 1870
Description: A large group, mainly men, are gathered behind the "Lake City Cornet Band" who are in uniform near a lake shore, possibly Lake Monona. The card was marked ...
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Belle Isle Residence

Date: 1930
Description: Residence in Belle Isle on Lake Monona in Squaw Bay, off Winnequah Road. The building is no longer standing.
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Sewerage Disposal Plant

Date: 1934
Description: Aerial view of Janesville showing the river fill for the new sewerage disposal plant.
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Tower Foundation

Date: 1898
Description: View from water tower, showing the grove where Black Hawk's pursuers were supposed to have camped in 1832. The group of men in the foreground are digging f...
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The Island's Edge

Date: 1969
Description: The Island's Edge, Williamsburg Bridge, East River.
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Staten Island Ferry

Date: 1969
Description: Staten Island Ferry, Lower Manhattan.
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The Harlem River

Date: 1969
Description: The Harlem River, East 206th Street.
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Hundred Acre Cove

Date: 1977
Description: Child overlooking a lake next to an unfinished building.
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Schoodic Lake

Date: 1981
Description: Canoe and boat docked on Schoodic Lake.
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Willow at the East Lagoon

Date: 1990
Description: Willow at the East Lagoon in DeKalb County.
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Fjoloy Lighthouse

Date: 1996
Description: Fjoloy Lighthouse on the coast of in Stavanger, Norway.
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A Cow in Winter

Date: 1992
Description: Cow standing in pond off Old State Road in DeKalb County.
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Self-Portrait from Lucinda Bridge

Date: 1992
Description: Self-Portrait of shadow from Lucinda Bridge above the Kishwaukee River.
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Bridge Over the East Lagoon

Date: 1999
Description: Snow-covered bridge over the East Lagoon.
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Pond at the Old Place

Date: 2001
Description: Landscape view of the pond at the Old Place on the Quinney farm.

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