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Wisconsin Chair Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Wisconsin Chair Company of Port Washington, Wisconsin, with its McLean patented swing rocking chair set against a circular background with ...
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Paving Blocks

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Montello granite quarry grounds shows piles of granite paving blocks. In the background, a team of horses pulls a wagon under an elevated narro...
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Street Scene with Carriages

Date: 1910
Description: Hand-colored lantern slide of an elevated view of a street scene which includes an assortment of carriages. In her journal of Ceylon, Carrie Chapman Catt r...
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Men Returning after Hunt

Date: 1910
Description: In her journal from Sudan, Carrie describes a tiger hunt which occurred while she was visiting a village. The tiger had been preying on livestock for a cou...
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Men watching Cock Fight

Date: 1910
Description: In her journal from India, Carrie mentions cock fights, describing them as a "barbaric form of entertainment". Here is shown a group of men watching one su...
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Adderley Street in Cape Town

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the post office on Adderley Street in Cape Town, South Africa. There are automobiles, horse-drawn carts, wagons, and streetcars on the wid...
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Hippopotamus

Date: 1910
Description: View of a hippopotamus taken from a boat tour on the Zambezi River during Carrie's trip to South Africa.
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Jacob Plow

Date: 1910
Description: From Carrie's journal from Palestine: "There were many terraced hills, covered with olive orchards. Men, women and children were gathering the olives, clim...
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Tiger Trap

Date: 1910
Description: During her visit to Sudan, Carrie describes a tiger hunt. The men of the village built large wooden traps for the tiger, seen here with men posed around it...
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Tiger after Hunt

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of men who have taken the tiger out of the trap. In her journal from Sudan, Carrie describes a tiger hunt which occurred while she was visit...
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Street View of Cape Town

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated street view of Cape Town, South Africa. Wagons, cars, people, and animals can be seen in the streets, and mountains in the background.
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People around Wagon

Date: 1910
Description: In her journal from China, Carrie writes that most villages have "one wagon, which is used for carrying the people, supplies, and our luggage." She talks a...
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Men with Tapirs

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of men after a hunt. The man on the left is carrying a Tapir and the man next to him is holding a baby Tapir. Four of the men are holding ro...
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People and Dog Sitting Outside

Date: 1910
Description: Three children, an adult, and a dog sitting outside of a thatched home. The children appear to be preparing food. All of the children are unclothed. In her...
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Cows In a Stream

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Description: View from shoreline of a small group of cattle standing in a stream drinking water. There are trees and shrubs are along the opposite shoreline.
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East Main Street Looking S.E.

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Description: View across East Main Street towards a row of businesses, looking southeast. From the left, the corner building has a tobacco shop with a law office above,...
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Corner of West Main and South Carroll Streets

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Description: View across street towards the corner of West Main and South Carroll Streets with horse-drawn wagons in front of storefronts. The building at the corner is...
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Pinckney Street and Main Street

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Description: Elevated view of the corner of Pinckney and Main Streets, with men on horse-drawn wagons and pedestrians on the sidewalks. On the right corner is the S. Kl...
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Empire Brewery

Date: 1883
Description: View across State Street towards two buildings, with, on the left, the Hess & Schmitz Livery Boarding and Sale Stable, and on the right the Empire Brewery....
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Man with a Basket on a Bicycle

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Description: View from street towards a smiling man posing on a bicycle. He is caring a basket on his left arm, and is wearing a peaked cap and a suit with gaiters abov...

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