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A Hammock Outing

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Description: A group of people gathered on and around hammocks in a wooded area. Three women are sitting in a hammock on the left, and on the right three boys are sitti...
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Western Canoe Association Members

Date: 1894
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Western Canoe Association members lounging in front of their tent camp. They are all wearing caps or hats. Near the center of the...
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Western Canoe Association Members at Picnic Point

Date: 1894
Description: Seven members of the canoe association are posed around an eighth member, who is lying face down on a padded cot, covered with ferns. Ferns have been strat...
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Three People Sitting on a Roof

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Description: View looking up at a man sitting between two women on a roof. The women are wearing hats, skirts and collared blouses, and the woman on the right is wearin...
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Sailboat "Halcyon"

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Description: View across water towards four men wearing suits and hats sitting in a sailboat.
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Four Women in Front of a Building

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Description: Four women standing in front of a building. Above them is a railing. One of the women is holding a couple of books in her hands and under her arm.
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Portrait of Two Women

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Description: Full-length portrait of two women standing on a lawn, holding hands and smiling. They are wearing cowboy hats, white shirt waist blouses with puffy sleeves...
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Pipestone Quarry

Date: 1930
Description: Large pieces of stone are scattered on the gound near the smooth wall of a shallow quarry. Vegetation is growing on the surface above the wall and among th...
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Dressing a Deer

Date: 1930
Description: An American Indian woman is bending over the carcass of a young deer on the ground in a wooded area. A man, far right, is looking at the camera while holdi...
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Trapper with Hides

Date: 1920
Description: A Native American trapper sits on his haunches in front of a building where various hides on stretchers have been hung to dry. The building is sided with s...
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Spirit Rock

Date: 1930
Description: View of a sign identifying the Spirit Rock, which is a large boulder surrounded by sturdy protective posts. There are tree stumps in the foreground and a w...
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Women with Baskets

Date: 1930
Description: Two unidentified Ho-Chunk women posing outdoors behind a pile of baskets made from split black ash. There is a tarpaper covered dwelling behind them with a...
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Maiden Rock

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Description: View across Mississippi River towards Maiden Rock. Railroad tracks are in the foreground.
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A Wisconsin Lake

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Description: Elevated view overlooking a large lake. There appears to be a small island off the lakeshore.
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Lake Pepin

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Description: View along Mississippi River shoreline towards bluffs along Lake Pepin, below Maiden Rock.
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Dirt Road

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Description: Elevated view of a dirt road between bushes and trees. An automobile is parked on the left side of the road, and a fence runs along the right side. There i...
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Automobile on Road Cut Through Bluffs

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Description: View from roadside of an automobile driving up a curve in a road through a large rock formation cut through a bluff.
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Bluffs

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Description: View across field towards bluffs covered with trees. The edge of the bluff has an exposed rock face. The leaves on the trees are autumn colored.
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Valley Between Tree-Covered Hills

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Description: Elevated view of a valley between tree-covered hills. There is a lake or river, and a far shoreline in the distance.
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Field in Valley among Bluffs

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Description: View from a dirt road towards a field in a valley of low bluffs. Farm buildings are near a base of the bluffs at the far edge of the field.

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