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Family Gathering on Basswood Island

Date: 1916
Description: Picnic on the shores of Basswood Island, Apostle Islands. Those picnicking include Harriet Webb, C.A. Hull, H.W. Rodgers, Mrs. J. Austin, Elizabeth Baker, ...
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University of Wisconsin Poultry Class

Date: 1916
Description: University of Wisconsin Poultry Class. A large group of students is standing outside near cages.
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Corn Machine Catalog

Date: 1916
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Deering line of corn machines, showing an old man next to a scarecrow with a jack-o-lantern f...
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Tractor Show

Date: 1916
Description: A line up of International Harvester Mogul 12-25 and Mogul 8-16 tractors, and a John Deere tractor in front of tents at the Fremont(?) Tractor Show.
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Picnic on Bear Island

Date: 1916
Description: Group of people gathered for a rustic picnic on Bear Island, Apostle Islands, Lake Superior. Image includes Mrs. J.L. Abernathy, Cora A. Hull, Mrs F.B. Chu...
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Children and Instructors in Classroom

Date: 1916
Description: A group of children sitting at desks raising their arms while being led in a classroom activity by a male instructor. Four women and one man are sitting an...
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Women and Children at Drinking Fountain

Date: 1916
Description: A woman, possibly a school instructor, is standing near two children as they wait in line to use a drinking fountain.
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Lorbieke-Onernek Wedding

Date: 1916
Description: Family and friends gathered in front of a home for the wedding of Joseph Lorbieki and Agnes Onernek. Three musicians can be seen near the center. A windmil...
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George Stone and Norma Talmadge

Date: 1916
Description: The child actor George Stone is embraced by Norma Talmadge in a scene still perhaps from the 1916 silent film "Martha's Vindication." Other films in which ...
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Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. Family

Date: 1916
Description: Billie Burke, her baby daughter Patricia Burke Ziegfeld, and her husband Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.
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Biondolillo Family

Date: 1916
Description: Studio portrait of Mr. Louis Biondolillo and his wife seated with their five children around them. From left to right the girls are Mary, Lena, Rose, Pauli...
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Marguerite Snow and Daughter

Date: 1916
Description: Silent film actress Marguerite Snow with her daughter Julie Jane Cruze on her knee. Behind them are theatrical scenery flats. The older man admiring the ch...
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Bryant Washburn with his Father, Grandmother and Baby Son

Date: 1916
Description: Original caption: "Four Generations of Washburns. Bryant Washburn, Essanay star, photographed with his grandmother, his father and his son. All 'Bryant Was...
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Publicity Still with Mack Swain, May Emory, Billy Jacobs and Edgar Kennedy

Date: 1916
Description: In this publicity still for "Ambrose's Cup of Woe," Mack Swain has one arm around May Emory while he shakes hands with Edgar Kennedy. At their feet, wearin...
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Conrad Schmitt Family

Date: 1916
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Conrad Schmitt family. Sherwin and Emma (nee Schmitt) Gillett are standing on the far left. Sherwin is holding infant son, Lo...
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Scene still with Bessie Barriscale, Arthur Shirley, and six children

Date: 1916
Description: In a scene still for "Bawbs o' Blue Ridge," Barbara "Bawbs" Colby (played by Bessie Barriscale) entertains six African-American children among the trees of...
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Four Generations

Date: 1916
Description: Four generations of members of the Glasier family on the porch.
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Harold Lockwood and two child actors

Date: 1916
Description: Harold Lockwood, as John Tremaine, Jr., sits in an overstuffed chair with one young actor on his shoulders and actor Ben Alexander at his feet, in a scene ...
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People Playing Croquet Next to an Automobile

Date: 1916
Description: A group of a man, two women and two children playing croquet next to an automobile and a gazebo in a park.

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