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Poster

Safety Goggles Reminder

Date: 1920
Description: Industrial safety poster or sign featuring pin-up girls. The poster reminds factory workers to wear their safety goggles. The poster reads: "O Baby! Can yo...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Couple

Date: 1920
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk couple, John Buffalohead and wife Mary Snowball Decorra Buffalohead, with their dog lying at their feet. Clans ke...
Photograph

Three People with Horse and Buggy

Date: 1920
Description: A woman in a dress is talking to two men in hats who are riding in a horse and buggy. They are in a field near a tree.
Photograph

Balancing Rock

Date: 1920
Description: A large, balancing boulder in Paradise Park, Ohio. A man is posed standing on the left side of the rock and a woman is posed standing on the right side of ...
Photograph

Switzer Foundation for Girls

Date: 1920
Description: A painting, possibly a portrait of the two founders of the Switzer Foundation for Girls, Margaret and Sarah Switzer. A woman on the left is holding a scrol...
Print

Whitney's Valentine Material Kit Ornaments

Date: 1920
Description: Ornaments from a "Whitney's Valentine Material" kit. These were combined with the "folders" (cards) and paper lace to create personalized Valentine's Day c...
Photograph

Market Street

Date: 1920
Description: View of Market Street, the town's business section. On the right corner stands the Union National Bank, chartered in 1839. Pedestrians can be seen on the s...
Photograph

Woman with Squirrel

Date: 1920
Description: A young woman holding an ear of corn reclines on a bed while a squirrel sits on her thigh. The woman wears a heavy skirt, blouse, and needlework cloche hat...
Photograph

Fishing

Date: 1920
Description: Three men and a woman pose with a pole of a stringer of fish. One of the men holds his pet dog. Behind them on the left is a bathtub, hand-pump for water, ...
Photograph

Picnic, Flag and Automobile

Date: 1920
Description: A group of men and women sit on the ground as they enjoy a picnic, eating and drinking. A dog is lying on the picnic blanket. An automobile with a flag mou...
Photograph

General Merchandise Store and Post Office

Date: 1920
Description: Six people standing on the porch of L.J. Ryan Dry Goods and Groceries. A sign above the door says: Post Office North Andover." A team of two horses are pul...
Photograph

Family on Front Porch

Date: 1920
Description: Family on the front porch of a small house, relaxing, reading, with dog. The photograph was probably made as an illustration for the University of Wisconsi...
Manuscript

The Short Cut Route

Date: 1920
Description: Cover of an advertisement and timetable for the Peninsula & Northern Navigation Co. of Milwaukee. The S.S. United States and the S.S. Arizona...

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