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Self-Wringing Mop

Date: 1923
Description: Mrs. Jake George standing on a wooden porch while using a foot pedal to wring excess water from a mop.
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Rain Barrel

Date: 1923
Description: A rain barrel standing beneath a drain spout on a farmhouse. A barn is in the background.
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Outdoor Wash Stand

Date: 1923
Description: A boy using a pitcher and bowl set on a table outdoors to wash up after doing farm chores.
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Woman Moving Wood Box

Date: 1923
Description: A woman moving a box full of firewood from the corner of the kitchen on the E.A. Bancroft farm. A woodstove is on the right.
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Woman Chopping Wood

Date: 1923
Description: A woman using an axe to chop wood in a rural area. A pile of logs is in the background.
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Selling Peaches

Date: 1923
Description: A customer offers payment for fruit to a woman sitting at a small desk inside an orchard shed. Multiple rows of bushel baskets filled with peaches are line...
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Serenaders

Date: 1923
Description: The Serenaders, a dance band based in Kiel. The drum indicates that the band was headed by Si Mahlberg.
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Dr. Jennie Turner

Date: 1923
Description: Dr. Jennie Willins McMullen Turner is seated at a desk in her office. This image was made before her goiter operation.
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Street Scene

Date: 1923
Description: A retail street at the intersection of East Oat Avenue. Cars and trucks are parked in the middle of the street. The shops are: a drugstore, Guernsey's Bake...
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Lower End of Main Street

Date: 1923
Description: A retail street at the intersection of East Oat Avenue. Cars are parked in the middle of the street. The shops are: a restaurant, Guernsey's Bakery, a drug...
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Looking South from Marcus Corner

Date: 1923
Description: View down retail street. The shops include a clothing store, Barig and Son Undertakers, a hotel, and drugstore. Cars are parked in the middle of the street...
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Looking North on Main Street

Date: 1923
Description: A busy street scene on Main Street and Wisconsin Avenue. Cars are parked in the middle of the street, and triangle flag banners hang above. The shops have...
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Dairy Barn and Glazed Hollow Tile Silos

Date: 1923
Description: Dairy barn and glazed hollow tile silos on M.A. Browning's dairy farm. There are two gable vents on the roof of the barn. There are multiple types of fenci...
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Reginald Denny in "The Abysmal Brute"

Date: 1923
Description: A boxing referee raises the gloved hand of Pat Glendon, Jr. (played by Reginald Denny) to mark him the winner of the bout by knockout in this scene still f...
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Reginald Denny and Mabel Julienne Scott in "The Abysmal Brute"

Date: 1923
Description: The boxer Pat Glendon, Jr. (played by Reginald Denny) grasps the hand of socialite Maude Sangster (Mabel Julienne Scott) in a scene still from "The Abysmal...
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Reginald Denny and Mabel Julienne Scott in "The Abysmal Brute"

Date: 1923
Description: The boxer Pat Glendon, Jr. (played by Reginald Denny) and socialite Maude Sangster (Mabel Julienne Scott) glare at each other in a scene still from "The Ab...
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Reginald Denny in "The Abysmal Brute"

Date: 1923
Description: Pat Glendon, Jr. (played by Reginald Denny) strikes a boxing pose near an open window. He wears white athletic shorts, an undershirt, and house slippers. A...
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Reginald Denny in "The Abysmal Brute"

Date: 1923
Description: The boxer Pat Glendon, Jr. (played by Reginald Denny) carries his unconscious boxing opponent in his arms as the referee and various trainers gather around...
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Elliott Dexter and Julia Faye in "Adam's Rib"

Date: 1923
Description: A caveman (played by Elliott Dexter) has defeated a rival and thus wins the interest of the Mischevous One, a young cavewoman played by Julia Faye in this ...
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Anna Q. Nilsson, Pauline Garon, and Theodore Kosloff in "Adam's Rib"

Date: 1923
Description: Three young cavemen--cavepersons?--react in fear to an offscreen threat. From left to right the actors are Anna Q. Nilsson, Pauline Garon, and Theodore Kos...

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