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Baby with Milk

Date: 1923
Description: A baby sitting in a wooden highchair with a glass of milk placed on the tray.
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Woman Sewing with Machine

Date: 1923
Description: A woman using a foot-pedal sewing machine while working with a piece of fraying fabric.
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Disheveled Bedroom

Date: 1923
Description: Clothing lies on a bed, hangs from drawers, and sits on top of a dresser in an unorganized bedroom.
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Woman and Child in Bathroom

Date: 1923
Description: A woman is washing a boy's face with a washcloth in a bathroom on International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. The boy is wearing a sailor suit wi...
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Children in Tenement Section

Date: 1923
Description: Children joining hands while playing in an alleyway between brick buildings in an area of tenement housing. A line of laundry suspended over the alley is h...
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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...
Photograph

Serenaders

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

Greetings from Alma, Wis.

Date: 1923
Description: Photographic postcard of scenes from Alma. Three scenes from areas around Alma show the town along the Mississippi River, an elevated view of the river bet...
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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.
Photograph

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...
Map or Atlas

Rand McNally Official Auto Trails Map : District No. 9, Minnesota, W. Wisconsin

Date: 1923
Description: This map shows trails, some in red, for automobiles. The right margin includes a key of markings as well as Minnesota and Wisconsin Highway signs. Communit...

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