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Cotton House

Date: 1949
Description: View of three women standing in the foreground looking at the front of the Captain John Cotton house. Also known as "Beaupre", this Greek Revival style hou...
Photograph

Bridge Construction

Date: 1949
Description: Construction crew pouring concrete by hand on a bridge on Highway 11 near Browntown.
Print

Santa Claus Playing the Piano

Date: 1949
Description: Holiday card with Santa Claus playing a piano. The background is black with a red border, and musical notes of various colors as well as the names of numer...
Photograph

Historical Reenactment

Date: 1949
Description: Historical re-enactment outdoors, in inappropriate attire, probably meant to represent a treaty signing, at the Grignon House.
Postcard

City Dock

Date: 1949
Description: Photographic postcard view of the City Dock on Lake Superior. There are four boats, and people and cars are on the dock. A sign in the foreground reads: "N...
Photograph

Madeline Island Hunt

Date: 1949
Description: Three men are standing in a clearing, with one man holding a rifle and a the other a shotgun. Two killed deer are lying on the ground in front of them. Cap...
Photograph

Ida Lupino

Date: 1949
Description: Director Ida Lupino sitting in a chair on the outdoor set of the 1949 film "Never Fear." She is resting her bandaged foot on a megaphone.
Photograph

Ida Lupino

Date: 1949
Description: Director Ida Lupino sitting in a chair, getting her foot bandaged by an unknown man on the outdoors set of the 1949 film "Never Fear." A foot cast is next ...
Photograph

Ida Lupino

Date: 1949
Description: Director Ida Lupino sitting next to unknown man while making the 1949 film "Never Fear." She is speaking into a megaphone and has papers, most likely a scr...
Book or Pamphlet

1949 Racine Belles Year Book Cover

Date: 1949
Description: Front cover of the 1949 Racine Belles baseball team year book featuring a drawing of a woman leaping to make a catch.

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