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Wetzel Residence

Date: 1966
Description: Button factory at the Wetzel residence. At one time, bone buttons were manufactured in this building. A cat and a hand pump are in the foreground.
Photograph

Front Porch, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: "Two rooms. Six people, ages 33, 12, 8, 5, 2, 1. Wood heat. $12.00 per month. Carry water from neighbors front yard."

Beekman Quarters housed 81 people i...

Photograph

Porches, Phelan's Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: Porches line a walkway. Two children and a man sitting on a bench are in the foreground, while a dog and a child are visible in the background.

“Row upon...

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Dead Rat, Taylor Alley

Date: 1966
Description: A deceased rat lies on the ground near a wood pile.

80 people live in 21 buildings in the Taylor Alley neighborhood of Natchez. The occupants have 11 hyd...

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Dog, North Wall Street

Date: 1966
Description: A dog stands near a water hydrant on one side and a fence on the other.

The North Wall Street neighborhood houses 37 families in 22 buildings, with 30 hy...

Photograph

View, De Marco Alley

Date: 1966
Description: "A water faucet located at the top of the hill (the upper end of the alley) behind the boy is used by eleven families, 28 people, who live in the buildings...
Postcard

Door County

Date: 1966
Description: A colored map depiction of Door County, Wisconsin, with pictorial highlights, titled: "Door County — Wisconsin's Air Conditioned Peninsula Playground."
Poster

"Šelma na svobodě" (The Tiger Attacks) Film Poster

Date: 1966
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster for the French film "Le fauve est lâché." Collage image of a black tiger with its mouth open. The tiger wears a tie and has a f...
Map or Atlas

Trails to Adventure, Gardner Dam Camp - White Lake, Wisconsin : 1,600 Woodland Acres Under Forest Management and Dedicated to the Outdoor Program of the Valley Council, Boy Scouts of America

Date: 1966
Description: This map shows trails, roads, creeks, alleged location of George Gardner's trading post, Boulder and Mud Lakes, and a portion of the Wolf River. The map al...
Drawing

Opening Day Fishing Season - The Angler

Date: 1966
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing of a fly fisherman in waders hooking a large fish while standing in a stream. Unseen, the fish is creating a large splash. ...

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