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Charles Green

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Description: Charles Green, the last survivor of the African American colony at Pleasant Ridge (near Lancaster, WI) looks out over the community graveyard.
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Children Sledding

Date: 1975
Description: A winter scene with excited children on a toboggan.
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Harold McCormick Family Portrait at Walnut Grove, Virginia

Date: 1922
Description: Harold F. McCormick family, farm laborers, and various animals on the Walnut Grove estate at Raphine, Virginia. Harold McCormick was the son of Cyrus Hall ...
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T-40 TracTracTor

Date: 1938
Description: A man operates an International T-40 TracTracTor (crawler tractor). Original caption reads: "International T-40 TracTracTor equipped with bullgrader and us...
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Cranberry Picking

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Description: A group of men picking cranberries in a field.
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McCormick Mower at Monticello

Date: 06 21 1899
Description: A man is using a McCormick New 4 mower pulled by two horses to work on the farm land at Monticello.
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Bernard Arms on a Farm

Date: 05 19 1929
Description: Bernard Arms stands atop a post on a farm.
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Lewis Arms at Devil's Lake

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Description: Lewis Arms and friends perch on a bluff overlooking Devil's Lake. From left to right are: Arms, Eddie Elvord (Alvord?), Mary Rogers, and George Green (Gree...
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Uncle Walter Arms and Elinora

Date: 1951
Description: Elinora (mother of Lewis Arms, Jr.) stands in the snow and shoots a rifle, while Walter Arms, uncle of Lewis Arms, looks on.
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Lewis Arms in a Hudson Convertible

Date: 08 21 1952
Description: Lewis Arms is seated in a 1949 yellow Hudson convertible at Bernard Arms's farm. A man is standing in the background near another automobile parked near th...
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Lewis, Nellie and Bernard Arms

Date: 08 21 1952
Description: From left to right are Lewis, Nellie and Bernard Arms posing behind a convertible on Old Lake Road, with Bernard and Nellie's house in the background.
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Arms Family at Devil's Lake

Date: 1956
Description: Lewis, LuRay, Nellie and Bernard Arms arrive at Devil's Lake in a maroon DeSoto convertible automobile. This was the day after Lewis and LuRay's wedding.
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Lewis Arms on a Sled

Date: 1957
Description: Winter scene with Lewis Arms sitting on a sled in the snow at his uncle Otis Arms's farm, Hillsboro (Vernon Co.), Wisconsin.
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Making Maple Syrup

Date: 04 1957
Description: LuRay Arms and Otis Arms tending a fire while making maple syrup outdoors.
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The Arms Men Making Maple Syrup

Date: 04 1957
Description: Three men from the Arms family making maple syrup outdoors. From left to right are: Lewis, Bernard, and Otis Arms.
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Bernard and Nellie Arms

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Description: Bernard Arms poses with his wife Nellie. There is an automobile (possibly a Chevrolet) in the background.
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Bike Hosteling Scrapbook: 1941 Season Trip #3 Highlights

Date: 07 22 1941
Description: Scrapbook page of trip highlights from a bike hosteling trip to Pine Bluff (Dane County), Sauk City (Sauk County), and Okee (Columbia County), sponsored by...
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Students of Eastman School

Date: 05 17 1905
Description: Outdoor group portrait of students and teachers of an integrated class at Eastman School. They are posing in front of the schoolhouse, and a flag is displa...
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Family at B.B. Clarke Beach

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Description: Group portrait of a family on a summer day at B.B. Clarke Beach.
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Mrs. Rebecca Wyatt

Date: 09 1952
Description: A woman, Mrs. Rebecca Wyatt, is walking along a sidewalk. She is the first black school teacher in Cassville. Mrs. Wyatt moved to Wisconsin from Paris, Ten...

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