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Painting

Peshtigo Fire II. Fire in Town

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Description: Townspeople fleeing the Great Peshtigo Fire of 1871.
Photograph

Young Girls Playing with Dolls

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Description: Six young girls playing with dolls on a porch.
Photograph

Van Slyke Residence

Date: 05 1867
Description: The residence of Napoleon B. Van Slyke at 510 North Carroll Street. The caption reads: "Maie on piazza with doll. Jonnie in baby carriage."
Photograph

Bis and Friends

Date: 1917
Description: Florence (Bis) Lloyd Jones pushes a doll in a buggy with an unidentified girl with a doll walking alongside.
Photograph

Shopping on the Capitol Square

Date: 1956
Description: Several people peer into a storefront window on Capitol Square. This window shopping is perhaps in preparation for the Christmas holiday.
Photograph

Two Girls with Decorated Baby Carriages

Date: 07 05 1944
Description: Adults are standing around two girls with decorated baby carriages before a Fourth of July parade. There is a house, yard and automobile in the background.
Photograph

Dolls in Window

Date: 1930
Description: Dolls from the collection of Alice Kent Trimpey arranged in the front window of the Trimpey Studio and antique shop at 128 Fourth Avenue. There is a minia...
Photograph

Woman and Girls at Milliner Shop

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Description: View of a woman posing sitting on the porch of a wooden building and sewing a hat, probably a milliner in front of her shop. A small girl is sitting in a r...
Photograph

John Mills and Family

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a European American family. There is a man posing standing by a hammock in which a woman and infant are sitting. In the backgroun...
Photograph

Two Children in Front of Unidentified House

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Description: View across road towards two children posing standing on a sidewalk near a telephone pole in front of a wooden two-story house and other buildings. The gir...
Photograph

Outdoor Group Portrait of Unidentified Men and Children

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a group of men and children. The children, boys and girls, are standing on a wooden sidewalk in front of a picket fence, and a li...
Photograph

Nola Franklin and Doll

Date: 1918
Description: Nola Franklin (daughter of Jerome Francis Franklin Jr.) holding a baby doll. It is summer and she is standing in front of the Franklin Hardware Store and E...
Postcard

Land of Make Believe

Date: 1950
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Land of Make Believe in the Center of Door County. Unique Museum. Largest Collection Anywhere. Old Marshall Field Window Mechanical...
Postcard

Land of Make Believe

Date: 1950
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Land of Make Believe in the Center of Door County. Unique Museum. Largest Collection Anywhere. Old Marshall Field Window Mechanical...
Book or Pamphlet

Four Panel Pamphlet with Photographs

Date: 1960
Description: A two-sided four panel folded pamphlet. The photographs are, from left to right: Two boys sitting on a bench titled: "Posin"; a group portrait of children;...

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