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Two Women with Cleaning Implements

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Description: Two women are standing on the small porch outside an open kitchen door, near implements used for daily household tasks such as washing, scrubbing, sweeping...
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Amund and Siri Rustebakke and Women with Spinning Wheels

Date: 1873
Description: Amund Rustebakke, standing in doorway, and Siri Rustebakke, center, sitting, in front of a house with her daughters and daughter-in-law and four spinning w...
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Group Seated on Front Stoop

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Description: View over fence of a group of people and one dog seated on steps leading up to the door of a house. Syl is seated on the far right of the group wearing a h...
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Syl with Aunt Helen near Door

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Description: Aunt Helen and Syl stand bundled up against the cold just outside a door to a house with a snow-covered yard behind them.
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Nguyen Children

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Description: The children of Hong and Trong Nguyen sitting on the stoop outside their house. From left to right are Mary, Minh, Charlie, and Thuy, who is eating a sandw...
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Portrait of Two Seated Young Men

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Description: Outdoor portrait of two young men, sitting and leaning the backs of their chairs against a wall or door. The young man on the left is looking straight ahea...
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Two Older Women Posing Near House

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Description: Portrait of two older women posing standing in front of a house near steps leading up to a door. Both women are wearing blouses and long skirts, and have t...
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Boy Drinking from Glass

Date: 1921
Description: Young boy drinking milk(?) from a glass while standing outdoors. A building or house is in the background.
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Children Entering School House

Date: 1920
Description: Group of young school children entering a school building single file, with arms folded behind their backs. The original caption reads: "Proper way of ente...
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Methodist Evangelical Church

Date: 1931
Description: Exterior view from across street of the church. It has a bell steeple, stained glass windows, double french doors with an archway, and a wall gable facade....
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Four Boys in Costumes

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Description: Four boys dressed in Indian costumes sit in a row on the concrete steps to a large porch of a house. A woman wearing an apron is standing on the porch on t...
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Dorothy Sunne in Winter Coat and Cap

Date: 1926
Description: Dorothy Sunne (b. 1922) stands on a stump in front of her house. She is wearing a winter coat with a cap, stockings and shoes.
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High School

Date: 1926
Description: View across lawn towards the front of the high school, a large brick building with steps leading up to the main entrance, which has a tower above it. Two p...
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Cottages at Berry's Coldwater Canyon Hotel

Date: 1926
Description: View up slope towards two small cottages at the Coldwater Canyon Hotel. A man with a tennis racket is seated on the porch of the cottage on the left.
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Main Building — Birchcliff Hotel

Date: 1927
Description: View across lawn of the main building, with a woman is standing at the entrance to the dining room of the Birchcliff Hotel.
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Waving Out the Doorway

Date: 1968
Description: Craig, son of David Obey, seen from the back, waves out the window of a screen door.
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Storm Damaged Church

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Description: View towards the front of a church, with wooden debris in the forground. People are standing near the entrance behind the debris. Identified as the old Cat...
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New Baby for the Richard Welch Family

Date: 05 05 1959
Description: The Welch brothers welcome home their new baby sister, Andrea. Shown (L-R) are Stephan (3), Daniel (5), and Jon (7). Their parents are Richard and Alice We...
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Group at Hattie's

Date: 1910
Description: Four women and two men posing near the door of a house. Two of the women are sitting in front of the others, and the woman sitting on the right is holding ...
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Edith Thompson Wedding Picture

Date: 1910
Description: Outdoor wedding portrait of Edith Thompson, second from right, and groom Herman Kamrath. They are flanked by their attendants. The group is standing on a s...

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