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Loggers Dining at Camp

Date: 1907
Description: Loggers at dinner in the woods north of Glen Flora. The man in the center is filing his saw.
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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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Fisherman by River

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Description: Fisherman cooking on campfire at the edge of a river.
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Norwegian Community Picnic

Date: 1873
Description: Slightly elevated view of a large, multi-generational Norwegian family and friends gathered for a picnic celebration. In the foreground are picnic baskets ...
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Crochet Club

Date: 1900
Description: Group of fifteen women gathered around three tables behind a home, probably the DMC Club, an exclusive social and sewing society named for an imported bran...
Drawing

Potawatomi Indians Cooking

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Description: Illustration of three Potawatomi Indians cooking.
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Reverend A. Jacobsen and Family

Date: 1877
Description: Stereograph of Rev. A. Jacobson, family and visitors, Perry, Wis." from Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views." Jacobson (1836-1910) immigrated to t...
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Woman Pumping Water from Farm Well

Date: 04 1923
Description: A bundled-up woman hand pumps water from a well into a pail. The ground is covered with ice and snow. Two cars and a farmhouse are in the background.
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Outdoor Country Feast

Date: 1915
Description: View down long table set up outdoors for a feast. Men are standing on both sides, and a young girl is standing between two men on the right.
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Woman Carrying Water to Farmhouse

Date: 04 1923
Description: Woman carrying a bucket of water back to her farmhouse in winter.
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First Thanksgiving

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Description: Thanksgiving dinner between Native Americans and early Pilgrim settlers in America.
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Girl with Dolls

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Description: Young Jennie Krueger, the photographer's daughter, sitting with her dolls on the porch.
Print

The Slide

Date: 1880
Description: Engraving for "Peterson's Magazine" of women in maids' uniforms sliding down an icy path in the snow.
Photograph

Raftsman's Series Unnumbered: Eating On Board

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Description: Stereograph of a group of raftsmen eating at a table onboard a lumber raft near the shoreline.
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Frankfurters on the Grill

Date: 08 22 1963
Description: "Picnicking in Mitchell Park provided a pleasant afternoon recently for these senior citizens who participated in the Milwaukee County Park Commission's pr...
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Gathering at Large Picnic

Date: 08 08 1914
Description: View of men, women and children sitting on benches near picnic tables set out under trees.
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Family Camping Trip

Date: 09 06 1988
Description: Family members gather around a campfire to enjoy biscuits and sausages cooked on the grill at Naga-Waukee Park.
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Henry Bigalk and Emil Kuney (Keune)

Date: 1906
Description: Henry Bigalk relaxes in a wheelbarrow holding an axe in his left hand, while Emil Kuney (Keune) is grabbing the wheelbarrow handles as if to transport Biga...
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Mary E. Smith

Date: 1913
Description: Mary E. Smith, wife of Dr. Joseph Smith, arranges flowers for the holidays.
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Squash Harvest

Date: 1920
Description: A woman stands amid a patch of squash plants and displays a large squash in Marinette County.

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