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Girls Gathering Grains

Date: 1910
Description: Three girls standing in tall grass gathering a type of grain, with a thatched house and a hill in the background. The girls wear white blouses and skirts.
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Roadside Scene with Japanese Women

Date: 05 1945
Description: Soldier offering food to Japanese women and children gathered on a roadside in Okinawa. One woman wears a baby on her back. Other soldiers watch from a jee...
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 72

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Description: Old skin is yet alive to whispered lashings,
the quick-step dried and gone to the bone.
Embrace the wall and face away from trouble
in the winter ...
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Canadian Rangers' Camp

Date: 1911
Description: Two Canadian Rangers eating a meal by the campfire at their camp on Eden Island by Quetico Lake.
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Indian Woman with Blueberries

Date: 1910
Description: An Indian woman standing on rocks holding two containers of blueberries.
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End of the Ice Fishing Season

Date: 03 08 2015
Description: View from rocks shoreline of people walking or fishing on the snow- and ice-covered lake near a red ice fishing hut. Other fishing huts are in the distance...
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Covering Flour Supplies

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Description: Covering up flour supplies in the desert.
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Midday Meal in the Desert

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Description: The midday meal is being prepared in the desert.
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On the Raft

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Description: Stereograph of men on a large raft on the Wisconsin River, with exposed, tree-lined rock formations on the shoreline in the background. Wanigans (shelters)...
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Turkish Troops Resting in the Mountains

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Description: At rest in the mountains. Troops are eating out of a common bowl, and three donkeys are eating out of another bowl on the left.
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Resupplying Troops at High Altitude

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Description: Provisioning supplies and munitions to soldiers fighting against the enemy and nature at over 3000 meters in elevation can only be accomplished through hum...
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Cattaro

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Description: Open air kitchen on the mole.
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Supplies for Troops in Albania

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Description: Canned goods destined for Austrian troops in Albania being loaded for shipment on a boat.
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Austrian Soldiers Carrying Rations

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Description: Austrian soldiers carrying rations.
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Jeannette Holt and Her Stroh Cousins on the Porch

Date: 1898
Description: Three cousins are sitting at a table eating a meal on the porch at the Island Lodge on Archibald Lake. Names from left to right are: Harriet Stroh, Margare...
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Faun at Peshtigo Brook Farm

Date: 09 1899
Description: The faun, standing up on its hind legs, is taking food from a man holding a cooking pot at Peshtigo Brook Farm. In the background is a building with an ope...
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The Last Shortcake

Date: 1904
Description: This a portrait of the Island Lodge cook Mrs. Schauers (left) and another household employee displaying a fine culinary work of art: a shortcake topped wit...
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On the Front Porch of the Ark Cottage

Date: 1911
Description: A small group is gathered on the screened porch of the Ark cottage. Anna Holt Wheeler is standing in the doorway, looking at the camera and holding a handi...
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Sunday Dinner at Island Lodge

Date: 08 10 1913
Description: Lucy and W.A. Holt, with their family, the Trowbridge family and others, are sitting on the screened porch at Island Lodge for Sunday dinner. A tablecloth ...
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Portrait of Household Employees in front of Cook's Cabin

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of five women, who are household employees, standing together in front of the original Cook’s Cabin, which burned down following a lightning...

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