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A Quiet Evening at Home

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Description: Amos Elliot, pioneer stage coach driver, enjoying a quiet evening at home with his second wife, and her daughter (center), Stella Hart.
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The Overbys in their Parlor

Date: 1916
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Simon Overby at home in their parlor with books, family portraits, and an organ with sheet music. Mr. Overby sits in a chair with a cane and a...
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Group Sitting at Dining Room Table

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Description: Two men and three women sitting down to a meal, possibly Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Hull on the left, and Mr. and Mrs. George Hull on the right, father and son.
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Women Setting Picnic Table

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Description: Three women set a long picnic table while two men and a young boy stand nearby.
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Large Picnic Group

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Description: A large picnicking group sits at a long table among a grove of trees.
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Large Group of Picnickers

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Description: A group of men, women, and children sitting at a long table in a grove of trees enjoying a picnic.
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Group Having Picnic in Yard

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Description: A large group of men, women and children gather for a picnic in a grove of trees near a frame house.
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Men in Encampment

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Description: Four men pose in a two-tent encampment with a dog and various campground implements.
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Kitchen Crew

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Description: Four men wearing white aprons attend to kitchen duties outdoors at a campsite. There is a tent in the background.
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Man Cooking Over Open Fire

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Description: A man wearing an apron cooks over an open fire at a campsite near a tent. Smoke or sunlight obscures the image.
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Outdoor Meal

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Description: A group of men and women eat at a table underneath a tent awning.
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Large Group at Table

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Description: A large group of people sit outdoors at a long table underneath an awning. Probably at the Matt Olson Farm Campground, presently the site of Perry Creek Pa...
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Men Outside of Tent

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Description: A group of men pose with pots and pans outside of a tent, probably at the present day site of Perry Creek Park.
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Washing Dishes

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Description: Two women and a man wash dishes in a tent.
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Banquet Gathering

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Description: A large group of men and women sit for a banquet in an unfinished building.
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Tea Party with Guitarist

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Description: Seven women and two men gather for tea, while one of the men plays a guitar. They are posed in the corner of a room.
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Family in Dining Room

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Description: A family is posed in a dining room with a woman seated and holding a small child. A man is seated at a desk in the corner, with a young girl standing nearb...
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Outdoor Ho-Chunk Gathering

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Description: Ho-Chunk women and men sitting in front of and under cloth awnings on blankets with their backs to the camera, probably a powwow. On the blankets are also ...
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Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Group Posing Outdoors

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Description: A Ho-Chunk group dressed in regalia standing behind an elderly woman, sitting, and child who is standing. The man with the rifle has an appliqué blanket wr...
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Ho-Chunk Women and Girl Making Fry Bread

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Description: Alice Cloud and Mrs. Mallory making frybread at a cranberry camp at Trow’s Marsh. The marsh extends from south of Merrillan to north of Millston. Frybread ...

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