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Chief Oshkosh Remembrance

Date: 05 25 1926
Description: Menominee Indians eating lunch together on Chief Oshkosh Day, May 25, 1926, "the occasion of the removal of the chief's remains from an unmarked grave besi...
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Peterson Family at Home

Date: 1915
Description: Mr. Peterson is sitting in a rocking chair reading the newspaper and smoking a pipe, while Mrs. Peterson is standing at the stove with their young son, Jam...
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Cafeteria Line at Farmall Works

Date: 1952
Description: Woman serving meals to factory workers in the cafeteria at International Harvester's Farmall Works.
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Farm Couple

Date: 1920
Description: Farm couple seated together outdoors on the lawn, his arm around her shoulders.
Postcard

Farm Family

Date: 1915
Description: Photographic postcard of a farm couple and their daughter posing outdoors in front of a barn.
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Lunch Break

Date: 1915
Description: Field workers take a lunch break outdoors. The man holding the food is Frank Haack and the woman taking a bite is his sister-in-law, Anna Bollenbeck.
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Going Over Farm Plan

Date: 09 1939
Description: Farm Security Administration county supervisor going over farm plan with a rehabilitation borrower as his family looks on.
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Family and Farm

Date: 1873
Description: Family and farm implements in a field with farm buildings and haystacks in the background.
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"Red Baby" Truck Carrying "One Minute" Washers

Date: 1924
Description: Curt Moore selling "one minute" washing machines to a farmer's wife. The washing machines are loaded in the back of an International "Red Baby" truck. The...
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H. Sveren Farm

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Description: H. Sveren farm with the family standing in the foreground and a dog, farm buildings and fences in the background. A line of trees is behind the farmhouse o...
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People Working in Kitchen at Taliesin West

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Description: Three people working in the kitchen at Taliesin West, the winter residence of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Fishermen at Lunch

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Description: A group of Maine commercial fishermen having lunch on a dock.
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Carnival at Taliesin

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Description: Tents, people in costume, and food tables at a carnival on the grounds of Taliesin. Taliesin was the Wisconsin residence of Frank Lloyd Wright and the Tali...
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Milking the Cows

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Description: Two men are sitting on stools milking cows in a barnyard within a log fence enclosure. Milking was usually done outside during the 19th century so in this ...
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Man Pumps Water from Well with International Engine

Date: 1930
Description: Man pumping water from a well with a McCormick-Deering 1 1/2 HP engine.
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Extended Family of Lars Davidson Reque in front Yard

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Description: View across bare ground towards a large extended family of 26 people who are sitting and standing along a fence in the front yard of a wood frame house; La...
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K. Doxstad Family and Reverend Erik Jensen

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Description: The K. Doxstad family is posed in their yard around a table covered with heavy books. A baby carriage is on the left and an older woman with her knitting i...
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Reverend Jakob Aall Ottesen

Date: 1874
Description: The Reverend Jakob Aall Ottesen (1825-1904), his wife Cathinka Doderlein Ottesen, their family and visitors are posing in a yard around a table set for cof...
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Neils Hallanger Family Relaxes in Yard

Date: 1877
Description: The Neils Hallanger family is posed in their yard around a table piled with books. One lady is posed with a parasol and servant women sit on a sofa in the ...
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Exterior View of House

Date: 1869
Description: Ladies sit on the front porch of a long two-story house. One woman is next to a baby carriage. On the porch's roof is a man with a ladder painting the hous...

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