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| Description: | Fisherman cooking on campfire at the edge of a river. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Group of women washing clothes by hand on a pier in a river in Russia. The scene may be near Lubertzy. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Houses by a stream in Zermatt, Switzerland. A woman is doing laundry (?) in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking northwest from Division Street and East Water Street. Rooftop of building in foreground has laundry hanging from a line. In the back... |
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| Description: | Log driving crew sitting down for lunch on the bank of a river (probably the Trap River or Rib River). There is a batteau at the water's edge, and one man ... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of Ashley Bennett ("Cookie") who volunteered his services during the float, and the cook Mike Lane, on the Arpin fleet of lumber rafts. |
| Date: | 12 1942 |
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| Description: | Indigenous Panamanian women and children eating dinner along the Chucunaque River. A woman in a jumpsuit holding a hat is watching Panamanian children eati... |
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| Description: | Group of men and a boy posed holding logging tools and standing in front of tents on the banks of a river, probably just south of Black River Falls. A man ... |
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| Description: | Group of men and one boy posed sitting on benches on either side of a long table for a meal in an open-sided tent on the banks of a river. In the backgroun... |
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| Description: | Four men and seven women are posing sitting and standing around a picnic on the edge of a river, with a man standing on a bridge in the background. The fir... |
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| Description: | View of a man kneeling by a kettle over a campfire. Identified as camping at Perry Creek. |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | The Meinhardt family assembled for a picnic in their garden. A river or lake is in the far background. The table is set with china and flatware. Among the ... |
| Date: | 08 1916 |
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| Description: | Russell Greene enjoying his dinner, which he is spooning from a can. He is standing by the river wearing a letter sweater. |
| Date: | 08 1915 |
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| Description: | Earl cooking breakfast over the campfire at the camp near the Vermillion River, which is in the background. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | The Gang has lunch under a railroad bridge. From left to right are: Dad, Bill Marr, and Doc Copeland. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Boys are roasting weiners at a stone fire ring overlooking the Chippewa River in Brunet Island State Park. A man on the far right, behind trees, is walking... |
| Date: | 07 1937 |
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| Description: | View across water towards a shoreline where men and boys are gathered on the bank of the Flambeau River, with several canoes and rowboats pulled up to the ... |
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| Description: | Stereograph of six men on a raft on the Wisconsin River. Structures, barrels, tables on sawhorses, ropes and timbers cover the raft. In the background is t... |
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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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