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| Date: | 04 1923 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 04 1923 |
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| Description: | Woman carrying a bucket of water back to her farmhouse in winter. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Woman with children grilling hot dogs and wieners at the beach. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Woman dumping wash water from a metal wash basin on the back step of her farmhouse. |
| Date: | 05 1923 |
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| Description: | Miss Neary drawing a bucket of water from a well next to a farmhouse. The original caption reads: "Drawing water from well. Miss Neary posing. Mr. Hyde pho... |
| Date: | 07 17 1933 |
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| Description: | Children sitting at a table and having lunch at The Capital Times Kiddie Camp. |
| 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: | 01 13 1956 |
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| Description: | Edna Kern in the hen house watering the laying hens. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Man pumping water from a well with a McCormick-Deering 1 1/2 HP engine. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Group having a picnic on Bear Island of the Apostle Islands. Group includes Cora A. Hull, Mrs. Chute, John Webb, Bob Webb, Mrs. Webb, Mrs. Austin, and Mr. ... |
| Date: | 08 18 1912 |
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| Description: | Eight cooks posing inside the dining hall. Long tables are set for a meal. |
| Date: | 05 28 1913 |
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| Description: | Power dam construction workers pausing during a meal in the camp dining room. Oil lamps are hanging from the ceiling; overhead electric lights are also ins... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 06 28 1949 |
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| Description: | Four girls are gathered at a picnic table while making stew at Brownie Day Camp at Burrows Park. A lake is in the background. Left to right: Gloria Branden... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Four individuals, sitting in the shade near a table during a picnic on Madeline Island. Includes Elizabeth Nesbet (Mrs. S.C. Marty, Sr.), Gertrude Capser (... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | View of the dining room which shows tables set for a meal. Large picture windows have views of the lake and woods surrounding the resort, and above the win... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | World War I poster urging newly arrived immigrants to conserve food to aid the allied cause. People in ethnic costume being ushered into the United States ... |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Farmers work cooperatively with their horse teams on silo-filling activities early in autumn. Rows of green forage are created in the fields and carried to... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | View of a man standing on a pile of corn hosing down the silage before loading a silo. |
| Date: | 03 1926 |
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| Description: | A child sits on a rotten wooden well covering while playing in the mud with a piece of metal and holding a can marked "Salted Pecans." An automobile is in ... |
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