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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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Taking a Break at the Side of the Road

Date: 1917
Description: Carl Peterson and his family, take a rest while driving their car on a rural dirt road. His son's name is Laurie and the girl is Muriel Peterson Jacobs. Of...
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Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association Exhibit

Date: 1925
Description: Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association exhibit advertised in the storefront of a building in New London, Wisconsin. Two women are looking through the wind...
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New London Schoolhouse

Date: 1895
Description: Children posing on a board sidewalk in front of a schoolhouse in New London. The boys are wearing short pants, leggings, and caps, and the girls are wearin...
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Civil War Reunion

Date: 1890
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the reunion of the 21st Wisconsin Infantry at the Soldier's Home.
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Waupaca House

Date: 1884
Description: Copy photograph of a group portrait outside the Waupaca House general store.
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Family Portrait

Date: 1913
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Ashmun family posed on and behind a bench. C.S. Ashmun, Jane Ashmun and Isabel Ashmun Roberts are seated on the bench, while ...
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Women on Stage

Date: 1916
Description: Seven women on stage, apparently in a scene from an amateur theatrical performance, wearing conventional street clothes.
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Roadside Picnic

Date: 1917
Description: Roadside picnic on the way to Waupaca. Mary E. Smith is seated with a friend on a white blanket with thermoses and a picnic basket. In the background the a...
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Wedding Day

Date: 09 1913
Description: Wedding day of Alice Armstrong Ashmun, Mary's niece, to Edwin Trenbath. They are standing in wedding attire in front of a porch while Alice is cradling a ...
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Woman Posing Near Rock, Big Falls

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length portrait of an unidentified woman posing near a rock at or near Big Falls.
Postcard

Million Dollar Labor Day Parade

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of a Labor Day parade with more than thirty identical automobiles in a long line. Crowds are watching from the sidewalk. Caption reads: "Mill...
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Eight People Dining

Date: 1893
Description: Stereograph of an interior group portrait of eight people sitting around a dining table. Identified as the B.G. Stieg family, the W. Dittberner family, Ann...
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Young Children Feeding Chickens

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Description: Laurie and Muriel Peterson are feeding a flock of chickens in an open field. Trees are in the background.
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Laurie and Muriel Peterson Playing Indoors

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Description: Laurie and Muriel Peterson playing indoors. Muriel is sitting in a chair sewing with a basket on the floor near her. Laurie is playing with blocks.
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Women Weaving and Spinning

Date: 1922
Description: Mrs. (Christine) Peterson and Mrs. Torgeson (a neighbor) are working in the upstairs loft of the barn. Christine is sitting in a chair using a spinning whe...
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Mrs. Selma Ratcliffe

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Mrs. Selma Ratcliffe.
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Woman on Horseback

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Description: Woman on horseback posing near a fence. There is a hill in the background.
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The Amateur

Date: 09 12 1905
Description: Laurie Peterson pretending to take a photograph, with a prop camera, of Muriel Peterson as she is gazing at a cat. In the background are trees and shrubs. ...
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Christine Peterson Cleaning Vegetables

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Description: Mrs. (Christine) Peterson by the back door. She is sitting on the top step and a cat is standing at her feet. A small pile of vegetables are next to her on...

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