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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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Family Seated around Table

Date: 1878
Description: A family dressed in their finest clothes sits around a table with glassware on it. The man on the left wears a top hat at a jaunty angle. Behind them is a ...
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Group Posing on Ice Skates

Date: 1901
Description: Winter scene with four women, a man and a child, all well-dressed, posing on the ice wearing ice skates. Other skaters are behind them. Caption reads: "Syl...
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Picnic on Apostle Island

Date: 1915
Description: Picnic on beach of one of the Apostle Islands, Lake Superior. Image includes Mrs. Chute, Mrs. Webb., Mrs. Hull, H.W. Rogers and Mr. Chute.
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Students Modeling Spring Fashion

Date: 03 01 1948
Description: Three-generation portrait of Mrs. W.W. Wooll, Mrs. J. George Crownhart, and Elizabeth Crownhart modeling spring fashions.
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Man, Woman and Child

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Description: A well-dressed man, woman and child walk through a wooded area.
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Menominee Family

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Description: Studio portrait of the Menominee family of Kaw-hee-she-uh-quat in formal attire.
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Donna and Ellen Taylor

Date: 1913
Description: Outdoor portrait of Donna and Ellen Taylor posing in matching gloves, hats and coats.
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Spring Fashions

Date: 02 21 1949
Description: Shirley Jasper stands in an afternoon tea dress, while her sons Billy, age 4, and Tommy, age 6 months, look on. She has a fur wrap around her arm.
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Krueger Family in the Snow

Date: 02 1905
Description: Winter scene with Jennie, Flora and Edgar Krueger standing at the end of a path shoveled in extremely deep snow. Farm buildings and the base of what may be...
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Group Seated at Table

Date: 1900
Description: A group of men, women, and children, including Nettie Fowler McCormick sitting at a table outdoors. A dog is standing in the foreground, and tea cups and c...
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Portrait of Mother and Daughters

Date: 1930
Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman wearing a shawl and head scarf, posing sitting in front of her daughters, who are standing, in circa 1920s dress and sh...
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Dressmaker Addie Noll

Date: 1922
Description: Lakeside portrait of dressmaker Addie Noll of Milwaukee and her family.
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Brandels on Main Street

Date: 1922
Description: Members of the Brandel family (probably), two men and one woman, pose on Main Street.
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The Brandels and the Taylors

Date: 1923
Description: E.W. Brandel, Mrs. Brandel, and the Taylors pose in chairs in front of a building. The man on the right is smoking a cigar, and behind them are windows wit...
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Easter Children, Anne McLean and Deborah Anthony

Date: 04 04 1950
Description: Anne McLean Anthony, age 4, and Deborah Anthony, age 1, are dressed in dresses and bonnets for Easter. They are the daughters of Robert W. and Nancy M. Ant...
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Jaycettes' Fashion Show

Date: 04 19 1950
Description: Two of the younger models in the Jaycettes' fashion show pose with a Raggedy Andy doll. Arthur Gallagher Field, age 3 1/2, and his sister, Betty Ann, 5 1/...
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Eleanor and Anna Roosevelt

Date: 1933
Description: Eleanor Roosevelt and her daughter Anna have the NRA labels in their coats inspected by David Dubinsky, president of the ILG WU (left) and Raymond Ingersol...
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The Crandall Family

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Description: Studio portrait of the family of George Crandall, son-in-law of Henry Hamilton (H.H.) Bennett. This portrait includes Hattie, Bennett's daughter from his f...
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Billie and Pierre Sidell in Europe

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Description: Billie (left) and Pierre Sidell outdoors in Europe (possibly Germany?), in fashionable attire.

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