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The Buna Campaign

Date: 1942
Description: Male Papuan carriers help members of the 32nd Division construct a road through the jungle of New Guinea.
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International Model G Truck Carrying Wood Crates

Date: 1917
Description: Original caption reads: "Model G, two-ton capacity, owned and operated by the International Harvester Corporation, Milwaukee, Wis, for cartage purposes, an...
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International Model G Truck Carrying Wooden Boxes

Date: 1917
Description: A man in an International model "G" truck with wooden boxes in the bed is parked outside of a vine-covered building. The building is most likely Internatio...
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Hattie Fels Owen

Date: 1908
Description: Outdoor portrait of Hattie Fels Owen wearing a white suit and hat and sitting in a wicker rocking chair. She is holding a cigar in her right hand. Behind h...
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Badger Boys' State Delegates

Date: 06 28 1949
Description: Talking over their recent experiences at Badger Boys' State are left to right: Bob VerBerkmoes, East High School; Norbert Esser, Edgewood High School; Eric...
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Omicron Chapter of Zeta Phi Eta Sorority

Date: 09 30 1949
Description: Seven Madison girls sitting on the steps to an ivy-colored building with the active president of the Omicron chapter of the Zeta Phi Eta national speech ar...
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To My Valentine

Date: 1910
Description: Valentine's Day postcard with Cupid holding a bow and arrow seated in a two-wheeled cart made of flowers, two cherubs are pushing it. They are in a meadow ...
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Casino Park

Date: 1910
Description: Three men in a rowboat boating beneath an ivy-covered stone bridge in a park.
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Sunset Forest Arbor

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Description: A small group sits under an ivy-covered arbor which covers what appears to be a fresh water well. The arbor is set in the woods and bears a horse-shoe shap...
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Woman Smoking on the Stairs

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Description: A portrait of an African American woman sitting on a stairway smoking a pipe. Caption reads: "Solid Comfort."
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Sunnyside

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Description: In 1835, Washington Irving, author and historian, purchased a small Dutch farmhouse beside the Hudson River. The stone cottage would come to be called "Sun...
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St. John's Church

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Description: View of the church from the cemetery, which has a large monument. A clergyman stands in the doorway of the church. The building is brick, with vines traili...
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Children's Choir in Flemington Presbyterian Church

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Description: A children's choir stands outside Flemington Presbyterian Church, completed in 1883. The group of children process out of each doorway, holding song books ...
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Princeton Campus Building

Date: 1908
Description: View of male students sitting on the entrance steps of a Princeton University campus building. The door and windows are arched and reflect a Collegiate Got...
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Pine Forest Inn

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Description: People sit in rocking chairs on the porch of the Pine Forest Inn. Flowering bushes and shrubs surround the porch and an automobile is driving along the roa...
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Brazilian Court Hotel

Date: 1926
Description: People sit at umbrella-covered tables in the courtyard at the Brazilian Court Hotel. Lush vegetation and palm trees decorate the space and wait staff are i...
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Casino Walk

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Description: People walk along the Casino Walk promenade between a row of buildings and a beach. Beside the beach is a covered sitting area set with folding chairs.
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Beach Bathing

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Description: Men paddle rowboats near a dock on Katy Lake. The view features five rowboats in plain view, and several other boats off to the far right. The lake is bord...
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Scene From Cardinal's Play

Date: 1875
Description: Costumed students act out a scene from Cardinal's Play outdoors on a lawn near a wooded area at the College of Mount Saint Vincent. The college was founded...
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Scene from Golden Ingots

Date: 1877
Description: Scene from Golden Ingots at the College of Mount Saint Vincent, founded by the Sisters of Charity of New York in 1847. Costumed students act outdoors in a ...

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