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Wrecked and Abandoned Automobiles in Pasture

Date: 05 16 1962
Description: Wrecked and abandoned automobiles in a hidden rural hollow.
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Menasha Factory View

Date: 09 29 1963
Description: The Menasha Woodenware plant and water tower on Doty Island from across the Fox River canal, with a small railroad dolly in the foreground.
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House in Dodgeville

Date: 1964
Description: A brick house with tall windows, and foliage growing on the outer walls. There is a low stone fence in front of it.
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U.S. Special Forces

Date: 1961
Description: View from rear of several shirtless soldiers running up a hill towards an Air America chopper about to land with a new supply of American soldiers in Ban H...
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Gatter Cottage, Peninsula State Park

Date: 1960
Description: Cottage built by Marie Gatter beginning in the 1920s along the shore road in the park. It was razed in the winter of 1960-61. The chimney was originally pa...
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Outbuildings in a Wooded Area

Date: 10 18 1964
Description: Three outbuildings and a large tree near a country home owned by Mrs. Kay Curtis on Washington Island.
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It's Almost Time

Date: 1960
Description: Holiday card with a running grandfather clock on the front, and the face of the clock with pictures of the family as the hours on the inside. Holly decorat...
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Ticker Tape Celebration

Date: 1969
Description: Holiday card showing Santa Claus with his right arm around the neck of a black bull and holding holly in his left hand. Ticker tape is caught on the bull's...
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Wishing You a Blessed Christmas

Date: 1963
Description: Photographic holiday card of the Q.J. O'Sullivan family. The heads of six children are superimposed over a wreath made of greenery and a bow. In the center...
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To Mother

Date: 1963
Description: Valentine's Day card for Mother. A heart made of lace and roses surround a die cut heart that allows a heart on the inside to show through. More roses appe...
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Gravestone of Walter and Ionie Arms

Date: 1960
Description: Walter and Ionie Arms's grave marker in the shade of a tall bush at the Burr Ridge cemetery.
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North Vietnamese Irrigation

Date: 1967
Description: Canal in a hamlet near Phat Diem, described by photographer David Schoenbrun as part of an extensive system of irrigation. On a path along the canal a man ...
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Sampan on Vietnamese Canal

Date: 1967
Description: Person steering a sampan, loaded with what appears to be fiber, on an irrigation canal near the North Vietnamese city of Phat Diem. On the right is a group...
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Bombing in North Vietnam

Date: 1967
Description: Bombed street and Catholic Church in Phat Diem, North Vietnam. American journalist David Schoenbrun, who visited the city in August 1967, reported that the...
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Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 30 1967
Description: "This photo, and all the following, were taken on Memorial Day, 1967."
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Gaylord Nelson by the St. Croix River

Date: 1967
Description: Gaylord Nelson seated on a rock overlooking the St. Croix River.
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Cooking on Mirro Cookset while Camping

Date: 08 01 1967
Description: Donald Soehnlein took this photograph while on vacation in the Bitterroot Mountains, near Lola, Montana. It depicts his wife Nina and son James cleaning up...
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Pastoral Pool

Date: 07 16 1960
Description: View of a pool in a pasture through dead branches. Hummocks of wet grass and rocks cover the shore. The background is misty.
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Marsh Tree

Date: 07 12 1964
Description: Dead tree at the edge of a marsh. The background fades to black.
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Wooded Valley

Date: 1962
Description: Elevated view over wooded farmland valley. In the far distance on top of the hill are farm buildings.

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