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Unitarian Meeting House Construction

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Description: Workers erecting scaffolding outside the First Unitarian Society Meeting House during construction. The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and the...
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Jen Parsons Kelly on Sidewalk

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Description: A woman posing standing on a board sidewalk in front of a wooden building, possibly on the east side of South First Street.
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E.M. Maurer Bookstore

Date: 1885
Description: A man is posing in front of the corner entrance to the E.M. Maurer Bookstore. Above the corner entrance is a turret, and a small child is looking out of on...
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People Sitting in Car Drinking Beer

Date: 1916
Description: Three people sitting in the back seat of a parked car drinking beer and other beverages in glasses. The building behind them is the Otto Sprenger Millersvi...
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Hadfield Penfield Grader

Date: 08 25 1925
Description: A man is standing on a Hadfield Penfield one-man grader outside the entrance to a building.
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Laplanders with their Reindeer Sled Teams

Date: 1918
Description: Two men and a young boy pose on sleds near their teams of reindeer in front of a house and its outbuildings. In the background is a large building with oni...
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Men, Women and Children at Market

Date: 1918
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of men, women and children standing outdoors in the snow, possibly to attend the market in Archangel [Arkhangelsk], Russi...
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U.S. Hospital and Army Headquarters

Date: 1918
Description: View across snowy ground towards the United States hospital and Army Headquarters for American forces deployed as a part of the Allied Intervention in Nort...
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Horses and Sleighs

Date: 1918
Description: View across snow of a group of men standing around a collection of horses and sleighs that are in front of the quarters of Company G, from the 339th United...
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U.S. Army Machine Gunnery School

Date: 1918
Description: View across snow towards a child standing near the United States Army machine gunnery school, which is surrounded by other buildings. The towers and onions...
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Four Women in Front of a Building

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Description: Four women standing in front of a building. Above them is a railing. One of the women is holding a couple of books in her hands and under her arm.
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World Food Exposition

Date: 09 1967
Description: Men and women standing or walking the grounds outside of the Alliant Energy Center during the World Food Expo. A large globe of the Earth is just outside t...
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Diemal Pascha Leaving for the Desert

Date: 1914
Description: A historic moment. Djemal Pascha leaving the Mosque of Omar (Dome of the Rock) in Jerusalem on his way to the desert. **Frankl mis-identifies the scene as...
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Celebrating Mohammed's Birthday in Sarajevo

Date: 01 18
Description: Mevludfest (the birthday of Mohammed) being celebrated in Sarajevo on January 18th.
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Pine Lake Bathhouse

Date: 1893
Description: A small bathhouse is standing among trees on the shore of Pine Lake on George Brumder's property. There is ornate fretwork in the gable ends. A sign on the...
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Ethnology Building

Date: 1901
Description: Well-dressed men and women are strolling the wet pavement at the Pan American Exposition in front of the Ethnology Building. Some people are standing on th...
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Man in front of Lodge at Trout Lake

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Description: A man wearing a coat, necktie and cap is standing at the top of wood and slab stone steps with rustic railing at an entrance to the lodge at Trout Lake. A ...

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