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WWI Pilot

Date: 1918
Description: Captain John B. Stetson, Jr., the officer in charge of flying instruction at the American Expeditionary Force, 2nd Aviation Instruction Center near Tours, ...
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Senior High School

Date: 1897
Description: Workers pose on scaffolding in front of the Senior High School during construction. A child and a man with a bicycle are on the lower left side underneath ...
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Man Sitting at Table

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Description: An unidentified African American man, wearing a torn sweater and a corduroy baseball cap, sitting at a table.
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Senior and Junior German Party

Date: 1905
Description: Group portrait of a German party thrown by the junior and senior class at Menomonie High School. Students are dressed as famous German figures or in tradit...
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Cooking School Instructors

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Description: Misses Armstrong, Stout, and Norton, and Mister Adams posed on steps before the door of a building hosting a Farmers' Institute Cooking School.
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Unidentified Rural Schoolhouse

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Description: View through trees of a group of children and adults standing in front of a clapboard one-room schoolhouse. an outhouse is visible behind the shcool.
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Walkenhorst School Board

Date: 1917
Description: Teacher and school board of the Walkenhorst School sit around a table outdoors near a building. The men have set their hats on the table, and a horse-drawn...
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Men Shaking Hands over Contract

Date: 04 1913
Description: Professor Perry Holden and Governor Luther Egbert Hall shake hands over a contract to grow 100,000,000 bushels of corn in Louisiana in 1913. A group of men...
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Agricultural Lecture

Date: 1919
Description: View from back of room of man standing at the front of a classroom to deliver an agricultural lecture to a group of seated men and women. There are bundles...
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Diversified Farming Speakers

Date: 02 19 1915
Description: Speakers from the diversified farming program stand in front of a brick building near an awning. Each person wears a winter coat and brimmed hat, and there...
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Diversified Farming Campaign

Date: 03 08 1915
Description: A group of men and women standing outside the New Home School to listen as Professor Clark is speaking on the subject of diversified farming. He uses a poi...
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Boys Ready for Day in the Field

Date: 1911
Description: Group of boys outdoors with gardener E.E. Harris. Original caption reads: "Boys of the Onalaska Agricultural School, with rakes and forks, saws and other i...
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Learning to Shoe Horses

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Description: Men conscripted to learn horseshoeing pose together at the American Express Company. A horse is partially visible on the left side of the image. Rows of ho...
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Pie Plants in Garden

Date: 07 30 1895
Description: A garden lush with tall pie plants (rhubarb) belonging to Mrs. H.H. Wooledge. One stalk is leaning against a wooden chair, and the leaf of the plant reachi...
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Group of Men on Bascom Hill

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Description: A group of men poses on Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Left to right: UW President Charles R. Van Hise, UW President Thomas Chr...
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Theresa Firemen

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Description: "Theresa firemen pose for a picture at the Theresa Public School."
Magazine or Periodical

Scene in a Velocipede Riding School, New York City

Date: 02 13 1869
Description: Engraved image of several men attempting to ride velocipedes in a large open, interior space. Many have fallen or are struggling with balance.
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Blue Gill Lake Cottage

Date: 1933
Description: Three men and a boy pose in front of a small rustic cottage. They are, from left to right: Alb. Hernke, Hilbert; George Duchow and his son Armin, Potter; a...
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Class of 1886

Date: 1886
Description: Posed group portrait of men and women members of the “Class of '86” at Lawrence College. The 8 men have silk top hats and the 4 women have umbrellas, for a...
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William F. Gray, David E. Kiser, William D. Lamont, and Henry Chappel

Date: 06 19 1886
Description: Ferrotype/tintype portrait of three students with their principal, taken in a studio in front of a painted backdrop, the day after their high school gradua...

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