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Family of Seven in front of House

Date: 1878
Description: A family of seven is sitting in the foreground around a table covered with books and flowers. Three young girls are sitting on the ground in front of the t...
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Ox Team

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Description: View uphill of a team of oxen with a wagon stacked with lumber. In the background, men gather outside a general store located in the Raton Mountains, betwe...
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Houses on Church Street

Date: 04 12 1949
Description: "These houses on Church Street were photographed from the intersection of Henni & Wisconsin Streets. Note the outhouses!"
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Migrant Worker Meeting

Date: 1967
Description: Migrant farm workers meeting in Bancroft after a strike. There are four men wearing hats standing in front of a women's outhouse. Strikes in Wisconsin were...
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Mr. Kincaid on Stairs

Date: 02 1924
Description: The caretaker, carrying a lantern, poses on stairs leading up from the log outhouse at the Hotz Europe Lake compound. There is hoar frost on the trees and ...
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Newport

Date: 02 1924
Description: Three men pose on logs as a fourth walks toward them; there are axes and snowshoes on the ground. A large log barn, outhouse, and other buildings are in th...
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Red Currant Garden

Date: 09 07 1895
Description: A garden of red currant bushes, owned by Jas. S. Ritchie, are featured on his fruit farm.
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People in Yard in front of a Frame House

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Description: Man posing standing and holding/sharpening a scythe, with a dog sitting nearby. Three children are sitting in the grass, and a woman is standing in front o...
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View of Toelle Avenue

Date: 1925
Description: View down dirt road running through homes and trees in a neighborhood. A man stands in the road. Text at foot of photograph reads, "Toelle Ave. 138+12 Look...
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Concrete Blockhouse

Date: 1918
Description: A large concrete blockhouse fortification at Verst 581 with a concrete outhouse next to it on the right. An armed solder wearing winter clothing stands be...
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Depot and Train

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Description: View over railroad tracks towards a railroad depot with an arriving train. A few passengers are on the platform. On the right is a pile of fuel wood. There...
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Entrance to the Pine Grove Camp

Date: 1928
Description: View from driveway with stone columns, over road towards the entrance gate to the Pine Grove Camp. People are standing near an automobile, tents and an out...
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Hunters on the Pond

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards a group of seven men posing on a dock in front of a small hunting shack in the middle of a marsh. Ducks hang on stringers attache...
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Sid Standing with Chamber Pot at End of the Rainbow

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Description: Outdoor view of Sid standing in the snow looking at an outhouse. He is holding a chamber pot at the end of the rainbow. A half moon symbol has been drawn o...
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Two Men and Outhouse

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Description: Two barefoot men are standing and looking at a dilapidated outhouse, which has a sliding board for a seat extending out of the sides of the outhouse. The b...
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Alfred Lawson and Group with Lawson M.T.2

Date: 1917
Description: Alfred Lawson and two men pose with a Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2), which is parked outside a hangar. Lawson is wearing a leather flight suit and partia...
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Lakewood Train Station

Date: 1898
Description: View down platform of Lakewood train station, with two men standing near a doorway on the left near two sacks. Another man is further down the platform ben...

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