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Family at Board Fence

Date: 1875
Description: Family posed at board fence of brick house. Two woman, one holding a parasol, are standing in front of the fence on the left near the gate. Two men are sta...
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Family with Girls

Date: 1871
Description: Outdoor family portrait with most of the girls dressed in the same fabric with vertical stripes. They are posed before a brick house.
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Catholic School Group

Date: 06 20 1957
Description: Elevated group portrait of Catholic School children, St. Mary of the Nativity, with priest Father Finnegan, and four nuns, posing outdoors.
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Exterior of Brick Building

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Description: The exterior of a brick building, most likely a recently built school. Workers are near the building planting and working the soil around the base of the b...
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Children Playing with Flying Rings

Date: 1915
Description: A group of children, mostly boys wearing caps, playing with flying rings outside at a playground in front of a brick building.
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Loading Brewery Barrels

Date: 07 18 1934
Description: Men loading barrels from Wagner Brewing Company onto the bed of an International truck. They are standing near a doorway to a brick building with an electr...
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Couple in front of Grandall's House

Date: 07 1899
Description: A couple in front of Grandall's house. The man and woman are standing near a shed-like entrance to the house. There are traces of an old chimney on the bri...
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Syl in front of Octagon Cottage

Date: 11 1900
Description: Syl standing in front of a octagonal-shaped Gordon Cottage. The edge of the roof has crenelations along it, and a brick chimney is in the middle the roof. ...
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YWCA Patio

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Description: Four African-American women read and enjoy the outdoor patio at the YWCA. The brick patio area features a small garden with a birdbath.
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Group Portrait with Infant

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Description: Group portrait of four women, one man, and one infant standing outdoors in front of a brick wall covered in vines. The man is on the far left next to one w...
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Five Men on Brick Ruins

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Description: Group portrait of five men posing sitting on top of brick ruins, perhaps the remains of bridge supports.
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State Normal School

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Description: Exterior of the State Normal School at Stevens Point, which opened in 1894. The main entrance is flanked by columns and a central cupola, along with a row ...
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Stone Building on Gebhard Farm

Date: 2004
Description: This ancient Pomeranian-style building, made of bricks and stone, still stands on the Gebhard property.
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Stone Building on the Gross' Property

Date: 2004
Description: This very old Pomeranian-style structure still stands on the Gross property.
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Local Boilermakers and Helpers

Date: 1914
Description: Boilermakers and their helpers pose on and around a horse-drawn wagon that bears a sign that reads "Boiler-makers and Helpers," perhaps for a parade. Man o...
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IH Charlotte Branch House

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view across field of the International Harvester Company Charlotte branch building. The main factory building is surrounded by a series of smaller...
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Vietnamese Air Raid Shelters

Date: 1967
Description: Individual air raid shelters in the courtyard of the hotel where journalist David Schoenbrun was staying in Hanoi in 1967. There is a chicken coop behind t...
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Hanoi Air Raid Shelter

Date: 1967
Description: Demonstration of individual air raid shelters in Hanoi.
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Man Mowing near Building

Date: 1902
Description: Man using a horse-drawn mower on the grounds of a large institutional building. The horse is wearing a fly-net.
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Traveling Library

Date: 1931
Description: Two women select books from the opened back of a traveling branch library in a truck parked on a street.

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