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Family Gathering on Basswood Island

Date: 1916
Description: Picnic on the shores of Basswood Island, Apostle Islands. Those picnicking include Harriet Webb, C.A. Hull, H.W. Rodgers, Mrs. J. Austin, Elizabeth Baker, ...
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Children Playing

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Description: Five children play in the yard while a young woman watches from the doorway. A boy hangs from a cross bar; a boy rides a rocking horse; two girls sit on a ...
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Boy with Rifle

Date: 05 1928
Description: Boy idling away time with a rifle under a tree on the grounds of a rural school.
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Young Boy with Catcher's Mitt

Date: 1929
Description: Young Robert Bailey, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Bailey, holding up a baseball catcher's mitt.
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Schoolboys Playing Baseball

Date: 05 1928
Description: Boys playing baseball on the grounds of Viall School.
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Children Playing in Bedroom

Date: 02 10 1955
Description: Elevated view of boy sitting on a toy fire engine, another boy dressed as a cowboy, and a girl with a toy cash register playing in the bedroom.
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Girls Jumping Rope

Date: 1900
Description: Two young girls with bows in their hair jump rope as a boy watches.
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Sledders

Date: 1905
Description: Winter scene with Muriel and Laurie Peterson, the photographer's children, reflecting on the snow conditions near their home. Laurie holds the rope of a sl...
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Sledding

Date: 1914
Description: Laurie, Muriel, and James Peterson, children of the photographer, sledding near the family home. Handwritten on reverse, "Laurie, Muriel, James Peterson, c...
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Steamboat Rock

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Description: Steamboat Rock, with two children playing at the edge of the river.
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Girls near High Rock and Romance Cliff

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Description: View down sandy beach towards Miriam and Ruth Bennett wading in river near Romance Cliff at a sand bar above High Rock.
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Boy with Dog Pulling Wagon

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Description: Three small children with a wagon drawn by a dog.
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Children on Homemade Swing

Date: 06 1927
Description: Young boy and a toddler relaxing on a homemade tree swing made with an automobile seat.
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Turkey-drawn Wagon

Date: 1910
Description: A boy is driving two turkeys yoked together that are pulling his small wagon loaded with vegetables. Painted on the side of the wagon: "Birdsell, South Ben...
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Blizzards Are Fun

Date: 1955
Description: Winter scene with Mark Mueller, the photographer's son standing ankle deep in snow with a dog, and smiling as the snow continues to fall. The family was sl...
Painting

School Children Playing in Sand Box

Date: 1913
Description: Children playing in a sand box, or "sand garden" at the Woodlawn School garden. American flags are planted in the sand and a teacher or older child is hold...
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Winter Basketball

Date: 02 11 1955
Description: A winter scene with boys playing basketball in the snow, with temperatures around 10 below zero.
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Frisbee Catch

Date: 03 28 1980
Description: A frisbee is backlit by the sun as a boy reaches out to catch it.
Book or Pamphlet

Plano Manufacturing Company Catalog

Date: 1897
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Plano Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of grain binders, mowers, headers, reapers, and hay rakes. The cover fea...
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Washington School Kindergarten

Date: 01 24 1935
Description: Washington School kindergarten class, 217 N. Broom Street, with children playing in a boat built of blocks.

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