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Card Players

Date: 10 29 1956
Description: Men playing cards.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1405: Pastime. Dick Dancing For The Boys

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of a group of men standing and sitting on a raft, watching Dick Stevenson in the center dancing. Zack Dugas is at left clapping time, and Jack ...
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Riverbank Card Game

Date: 1910
Description: Two men smoking pipes and playing cards in the grass along a riverbank.
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Rennebohm Coffee Break

Date: 1979
Description: Two men enjoy coffee and a cigarette at an unidentified Rennebohm Drug Store restaurant. At this time cigarette smoking in Madison restaurants took place i...
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Hosiery Workers

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Description: A group of hosiery workers sitting on a bench, smoking cigarettes, and drinking coffee.
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Two Construction Workers on Break

Date: 1969
Description: Two construction workers wearing hardhats stand outside a storefront while on a break.
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Group of People in Two Boats

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Description: Two boats next to each other on an unidentified body of water. One boat has a roof similar to that of a tour boat. Sitting in the front boat is a family wi...
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Man Relaxing in Chair

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Description: A man, possibly Ole Johnson with a pipe and wearing a hat and trousers with suspenders, reclines in a chair and rests his feet on a footstool. He is posing...
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Enjoying a Cruise

Date: 1938
Description: Two men sitting on board cabin cruiser "Lamora" on Lake Superior. On the left is a bell with the name of the cruiser engraved on it.
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Firemen's Park

Date: 06 1948
Description: "This working party at Firemen's Park, drinking Pioneer beer, is (L-R) Peter Bodden, Jack Burns, Philip Schwinn, & ?."
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Men on Boat

Date: 1935
Description: View of six men sitting on rattan furniture on a covered boat deck. Three men are wearing hats, and one man is smoking a cigar. Off the bow of the boat an ...
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Rough Raiders Enlisted Men's Club, Ltd.

Date: 10 30 1943
Description: Motor Pool Dispatchers (left to right) Sergeant Alex Petro of Racine, Wisconsin, and Sergeant Joe Nicolazzi of Kenosha, Wisconsin, chat with Corporal Eugen...
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Sailors in a Bar

Date: 1942
Description: Two sailors and two women are seated at a table smoking cigarettes and drinking beer, while another woman stands playing an accordion for them. Around the ...
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Golfers at Maple Bluff Country Club

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Description: Portrait of two golfers wearing white shirts and smoking cigars posing outdoors. They clubs they are holding are drivers. Behind them people are relaxing o...
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Wounded Soldiers Playing Games and Relaxing

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Description: The first wounded soldiers in Berlin. Playing games and relaxing at the garrison hospital.
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"We Have Liege"

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Description: The first wounded soldiers in Berlin.
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"We Have Liege"

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Description: The first wounded soldiers in Berlin.
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Wounded Soldiers Playing Skat

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Description: The first wounded soldiers in Berlin, playing skat outdoors at a long table.
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Wounded Soldiers Reading and Talking

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Description: The first wounded soldiers in Berlin, reading and talking about the war.
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Summer Relaxation On The Capitol Grounds

Date: 07 07 1957
Description: Man wearing a brimmed hat slumped alone on a metal park bench in the shade on South Pickney Street on Capitol Square. He has a cigarette or cigar between h...

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