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Company House and Family in Benham

Date: 1919
Description: A family of five posing in front of an International Harvester "company house" in the coal mining town of Benham.
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Summit Lake Camp Campfire Gathering

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Description: A group of female campers wearing camp uniforms roast marshmallows over a campfire in front of a cabin at Summit Lake Camp.
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Camelback Inn Guests on Horseback

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Description: Guests at the Cambelback Inn ride horses along a mountain pass. The trail is surrounded by foliage and cacti.
Postcard

Christmas Greetings

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday postcard of Santa Claus, wearing the traditional red suit and hat with white fur trim, waving to two children. Santa has a basket of toys and dolls...
Postcard

Picnic Grounds at Spring, Blue Mounds

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Description: Photographic postcard of picnic grounds at a spring in Blue Mounds State Park. The spring is running out of a brick catch basin on the right. A woman weari...
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Two Men with Implements and Cigarettes

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Description: Two men in work clothes and hats pose in a yard with farm implements. Both of them are smoking cigarettes.
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Toft Point

Date: 1942
Description: View from rocky shoreline of two men fishing from a small boat near Toft Point.
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Lunch in the Woods North of Lake Europe

Date: 1919
Description: Three men enjoy a picnic; the man on the right smokes a cigar.
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Down The Narrows — From Opposite Cold Water Canyon #237

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Description: A boy, probably Ashley Bennett, leaning against a tree stump near the entrance to the Old River Bed. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beaut...
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W.H. Metcalf Residence

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Description: A woman posing in a garden at William H. Metcalf's Residence.
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Farm Home of Thomas Convey

Date: 1907
Description: Farm home of Thomas Convey family, at or near Ridgeway. In the foreground, two men stand near a horse-drawn wagon. Five women are standing on a stone wall ...
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St. Ambrose Episcopal Church

Date: 1913
Description: View of side and front of the St. Ambrose Episcopal Church. Two people are standing near the ivy which is growing up the side of the tower near the arched ...
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Outdoor Portrait of Florentina Krueger

Date: 09 1904
Description: Outdoor portrait of Florentina Krueger standing in a yard next to an ivy-covered wall among shrubs and plants. She is wearing a hat and holding an umbrella...
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Johnny Johnson Residence

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Description: View towards a man, a woman and four children standing posing near the picket fence of a two-story wood-frame house. Identified as Residence built by A. Hy...
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 67

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Description: On the map it shows the turkey buzzards circling overhead
to tell us who we are and what the odds.
Don't count;
a promise is no more than just a s...
Postcard

Ernst in Heidelberg

Date: 03 14 1930
Description: Ernst Schmidt, second from left, on a tour of the ruins of Heidelberg Castle with his guide, left, and two unidentified persons. They are standing in the c...
Photograph

The Amateur

Date: 09 12 1905
Description: Laurie Peterson pretending to take a photograph, with a prop camera, of Muriel Peterson as she is gazing at a cat. In the background are trees and shrubs. ...
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Buildings and Water Tower with Flag

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Description: View across lawn towards a large building with a roofed porch. The front of the porch is covered heavily with vines. On the lawn in the foreground is a mow...
Photograph

Bernhagen House and Family

Date: 1905
Description: A well-dressed man and woman are standing between two columns on the front porch of a wood frame house. There are two younger women at right, with one sitt...
Postcard

Cottagers on Town Site

Date: 08 31 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Cottigers [sic] on Town Site at Reserve, Wis." A man is standing near the door of the screen porch to his cottage. A kayak paddle is ...

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