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Family Bomb Shelter

Date: 1952
Description: A Wisconsin family inside their new bomb shelter.
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A Quiet Evening at Home

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Description: Amos Elliot, pioneer stage coach driver, enjoying a quiet evening at home with his second wife, and her daughter (center), Stella Hart.
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Father Reading to Son

Date: 12 28 1981
Description: Father reading "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain to his son.
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Bath Time

Date: 05 08 1955
Description: A boy in the bath tub being bathed by his mother.
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Children Using a Telephone

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Description: Laurie and Muriel Peterson, children of the photographer, use a high chair to talk on the phone.
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Bennett Family Popcorn Party

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Description: Interior portrait; Bennett family popcorn party.
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Bennett Family Popcorn Party

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Description: Interior portrait of the Bennett family posing around a bowl of popcorn. They are sitting in an alcove with the pocket doors open, and three stringed instr...
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Infant with Grandmother

Date: 1950
Description: A young child examines a children's book with her grandmother.
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Mother and Children with Typewriter

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Description: A woman and two small boys are sitting at a typewriter in the kitchen.
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Family at Home

Date: 1955
Description: A mother posing with her seven children in the living room of their home.
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Peterson Family at Home

Date: 1915
Description: Mr. Peterson is sitting in a rocking chair reading the newspaper and smoking a pipe, while Mrs. Peterson is standing at the stove with their young son, Jam...
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Family Portrait

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Description: A family portrait on the front porch of their house. There are three females and three males.
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National Home Demonstration Week

Date: 04 12 1949
Description: Tim, 8, and Maureen, 6, listen quietly as their mother, Mrs. Mark Schaefer, reads a bedtime fairy tale at their home on Mineral Point Road. Mrs. Schaefer b...
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Family in Dining Room

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Description: A family is posed in a dining room with a woman seated and holding a small child. A man is seated at a desk in the corner, with a young girl standing nearb...
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Ranch-Style Home of Lloyd Yaudes Family

Date: 03 21 1951
Description: The Lloyd Yaudes family gathers in the living room of their new ranch-style home at 526 Virginia Terrace.
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Hable and Krueger Families

Date: 06 1899
Description: Group portrait of the Hable and Krueger families posing in the yard in front of a house. Two of the men are holding newspapers. Featured are Julius Hable, ...
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Jose and Esther Bigalk

Date: 1900
Description: Portrait of Jose and Esther Bigalk sitting on tree stumps.
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Professor Rasmus B. Anderson at Home

Date: 1902
Description: Professor Rasmus B. Anderson, noted authority on Scandinavian affairs, with Karema Anderson and his son Rolf, with dog “Ned”, in their home.
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Two Sisters Wed Two Brothers and Share House

Date: 08 04 1961
Description: Doris, left, and Helen Saalsaa working together preparing dinner in their ultra-modern kitchen, which they designed for two cooks.
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Participant in Nursing Program for Married Women

Date: 05 11 1965
Description: Donna Osness with two of her daughters, preparing dinner for her family. One of a series of images about Donna, a mother of five children, who is participa...

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