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Dressing up the Dog

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Description: A girl sits in a rocking chair as a young woman commands a dog who is dressed in dark clothing to sit. A piano or organ is in the background.
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Women Playing a Reed Organ

Date: 1900
Description: A woman sits at a reed organ while another looks on.
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Dream Drum Dancers

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Description: Five Ho-Chunk performers in front of cloth barriers or tents. A powwow group from the 1908 Homecoming. The five are full brothers according to the 1881 tri...
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Group Posed Outdoors

Date: 1910
Description: Large group posing in front of a frame house.
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Man and Woman in Wagon

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Description: Man and woman in a horse and wagon in front of a building with two women seated on the stoop, probably the Spaulding home, the present location of the Dr. ...
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People near a House

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Description: Seated man, probably William O'Brien, a woman with umbrella, Maggie Beatty O'Brien, and William Miles O'Brien, posing in front of a house. Two men are in t...
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Family Posed in front of House

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Description: Man and woman, with umbrella, posing with a girl and baby in a wicker baby carriage in front of a frame house, number 419.
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Group Posed in front of House

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Description: Three women, four men (one seated), a boy, and a girl posing in front of a house.
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Woman and Child in Hammock

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Description: Woman and child sitting in a hammock. A woman and man stand behind them in the yard of a house.
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Group of People near House

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Description: Man, four women, four girls, and two boys in the yard of a house near hammocks.
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Woman and Children on Front Porch

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Description: Two women are sitting on a porch, one holding a baby in her lap. A young girl wearing a hat is riding a rocking horse in the yard. A board sidewalk leads u...
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Four Women in front of House

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Description: Four women posing in front of a frame house with a baby buggy.
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Man and Woman in Parlor

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Description: Elderly woman and man posed in a parlor with large wood stove. Probably Mr. And Mrs. Squires who owned a business in town, the Squires Oyster House.
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Woman Sitting near Stove

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Description: Elderly woman sitting in the corner of a room with a wood-burning "Sylvan Sunshine" stove and world globe.
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Two Children Posing in Parlor

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Description: Two children posing in a parlor, probably Dudley and Marguerite Osborn inside the Spaulding House.
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Woman with Four Children

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Description: Woman sitting with three girls and one boy in a room, probably a farm family.
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Group having Tea in Parlor

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Description: Two women, man, and child having tea in a parlor.
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Woman Putting on Hat

Date: 1900
Description: Woman putting on a hat in front of a dressing table mirror.
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Large Group on Staircase

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Description: Large group posed on a staircase, possibly a fancy dress party.
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Four Women in Japanese Clothing

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Description: Four women wearing traditional Japanese dress having tea.

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