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Fishing Nets Drying

Date: 1967
Description: Fishing nets drying along the shore of Lake Michigan.
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Douglas County Historical Museum

Date: 1940
Description: A spinning wheel, chair, and other kitchen objects in the corner of a room. Caption reads: "Corner of Pioneer Kitchen, Douglas County Historical Museum, Su...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Riding a Pig

Date: 1916
Description: Two girls wearing white dresses ride a pig, sitting back-to-back. One girl holds the pig's tail and the other holds its ears. A boy pokes the pig's haunch ...
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Imperial Hotel Dining Room

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Description: Interior of the Imperial Hotel dining room, Tokyo, Japan, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, showing the tables set for dinner guests.
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Tall-tale Postcard: Winter Scene at Little Rib

Date: 01 25 1911
Description: Photomontage of a winter scene with men fishing on a frozen lake. Two men pull on the line attached to the fish's mouth, while one holds an axe above its h...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Street Scene

Date: 1918
Description: Two horse-drawn carriages travelling through a snow-covered enclosure. A man stands off to the side, holding a snow shovel. Red text in the upper portion ...
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Virginia Ross in Kitchen

Date: 1950
Description: Virginia Ross poses at a table in front of a large stove in the kitchen. Caption reads: "Kitchen at Ross's Tel Lake Lodge, Hayward, Wis."
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Cook at Hatton Lumber Camp

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Description: A man works in a kitchen at Hatton Lumber Company Camp. He is wearing an apron and is mixing ingredients in a large bowl at a counter near two windows. Cap...
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Sweeping the Bunk House

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Description: A man is sweeping the bunk house at Hatton Lumber Company Camp. Caption reads: "Hatton Lbr. Co. Camp No 3."
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At Work on the New Episcopal Church

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Description: Photographic postcard view of workers building the new Episcopal Church. Workers in hats and overalls, and holding shovels, are standing among scaffolding,...
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Seated Man with Legs Crossed

Date: 1930
Description: Man sitting on a box, leaning back against a wall, with his legs crossed. He is dressed in bib overalls and is smoking a pipe. He may be sitting in a kitch...
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Family Portrait on Porch

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Description: Group portrait of a family posed on a porch. The three women in the back hold a large enamel bowl, a mixing bowl and spoon, and a grinder or sifter. In fro...
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Telephone Linemen

Date: 1915
Description: Photographic postcard of an outdoor group portrait of a telephone line crew. The six men are wearing hats and work clothes, and five of the men are wearing...
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Grandmother's Dishes — Fallhall Glen

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Description: Interior view of shelves and tables with dishes and serving dishes. There are baskets hanging from the ceiling. Caption reads: "Grandmother's Dishes — Fall...
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Miss Lucille Johnson with Bowl of Bees

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Description: Photographic postcard of Miss Lucille Johnson, a young girl in a white dress with a bow in her hair. She is squatting behind a large bowl of bees, hands ou...
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Workmen Build a Stone Wall

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Description: Photographic postcard of three workmen building a stone wall next to a shed.
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Wire Grass Men

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard of a group of men and boys gathered for a meal in a tent. There are benches along the sides of the table. One man sits on a wooden bo...
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Feeding Deer in the Deer Corral at Trout Lake

Date: 1912
Description: Trout Lake Forest Headquarters, the deer corral, with four fawns. Three of the fawns are eating from a trough, the third from a pail held by a man (partial...
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Lawson M.T.2 "Pyrene" Holder for Passenger Seat

Date: 1917
Description: Photographic postcard showing a close-up of the holder Lawson designed for passenger seats on his Military Tractor 2 (M.T.2).
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Street Construction at J. Ohlenforst Bakery

Date: 1906
Description: Traffic to the J. Ohlenforst Bakery at 529 S. Sixth Street, in the Walker's Point neighborhood, is impeded by street construction. There are piles of grave...

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