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Artillery Target Practice Field

Date: 1927
Description: Earthwork four miles southwest of Racine, used during the Civil War in light artillery target practice to stop solid shot. Joseph Cooper is waving the flag...
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Miscauno Island Depot

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Description: View down railroad tracks which pass the Miscauno Island depot. A railroad signal is on the left, and the platform for the depot is on the right.
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Rural Home

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Description: View across road toward a rural home in the hometown of Ronald Reagan.
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Cape Cod Home

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Description: A view of a small Cape Cod home in a rural setting.
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Noah Webster House

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Description: View toward the Noah Webster House, the home of American lexicographer Noah Webster, the author of the first American dictionary (1828), probably built cir...
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The Hawthorne House

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Description: View over stream toward the Hawthorne House, childhood home of American novelist and short story writer Nathaniel Hawthorne (7/4/1804 – 5/19/1864) built ar...
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The Dickerman Store

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Description: A view of a road and the Dickerman Store with trees and vegetation lining the road. Caption reads: "The Dickerman Store, New Canaan, Conn."
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The Old Mill

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Description: A view of the Old Mill on a road lined with trees.
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On the River Road

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Description: Three people pose in and around an ox cart on a country road. Caption reads: "On the River Road."
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Kraftwood from the Lake

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Description: View of Kraftwood, the Kraft family summer home, seen from Enterprise Lake. (Formerly Lake Mach-Kin-O-Siew.)
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Outdoor Portrait of Children

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Description: Group of six children posed outdoors for a group portrait. An infant is in a baby carriage, the other children are standing.
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Cattle Grazing in a Valley

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Description: View looking down on cattle grazing in a valley, with a rancher sitting on his horse in the left foreground. Trees span the middle distance, with a view of...
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Cattle Wandering in the Stream

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Description: A cowhand poses for the camera while the cattle drink at a stream. Trees and shrubs are on the hills surrounding the stream. Caption reads: "Stock Raising...
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Cowboys Outside of Their Cabin

Date: 1905
Description: A view of cowboys posing outside of their log cabin dwelling. Three stand against the wall, while four sit. The sitter on the right has a banjo. In the lef...
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Dunham School

Date: 1946
Description: Hand-colored photograph of Dunham School, standing in a grove of trees, surrounded by a fence. The building is built of brick and has a bell tower, with a ...
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Elevated View of Town on the Delaware River

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Description: Elevated view of country town showing large. There are wooden buildings alongside the Delaware River which curves through fields and patches of woods in th...
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Resurfacing the Highway

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Description: A view on men resurfacing rural sections of U.S. Highway, with machinery and a small train running alongside the road.
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Border Lake Outfitters

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Description: Border Lakes Outfitting Company, Sigurd Olson's summer business that provided guides and equipment for wilderness vacations.
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Sig Olson Duck Hunting

Date: 1930
Description: Sigurd Olson duck hunting with his son, Sig Jr.
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Duck Hunting

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Description: A duck hunter at the edge of a rocky shoreline, probably Sigurd Olson.

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