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Rock of Gibraltar in the Richmond Memorial Park

Date: 1902
Description: Two women and a man pose atop Gibraltar Rock in Richmond Memorial Park, which was dedicated by Jens Jensen and the Wisconsin Friends in 1927 in order to co...
Photograph

Devil's Lake

Date: 1909
Description: Two women wearing long dresses pose on a large boulder at the base of a rock formation in a shady glen.
Book or Pamphlet

Tattooed Man of Nukahiwa

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Description: An illustration of a man with a full body tattoo. He is an inhabitant of the Island of Nukahiwa.
Photograph

Virginia Mueller

Date: 
Description: Virginia Mueller stands on a dune with her hands on her hips. In the far background is a valley with trees and fields.
Print

Pacific Coast Women's Press Association Breakfast Menu

Date: 06 25 1912
Description: Front cover of a menu from a breakfast given by the Pacific Coast Women's Press Association in honor of visiting members of the General Federation of Women...
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 134

Date: 
Description: We always know what day it is
Because it never fails. Sometime between the awful and the coffee
that stepson drives along the road
and all the dog...
Photograph

Nuclear Missile Silo Vigil

Date: 1986
Description: Nuclear Missile Silo Vigil & Requiem. Hundreds of people surround the fence, holding hands, in opposition to the new MX missiles being installed, missiles ...
Photograph

Tractor Drawn Harvester Thresher

Date: 1929
Description: Elevated view of two men on a tractor drawn harvester thresher in a field. Low hills are in the far distance.
Photograph

River View

Date: 1935
Description: View towards an unidentified woman sitting and facing away from the camera to take in the view of the St. Croix River from a high rock formation. The bridg...
Photograph

Horseback Riding

Date: 1940
Description: View towards a line of several dozen men and women, in equestrian attire and on horseback, riding single file up a hill from a large arena style building s...
Photograph

Rib Mountain

Date: 1950
Description: In this photograph marked for cropping for publication, a group including a young woman, two young men and a boy observe the features of a rock outcropping...
Photograph

Potawatomi State Park

Date: 1940
Description: A young woman smiles as she enjoys the view from the Potawatomi Tower in Potawatomi State Park. There is a house on a small island in Sawyer Harbor, with ...
Photograph

El Capitan

Date: 1935
Description: The photographer's wife, Margaret Bouer Brumder, is sitting on a low stone wall at an overlook in Yosemite National Park, with the granite formation El Cap...
Photograph

Marion Brumder

Date: 1932
Description: A full length outdoor portrait of Marion Briggs (Mrs. Edward J.) Brumder. She is sitting on a rock with woods in the background, and she is wearing a hat, ...
Photograph

Children on Horseback

Date: 1905
Description: A woman at far left is holding the rope halter of a horse. A young girl and toddler are sitting bareback on the horse. The girl is wearing a light-colored ...

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