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Harmonica Player

Date: 1914
Description: James Peterson, son of the photographer, playing the harmonica. He is sitting against a stump, with trees in the distance.
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Little Boy in Curls

Date: 1912
Description: Reginald Jackson, Jr. is posed on the sidewalk in front of the family home, 415 North Carroll Street, dressed in his winter coat. The portrait is notable f...
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Play Director Organizing Game

Date: 1915
Description: A play director wearing a hat and long dress is organizing a game with a group of children, mostly girls wearing dresses, one of which is holding a ball. T...
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Jacks on the Sidewalk

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Description: A group of girls playing jacks on a city sidewalk. All the girls are wearing dresses, and two infants are present, one in a carriage and one in the lap of ...
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Girl on Seesaw

Date: 1920
Description: A girl with bobbed hair is wearing a one-piece playsuit, knee socks, and buckled sandals while playing on a seesaw (teeter totter).
Postcard

Child on Hobby Horse

Date: 1930
Description: A child rides a hobby horse that is pulling a wagon filled with a toy lion and doll. A rocking chair holding a large doll, a small doll and teddy bear is p...
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Children with Toy Car

Date: 1910
Description: Ferdinand Leonard Hotz sits in a toy car while his sister Margaret (Sissy) sits glumly on the ground.
Print

Grand Hotel Queen's Birthday Menu Interior

Date: 05 24 1898
Description: Interior of the bill of fare served at the Grand Hotel on the birthday of Queen Victoria, with four scenes, perhaps representing the seasons, amidst flower...
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034 - Camp Counselor Assists Young Camper on Horseback

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Description: Camp counselor assisting with stirrups of a young camper sitting astride horse in a wooded area. Original caption notes: "Riding is one of the most popular...
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076 - Camper Posing with Camera

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Description: Profile view of a camper posing outdoors with a camera, which she is holding up, ready to take a picture. She has a bow in her hair and is wearing the camp...
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077 - Camper Working Outdoors on Pressing a Flower

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Description: A young camper is seated at an outdoor wood table arranging a flower on a sheet of paper. On the table near her are spread out all the supplies she is usin...
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151 - Young Swimmer Sitting on Dock

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Description: Close-up of a young camper sitting on a dock wearing a swimming suit, and holding a floating device shaped like a fish or seahorse. She has her hair in two...
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Teenage Toboggan Riders

Date: 12 23 1970
Description: Winter scene with teenage toboggan riders, Rick Borckel (age 14) and Pat Voight (age 13), hitting a bump on a hill in Brown Deer Park, Milwaukee.
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Camping in Bradley Park

Date: 1936
Description: Two smiling men, one carrying long fishing poles and the other a set of paddles, are walking away from their campsites while two women are working at a pic...
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Group Portrait of People Outdoors

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Description: Stereograph of a group portrait of a large gathering of people outdoors on the grass under trees. Blankets and cloths are spread on the grass and many poep...
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Helen Pool and James McClure Canoeing on Archibald Lake

Date: 1903
Description: Helen Pool and James McClure are sitting in a canoe on Archibald Lake. McClure is holding a paddle. On the left is the pier. In the foreground, on the righ...
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Jeannette Holt, Harriet Stroh and the Home-made Swing

Date: 1904
Description: Jeannette Holt and Harriet Stroh are sitting and lying in the grass while playing with three dolls. Two of the dolls are sitting on a swing, made of sticks...
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Holt Children Fishing and Canoeing in Archibald Lake

Date: 1905
Description: Wearing a dress, Donald Holt is fishing, using a wooden pole, in Archibald Lake. Alfred Holt is paddling a canoe. Eleanor Holt is standing next to Donald o...
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Three Sisters with the "H" They Made

Date: 1906
Description: Three wood workers are showing the "H" which they made out of birch logs. From left to right: Lucy Holt, Minnie May Rumsey and possibly Juliet Rumsey Stroh...
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Watermelon Seed Fight

Date: 1916
Description: Jeannette Holt, family and friends are laughing and having a watermelon seed fight in front of Island Lodge. Names from left to right: Jeannette Holt, unkn...

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