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Cabin and Cotton Field

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Description: Exterior view of a small cabin located near a cotton field. There is a cemetery in the far background.
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Ox Team

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Description: View uphill of a team of oxen with a wagon stacked with lumber. In the background, men gather outside a general store located in the Raton Mountains, betwe...
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Houses on Church Street

Date: 04 12 1949
Description: "These houses on Church Street were photographed from the intersection of Henni & Wisconsin Streets. Note the outhouses!"
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Three Outhouses

Date: 1935
Description: View of three outhouses surrounded by trees, two say "Women" and one says "Men." Also on the negative is written “Air Conditioned CABINS FOR RENT! By the d...
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District School House in the Woods

Date: 08 01 1895
Description: Exterior view of the district school house property, with a young boy standing on the front steps. There is a hand-pump on a wood platform in front of the ...
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The Poplars Cottage at Nature Lovers Paradise

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Description: Exterior view of the Poplars Cottage surrounded by trees, part of Nature Lovers Paradise on Jackson Lake. Text above the photograph says, "The POPLARS --- ...
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Migrant Worker Meeting

Date: 1967
Description: Migrant farm workers meeting in Bancroft after a strike. There are four men wearing hats standing in front of a women's outhouse. Strikes in Wisconsin were...
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Brick Outhouses

Date: 09 1983
Description: "These are the proverbial 'Brick Outhouses' that were found at a one room school at the corner of Fair View Drive and Wayne Center Road."
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Mr. Kincaid on Stairs

Date: 02 1924
Description: The caretaker, carrying a lantern, poses on stairs leading up from the log outhouse at the Hotz Europe Lake compound. There is hoar frost on the trees and ...
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Newport

Date: 02 1924
Description: Three men pose on logs as a fourth walks toward them; there are axes and snowshoes on the ground. A large log barn, outhouse, and other buildings are in th...
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Door County

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of Fish Creek from the east. The photographer's first Fish Creek cottage, with a standing seam metal roof, is in the foreground; in the yard ...
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Red Currant Garden

Date: 09 07 1895
Description: A garden of red currant bushes, owned by Jas. S. Ritchie, are featured on his fruit farm.
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Hotz Cottages

Date: 1912
Description: The pumphouse, foreground, and cottage at the Hotz compound at the top of Fish Creek Hill. Also shown is the log outhouse, left. The buildings are clad in ...
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People in Yard in front of a Frame House

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Description: Man posing standing and holding/sharpening a scythe, with a dog sitting nearby. Three children are sitting in the grass, and a woman is standing in front o...
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Pier at Fish Creek

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of Fish Creek Harbor as a boat approaches the pier and warehouse. In the foreground are houses with outbuildings, gardens and a small orchard...
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Eagle Corners School

Date: 1932
Description: Students and their teacher, Gladys Hofseth (back row, far right), pose outside Eagle Corners School. The school is a wood frame building with an enclosed p...
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Madison Panorama from University Heights

Date: 1908
Description: Panoramic view of Madison taken from Summit Avenue looking East South East toward Lake Monona. Included in the view are the Camp Randall bleachers, St. Rap...
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View of Toelle Avenue

Date: 1925
Description: View down dirt road running through homes and trees in a neighborhood. A man stands in the road. Text at foot of photograph reads, "Toelle Ave. 138+12 Look...
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Outhouse, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: One of the 15 outdoor toilets in the Beekman Quarters neighborhood of Natchez, Mississippi. "'It's been full for two months. We still have to use it or wal...
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Outhouse, Phelan's Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: Two of the 13 toilets available in the neighborhood, housed in a small building. Vines grow up the side of the structure and debris is scattered in the sur...

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