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| Date: | 09 30 1988 |
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| Description: | Young girl holding a book about child care written by Dr. Benjamin Spock, M.D. She is holding the book upside down. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | James Peterson, son of the photographer, playing the harmonica. He is sitting against a stump, with trees in the distance. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| 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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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A girl with bobbed hair is wearing a one-piece playsuit, knee socks, and buckled sandals while playing on a seesaw (teeter totter). |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Ferdinand Leonard Hotz sits in a toy car while his sister Margaret (Sissy) sits glumly on the ground. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Three farm girls, probably of German extraction, seated on a bench, playing with three kids (young goats) in their laps. There are buildings in the backgro... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Dr. William F. Petersen sits in the doorway of a toy teepee playing with his sons Conrad, left, and Edward, dressed in Indian costumes. Edward wields a toy... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A group of eight Native American school girls posing near playground equipment. A brick school building is in the background. The girls are dressed in ide... |
| Date: | 09 12 1905 |
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| Description: | Laurie Peterson pretending to take a photograph, with a prop camera, of Muriel Peterson as she is gazing at a cat. In the background are trees and shrubs. ... |
| Date: | 12 1915 |
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| Description: | Laurie and Muriel playing with an erector set, while James is sitting on the end of the table facing the decorated Christmas tree. More toys are on the flo... |
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| Description: | Laurie and Muriel Peterson playing with blocks on the floor. Behind Muriel is a rocking chair below a window. Handwritten on the reverse: "Interested." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | James Peterson, as a young boy, fixing a dilapidated wagon outdoors. He is attempting to reattach the wheel. A can of grease is sitting on the wagon bed. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Laurie and Muriel Peterson having a tea party. In addition to tea, there are plates of pastries. Muriel is sitting in a rocking chair and Laurie is perched... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Mamie Arms climbing to the top of a swing set. |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Children and adults having a tug of war during a play day at Marquette School. A fence and dwellings are in the background. |
| Date: | 12 23 1912 |
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| Description: | Christmas postcard of a child on a toboggan. She is wearing a red coat and white mittens, also a white hat with a tassel. Her hair is flying in the wind. T... |
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