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Substandard Housing in Milwaukee

Date: 03 1909
Description: Sandlot baseball game in front of a house and several outbuildings, all in dilapidated condition.
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Girls Jumping Rope

Date: 1900
Description: Two young girls with bows in their hair jump rope as a boy watches.
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Sledders

Date: 1905
Description: Winter scene with Muriel and Laurie Peterson, the photographer's children, reflecting on the snow conditions near their home. Laurie holds the rope of a sl...
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Children at Brittingham Park

Date: 1905
Description: Group of children playing with a makeshift diving board at Brittingham Bay swimming hole.
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Weighing Kittens

Date: 07 1905
Description: Edgar and Jennie Krueger outdoors in the yard. Edgar is sitting on a concrete planter holding a kitten in his lap. Jennie is kneeling in the grass weighing...
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Krueger Children Amongst Cattails

Date: 08 1906
Description: View across water towards Edgar and Jennie Krueger playing with cattails on the shoreline along Lime Kiln Pond.
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Kruegers Playing with Toys

Date: 1900
Description: Jennie and Edgar Krueger (twins on right) and Effie Goetsch (Carr) playing with toys outdoors. Effie was the daughter of Ernest Samuel Goetsch and Anna Sch...
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Cassville Campgrounds

Date: 1905
Description: Children and adults at picnic campground owned by Gus Klindt near Cassville.
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Robert and Philip La Follette As Boys

Date: 1900
Description: Young Robert La Follette, Jr. and Philip La Follette playing in the yard. Robert wears a harness and Phil holds a crop.
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La Follette Children Playing Outdoors

Date: 1906
Description: Philp La Follette, Mary La Follette, and Robert La Follette, Jr. playing in costume in the front yard of their home. Phil wears a top hat and long coat. Ro...
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Three Boys with Fireworks

Date: 07 04 1902
Description: Three boys holding fireworks stand near a tent or open-sided awning in a backyard near a house.
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Children with Christmas Tree

Date: 1902
Description: Cary and Everetta Bass with their Christmas tree. Cary holds a toy horn; Everetta holds a doll.
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Syl and Lucia Playing in front of House

Date: 1900
Description: View up gravel walk of Syl and Lucia, both wearing hats, playing at the foot of steps leading up to a small porch and door of a house.
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Syl, Harold and Gordon with Fireworks

Date: 07 04 1901
Description: Syl, Gordon and Harold playing with fireworks on a lawn. A hammock strung between two trees is visible in the background.
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Sylvester with Slingshot

Date: 01 01 1902
Description: Syl standing in front of a fence holding a slingshot.
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Forest with Tootsie

Date: 1900
Description: Tootsie, the Middleton family dog, stands with front paws resting on Forest's hip. Forest holds a switch in his right hand and, most likely, a treat in his...
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Swimmers

Date: 1905
Description: Four boys skinny dip in Lake Mendota.
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Two Boys Playing in front of House

Date: 05 1902
Description: Two young boys are playing in the grass in front of a house. Over the porch railings clothes are hanging to dry.
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Jennie, Florentina, and Edgar Krueger Standing in a Pond

Date: 1903
Description: Jennie, Florentina, and Edgar Krueger standing in a quarry pond. Jennie and Florentina are holding up their dresses, while Edgar is playing with a toy sail...
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Twins Playing in the Snow

Date: 1903
Description: Winter scene with Jennie and Edgar Krueger (twins) playing with large blocky pieces of snow in a field. A sled is on the ground in front of them.

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