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| Date: | 08 1916 |
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| Description: | Another view of Doc Copeland dipping Jack's face in the Chippewa River to wash off the toothpaste. |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | View uphill towards a woman sitting among a flock of pink flamingo lawn ornaments covering Bascom Hill. She is pretending to feed bread to two pink flaming... |
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| Description: | A whiffle-buck, a fictional creature made by combining antlers, fangs, and a head. It is posed as if it were peeking out from behind a felled tree. Caption... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of mischievous schoolboys in a classroom. One boy is reacting to something sharp on his desk chair and two boys are enjoying the results of the... |
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| Description: | Sid Boyum smiling at the camera, after receiving a gift at a dinner gathering with male colleagues from Gisholt Machine Company. The large, rectangular pac... |
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| Description: | Sid Boyum getting the joke, admiring his gag gift from Gisholt Machine Company co-workers after a dinner gathering. With a cigar in his mouth, he is holdin... |
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| Description: | Sid Boyum trying out his gag gift from Gisholt Machine Company co-workers after a dinner gathering. The gift is a home-made portable "stool" designed with ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | As a stunt, a man is dressed up as a big baby and sitting in a wash tub. He is looking at the camera while wearing a bonnet, and holding a glass bottle wit... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A man is dressed up as a big baby and is sitting in a wicker baby carriage. He is drinking from a glass bottle. A woman wearing round eyeglasses is standin... |
| Date: | 07 1920 |
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| Description: | Alfred Holt and Madeleine Wood are outside on a sunny day. She is standing and holding a pose that suggests dancing. He is sitting in a wooden chair with h... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | A small girl and a turkey posing in front of a rafter (flock) of turkeys. She is wearing a snowsuit, mittens, and a plaid hat with a pompom. She is holding... |
| Date: | 08 14 1922 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Capture of the Hodag, Rhinelander, Wis." A large group of men armed with guns, pitchforks and rakes hold a beast at bay on top of a l... |
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| Description: | Newspaper photograph of a hodag statue in wooded area, with caption that reads: "Hodag The Old [He one?] found near Rhinelander, Wis. Captured by E.S. Shep... |
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