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| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Women sun bathe near an express highway in Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | A woman pours tea for her friends seated outdoors at a table. |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Three men and two women sit around a table in a yard. Behind them is a picket fence and a wood frame house. One woman holds a fan, another a book. One man ... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Man lying on the grass along a tree-lined drive that leads to a frame house in background. Rural house, country estate. |
| Date: | 09 27 1945 |
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| Description: | Three farm wives are taking a break at the terrace plowing demonstration and conservation field day on the Carl Ribbke farm near Ableman. From left are Mr... |
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| Description: | Myles Horton dreaming under the National Capitol building during the Poor People's Campaign. |
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| Description: | A group of three women and three men relaxing near tents decorated with foliage and American flags. One of the men is holding a bicycle. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Walworth County Fair. A large crowd gathers around a carousel. |
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| Description: | Soldiers resting on the grass at Camp Douglas. In the background are tents pitched among trees. |
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| Description: | Woman seated on a park bench holding flowers. A young man stands behind her leaning on the bench, and two boys are posed nearby. One boy holds a box camera... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Group of twelve people, including Nina Dousman, gathered around a table outdoors, with a fountain spouting water in the background. Four people play cards ... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Miss Lielle Geddis sitting in a rocking chair while reading an issue of "Country Gentleman" magazine in the living room of her home. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Women and children, who are members of the Monona Lake Assembly, relax beneath the trees at the Monona Lake Assembly grounds. There are tents and small bui... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | A man and woman sit on a bench outside a cabin at the Dells Farm Resort. A chair, hammock, lawn swing and table are on the lawn. |
| Date: | 12 21 1943 |
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| Description: | Technical Sergeant Leonard Stoltz (left) and Technical Sergeant Warren Fuhrman (right), both of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, relax in front of a tent at a base in... |
| Date: | 02 20 1945 |
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| Description: | Two men enjoy a nude sun bath on Buster Island in the Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, in the South Pacific. The man on the right, wearing only boots, is... |
| Date: | 08 06 1911 |
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| Description: | A postcard sent by C.L. (Neal) Harrington to his sister Alice Harrington in Hurley, Wisconsin. A young man is standing near a fence on the right, and behin... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View up hill towards two adults and two children outside of a log building, surrounded by trees. Caption reads: "Sheldon, Wis. 1930s. Log sauna on Matt Joh... |
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