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Loading a U.S. Ship

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Description: Women loading cargo onto a U.S. ship at St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands by way of baskets balanced on the tops of their heads.
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Two Women on Bridge

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Description: View from road of two women posing standing on a bridge. Both women are wearing black skirts/dresses and capes along with elaborate hats. Behind them is th...
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Woman and Baby at a Dam

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Description: Outdoor view of a woman posing standing near a child posing sitting on large rocks. In the background is a railroad bridge over the Black River, and a rive...
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Overlooking Big Bay

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Description: A man and women are posing on a rock formation and looking out over the big bay near Stand Rock. Boats are on the river in the distance.
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Harvesting Wild Rice

Date: 09 02 1966
Description: The caption on the reverse of this print explains: "Indians harvesting wild rice. Man poles rice boat while wife uses cedar ricing sticks and strips grain ...
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Seaplane

Date: 1950
Description: A young man wearing jeans and a t-shirt is handling the luggage as two well-dressed women exit a small seaplane. The pilot is watching from inside the plan...
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YWCA Summer Activities Directors

Date: 06 1955
Description: Two women posing on a dock on Lake Mendota. They are Ruth La Duke (left), acting director of the YWCA's health education department, and Ruth Edie, who was...
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Annie McClure and her Fish

Date: 1899
Description: Annie McClure is standing in a boat showing the fish she caught on Archibald Lake. There is a pier on the left, and a tree-lined shore is in the background...
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Jeannie Schauers on Shore of Archibald Lake

Date: 1899
Description: Jeannie Schauers is standing on wooden planks near a pier on the shoreline of Archibald Lake. A rowboat is pulled up on the shoreline on the left.
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The Stroh Family on the Islander Steam Launch

Date: 1904
Description: View from shoreline towards a group of children and adults sitting in the Islander steam launch at the Island Lodge pier on Archibald Lake. The Stro...
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Isabell and Joe Standing on the Pier at Archibald Lake

Date: 1905
Description: View from boat at Archibald Lake towards Isabell Holt (?) and Joe Rumsey (?) standing on the pier. Holt appears to be brushing off the back of Rumsey's jac...
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Setting Off For a Picnic

Date: 1905
Description: View towards shoreline of Archibald Lake where a group of five people, three women, one man, and one child, is getting ready for a picnic. Two rowboats are...
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Couple Boating on Archibald Lake

Date: 1905
Description: View from the new boathouse towards a couple canoeing on Archibald Lake. The woman is looking at the camera. The man, in profile, is using a paddle. Across...
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Tub Race

Date: 09 02 1913
Description: Sitting in galvanized wash tubs with their legs in the water, three girls are ready for the race on Archibald Lake. Jeannette Holt is in the middle, flanke...
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Boating Trios on Archibald Lake by the Boathouse

Date: 09 02 1913
Description: Elevated view from shoreline towards a group of nine people sitting in three rowboats on Archibald Lake near the boathouse on the left. Several of the boat...
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Sailing on Pine Lake

Date: 1922
Description: An unidentified young woman, left, is holding Barbara Brumder on her lap in the stern of a sailboat. A second young woman is holding a sheet (rope) with as...
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On the Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: Water from French Creek covers the surface of a bridge at Dates Mill near the Marquette-Columbia County line. The caption on the negative envelope states: ...
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Holts, Strohs, Buswells, Wheelers and More

Date: 1916
Description: The Holts, Strohs, Buswells, and Wheelers are standing on the Holt pier at Archibald Lake. The Island is in the background. Names from left to right: Donal...
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Flood at Dates Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Water from French Creek covers the surface of a bridge at Dates Mill near the Marquette-Columbia County line as water rushes down a lane in the pasture in ...
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Group in the Wisconsin Dells

Date: 1905
Description: A group of two men and four women, including Hattie, far left, and Leta von der Sump, far right. The well-dressed group is posing in a narrow passage creat...

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