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Women Posing in Stream

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Description: Group of women in comical poses pulling up their skirts while standing in a stream. One woman stands on the river bank on the right. Behind them is a hill...
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Watering the Laying Hens

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: Edna Kern in the hen house watering the laying hens.
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Eleazer William's House's First Site at Little Rapids

Date: 1900
Description: A woman stands in a marsh near the site of Eleazer William's first house.
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Alph Phi Sorority

Date: 04 29 1944
Description: Three sorority girls attending the Alpha Phi Sorority garden party on the University of Wisconsin campus.
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Young Woman with Rifle

Date: 1904
Description: Hand-colored stereograph of Mattie Sprague Attoe Du Mond holding a .22 rifle and standing on a fallen tree limb over the fish pond off Pine River on the pr...
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Children Wading in Water

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Description: Large group of children wading in the water in a small pool. The girls are holding up the edges of their skirts, and the boys are pulling up their pants. A...
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Women Wading in River

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Description: A group of eight women wading in a river, gathering their skirts at their knees.
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Stepping Stones

Date: 1905
Description: A group of men and women standing on stepping stones laid across a river. The stones are painted to read "STEPPING STONES" and the river is surrounded by w...
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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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Devil's Doorway, Devil's Lake State Park

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Description: Colorized postcard of the rock formation called the Devil's Doorway in Devil's Lake State Park. Trees can be seen to the right and below. The lake, bluffs ...
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Devil's Doorway, Devil's Lake

Date: 08 20 1913
Description: Colorized postcard of the rock formation called the Devil's Doorway in Devil's Lake State Park. Trees can be seen to the right and below. The lake, bluffs ...
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Mendota Yacht Club Hosts Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta

Date: 07 31 1954
Description: The 53rd annual Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta hosted by the Mendota Yacht Club is held in Madison August 22, 1954. Pictured are three members of...
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Two Women Kissing

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Description: Two women embracing and kissing on the shore of a lake or river. They are both dressed in dark skirts and middy blouses with ties.
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St. Mary's Student Nurse Tour

Date: 09 04 1957
Description: A tour guide shows new St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing students around Madison. Viewing Vilas Park and Lake Wingra are, left to right: Sheila Deseve,...
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Group of People Posing at a Mill

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of six women, two men, and a dog posing sitting and standing near the water way of a mill.
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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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Family Gathering Water

Date: 1910
Description: Two girls, a boy, a woman, and an infant. Two children have pots on their heads which Carrie describes as a means to gather water in a number of journals. ...
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Turners at Hancock Point

Date: 1927
Description: Caroline Mae Sherwood and Frederick Jackson Turner with their dog at Hancock Point.
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Indian Family

Date: 08 1915
Description: A woman posing with two young girls who are probably her daughters. They're sitting on a bench outside a log house, with the Moose River in the background.

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