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Rock of Gibraltar in the Richmond Memorial Park

Date: 1902
Description: Two women and a man pose atop Gibraltar Rock in Richmond Memorial Park, which was dedicated by Jens Jensen and the Wisconsin Friends in 1927 in order to co...
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Seven Girls on a Dock

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Description: Seven teenage girls posing on a dock on on one of the Apostle Islands.
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Group of People on Old Mission Dock

Date: 1910
Description: Five ladies and one man standing on Old Mission Dock holding picnic baskets and umbrellas. The ladies with umbrellas are from left: Mrs. Ross, Mrs. Ervine,...
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Ladies on Mission Dock

Date: 1910
Description: Group of ladies on Mission Dock, and "Ollie" Wilson in bathing suit walking by. Ladies identified as Mrs. N.J. Ross (shielding eyes) and Loretta Salmon in ...
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Girls on Madeline Island Dock

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Description: Seven girls lined up on Madeline Island Dock.
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Apostle Islands Tour

Date: 1979
Description: Senator Gaylord Nelson, Dave Obey, and Secretary of the Interior Cecil Andrus, walk along a beach with a park ranger during a tour of the Apostle Islands. ...
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Children Under Canoe

Date: 1915
Description: Four children lay on their stomachs and pose underneath a canoe, which is overturned on the ground. They are near Delavan Lake.
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Woman with Long Hair

Date: 1922
Description: A young woman with long, loose hair sits in a chair in a yard. There is a cottage and lake in the background. She appears to have a mirror in her lap.
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Mary Brandel Running

Date: 1924
Description: Mary Brandel is smiling and running in the yard. There is a cottage and lake in the background.
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Parfrey's Glen

Date: 1909
Description: Two women pose behind a log which has fallen across the stream in Parfrey's Glen. One woman holds a small pail.
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Young Woman

Date: 1915
Description: A young woman sits on a log which lies over a stream bed in a wooded area.
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Nedra Arms

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Description: Nedra Arms, seated on the grass at Brittingham Park.
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Samuel L. Popkin

Date: 1972
Description: Political scientist Samuel L. Popkin and his wife. This photograph was taken about the time Wisconsin-born Popkin was jailed for his refusal to testify abo...
Postcard

Summer White House on the Brule

Date: 1926
Description: Black and white postcard view of Cedar Island Lodge, located on the Brule River, owned by Henry Clay Pierce, businessman and financier. It was dubbed the S...
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Nurse Teaching Saipan Internees

Date: 03 1945
Description: United States Army nurse, Mary Harrington, teaches female internees in Saipan, gathered outdoors in the grass with Saipan women. Harrington is smiling and ...
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Red Cross Workers Relaxing

Date: 1945
Description: Leota Kelly, directer of the Pacific Athletic Club, division of the Red Cross, and colleagues, at the site of the new Red Cross Club in Tinian near a cliff...
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Pacific Athletic Club Director

Date: 1945
Description: Leota Kelly, director of the Red Cross's Pacific Athletic Club, posing for a picture by the shore in Tinian at the site of the new Red Cross Club. Kelly is...
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Algerian Children

Date: 08 1957
Description: Three Algerian children standing together near their home. Two of them are holding hands. Behind them is a well, and piles of boxes in an alcove. Beside th...
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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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Bathing Beauties

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Description: Two women strike a pose on the beach wearing bathing suits. One woman wears a bathing cap, the other a headband.

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