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Mother and Baby Playing

Date: 1903
Description: Beatrice C. Gesell and Gerhard Gesell, Jr. play out-of-doors. While mother watches the baby sits on a pillow playing with a volume titled "Educational Pro...
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Backyard Swimming Pool

Date: 07 25 1980
Description: A family relaxes by their backyard pool, while a father tosses his infant son gently in the air.
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Mothers and Children of the Neighborhood

Date: 08 27 1931
Description: Group portrait of mothers and children in front of a house at 434 Virginia Terrace.
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Children Standing in front of Wooden Fence

Date: 1872
Description: Six children standing in front of a wooden fence that has posts and a picket fence gate. A cat is sitting on the wooden walk behind them and their mother i...
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Ada Bass and Daughter Everetta

Date: 1890
Description: Ada Bass and Everetta standing on the porch of the Bass family home.
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Ada Bass and Daughter Everetta

Date: 1890
Description: Ada Bass sitting in a rocking chair reading, while her daughter Everetta is sweeping the front porch of the family home.
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Ada Bass and Daughter Everetta with Horse

Date: 1890
Description: Ada Bass and her daughter Everetta standing on the front porch of their home. Ada is holding onto the reins of a horse named Niger.
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Ada Bass and Son Cary Posing with Lizzie Loote

Date: 1900
Description: Ada Bass, seated, with son Cary holding a toy dog. Standing next to them is Lizzie Loote. They are on the steps of the Bass family home at 131 East Montell...
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Family in Front Yard

Date: 1900
Description: The Bass farmhouse, originally owned by the photographer's father, Isaac Bass. Pictured are the photographer's mother, Lorinda Bass, brother Frank Bass hol...
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Matt Family

Date: 1900
Description: Charles Matt and his family posing around Mrs. Matt's chair.
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Mrs. John D, Bates and her Three Children

Date: 06 23 1948
Description: Portrait of Mrs. J.D. Bates, Neenah, and her three children, at the home of her mother, Mrs. Henry (Else) Rinke, 515 West Wilson Street. Pictured left to r...
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Mrs. Theodore Statz and Daughter Cindy in Yard

Date: 09 18 1948
Description: Mrs. Theodore Statz and her 6-month old daughter Cindy in the yard of their basement apartment at 425 West Wilson Street. They are soon to be evicted becau...
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J. Robert Taylor Family

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Description: Family posed in a line in a yard outside a home. Identified from back: Alma Reinhardt Taylor, Ellen Taylor Higgins, J. Robert Taylor, Donna Taylor Adams, ...
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J. Robert and Alma Taylor

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Description: J. Robert Taylor and his wife, Alma Reinhardt Taylor, photographed in the front yard of a home with three young girls. The youngest girl is holding the han...
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Mrs. Chester (Nancy) Rieck and Son

Date: 07 27 1949
Description: Mrs. Chester (Nancy) Rieck of Oak Park, Illinois holds her six-month-old son, Jeffrey Allan Rieck, while seated outdoors beneath a trellis. The Reicks are ...
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Mrs. Edward (Rosemary) Dobyns and Her Children

Date: 07 27 1949
Description: Group portrait of Mrs. Edward (Rosemary) Dobyns of Washington, D.C. and her three children. Donna-Bet, age eleven months, is seated on her mother's lap, Ma...
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Lorraine Watson and Sons

Date: 08 02 1949
Description: Mrs. James W. (Lorraine) Watson of New Orleans sitting outdoors with her sons, Billy, 4 years, left, and Stephen, 2 years, at the home of her parents, Mrs....
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Mrs. William (Joanne) Russell and Her Son William Jr.

Date: 08 11 1949
Description: Mrs. William (Joanne) Russell and her year old son, William Jr., from Boulder, Colorado, sitting outdoors while visiting Mrs. Russell's parents, Dr. and Mr...
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Mrs. Brandel and Max the Dog

Date: 1924
Description: Mrs. Brandel poses outdoors in the yard near the house with Max the family dog and a toy rabbit at her feet.
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Halfway House

Date: 1924
Description: A copy of an old photograph of the W. McAuley Halfway House, an inn between Prairie du Chien and Viroqua. Mr. McAuley sits on a chair while a granddaughter...

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