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Farm Family with Implements

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Description: A stonecutter, a cooper or smith (identified by the tools of their trade) and a girl with a pail are standing on the left in contrast to a group of ladies ...
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Family with Two Daughters

Date: 1874
Description: Group portrait of a husband, wife and two daughters, whose dresses are of different designs but made of the same plaid fabric. They are posed in front of a...
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Girl Scout Week

Date: 10 20 1952
Description: Practicing good posture for the personal health badge are three members of the Girl Scout troop at Lakewood School in Maple Bluff. Pictured left to right a...
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Christmas Scene

Date: 1915
Description: Family holiday scene in a living room or parlor. A Christmas tree is perched on a table in the center of the image. It is trimmed with tinsel garland, shin...
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074 - Camp Counselor Reading to Four Young Campers Outdoors

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Description: A camp counselor, seated in an Adirondack chair, wearing a white shirt, dark shorts, and saddle shoes, reads to four young campers who are gathered around ...
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081 - Joy Camps Choir

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Description: Joy Camps choir, consisting of counselors and campers in camp uniform, posing standing outdoors in two rows. Several campers are holding music books open. ...
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Group Portrait of the Morris Family

Date: 09 24 1896
Description: A Morris family group portrait in their home library. Full bookcases surround a window. Mr. and Mrs. Morris are seated, while their daughter stands between...
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Three Boys in Robes

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three boys in black robes each holding a book. The boys stand with two potted plants, and a prop wall of s...
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Morris Family Library

Date: 09 24 1896
Description: Group portrait of the Morris family in their family library. Mr. and Mrs. Morris sit in two chairs, while their daughter stands in between them behind a ta...
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Brumder Family

Date: 12 1935
Description: Herbert E. Brumder, second from right, is shaking his mother Margaret's hand as his brother Philip, far left, and sister Barbara, center, are smiling broad...
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Group of Children at Sunday School

Date: 1935
Description: One of two images under the headline: "How Children Keep Busy in Alaskan Tent Colony." Original caption reads: "How do the children live in the Wisconsin-M...
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Sherman School Girl Scouts Take Trip to Minneapolis

Date: 06 17 1960
Description: Thirteen Girl Scouts from Troop 31 from Sherman School prepare to depart on a bus to Minneapolis. The Girl Scouts will earn points for their travel badge. ...

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