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Chautauqua Meeting

Date: 1906
Description: Families gathered in front of large tents at a Chautauqua meeting.
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Men with Plow

Date: 1873
Description: Group portrait of men gathered in a farmyard, posed behind two plows. The plow in front has Argyle, Wisc. from Michalson Implement Company inscribed on the...
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Children at the State School for the Blind

Date: 1893
Description: Students and adults of the State School for the Blind pose for a group portrait in front of the building.
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Three Elizabeths

Date: 1912
Description: Elizabeth Hull, Elizabeth Baker, and Elizabeth Nisbet standing at the tennis court net at Coole Park Manor.
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Girls' Gym Class

Date: 1900
Description: Girls playing basketball outdoors at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Young Arthur Altmeyer and Friends

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of Arthur Altmeyer as a young man posing in Wingra Park with five other young people identified as Selma, Russell, Lloyd, May Wescot...
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Alexander Lake's Nursery

Date: 1896
Description: A boy and a man are holding up small white pine trees, while workers are planting them at Alexander Lake's nursery. In the background are horses and wagons...
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Boy with Rifle

Date: 05 1928
Description: Boy idling away time with a rifle under a tree on the grounds of a rural school.
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Farm of Gustave Voight

Date: 1895
Description: Partially cleared stump land on the farm of Gustave Voight, two miles south of Merrill, Lincoln county. Logs for burning are in the foreground. In the far ...
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Swimming Race at Camp Wakanda

Date: 1923
Description: Boys line up on pier for swimming race at Camp Wakanda.
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Skateboarding

Date: 10 10 1977
Description: View down sidewalk of a skateboarder doing a handstand on a skateboard. Pedestrians are watching from the left.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1406 : Trip Finished. Pulling Out The Lumber

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of men unloading lumber off a raft. A man at the left is loading lumber onto a horse-drawn wagon, while a man in an apron is holding the horses...
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Jaws from Stone Pile

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Description: Jaws from Stone Pile. A girl is sitting in a canoe being held by a man who is standing on the shoreline.
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McCormick Family at Island Lake Camp

Date: 1888
Description: McCormick family group portrait at Island Lake Camp in Northwestern Wisconsin, owned by Dr. William C. Gray (editor of "The Interior") and the McCormicks. ...
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Harold McCormick and his Children at Walnut Grove Farm

Date: 1922
Description: Harold F. McCormick (with cup) and his children, left to right: Muriel, Harold, Jr. and Mathilde at the Walnut Grove farm in Rockbridge County.
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4-H Youth Plowing Field with Farmall 340 Tractor

Date: 04 1959
Description: Color photograph of 4-H youth operating a Farmall 340 tractor with mounted plow.
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Family Farmers Market

Date: 07 27 1988
Description: Cousins set up a road-side stand to sell fruits and vegetables grown by their grandfather.
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Fence Sitters

Date: 1922
Description: School friends Ethel and Eleanor fence-sit on a summer day.
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Model Airplane Builder

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Description: Tony Italiano of Waukesha, founder of the Supreme Model Supply Co., with a large model airplane.
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Civil War Army Post Office

Date: 08 1864
Description: Soldiers relax around the Army Post Office at the quarters of the Chief Ambulance Officer, Ninth Army Corps.

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