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St. Clara's Orphanage

Date: 1914
Description: Exterior view of St. Clara's Orphanage, which was built in 1882 and run by the Felecian Sisters.
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Fourth of July Crowd at Humboldt Park

Date: 07 04 1917
Description: Children canoeing in the pond with swans, while other children are watching. There are adults and children in the background near a building.
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Boating in Kosciusko Park

Date: 07 19 1914
Description: Individuals boating in the Kosciusko Park lagoon, with onlookers sitting on the bank. Caption on glass plate reads: "Boating, Kosciusko Park".
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Drummers at Pow Wow

Date: 08 07 1967
Description: Harry Funmaker (left) of Wisconsin Dells, and Ray Tahawah of Lawton, Oklahoma, drumming. A crowd of young people is in the background.
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Park Spring

Date: 1905
Description: Travelers stop by a spring in the woods for water with their early-model automobile. Two boys are standing at the spring, and a young girl stands above the...
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Presenting the Key to Wade House

Date: 06 06 1953
Description: Ruth DeYoung Kohler II, presents the key to Wade House to Dr. William McKern, of the Wisconsin State Historical Society. The century-old stagecoach inn and...
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Boy on a Pony

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Description: Boy sitting on a pony on a saddle possibly made of cloth.
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Outdoor Group Portrait of European American Children

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a group of 14 unidentified children and young women posing standing in tall grass. There is a wooden building in the background on the ...
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Boy on a Horse

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a boy posing sitting bareback on a horse in a field in front of some bushes. There is a building in the background.
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Castor Bean Plant Towers Over Barbara Culver, Age 11

Date: 08 27 1965
Description: Barbara Culver (11), 1123 Edgehill Drive admiring a 10-foot tall castor bean plant planted by Mrs. Carl Dutton, 1101 Edgehill Drive.
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Young Finlanders

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Description: Group portrait of children and young adults posing outside a building. Caption reads: "A club of young Finlanders - Vilas Co. Every one has a field of pota...
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Children in Bukowina

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Description: Children mingling in the town square.
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Weekly Food Baskets for Needy Children in Berlin

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Description: Instead of free meals, needy children receive a basket weekly with enough food to last for a week.
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Belgian Refugees

Date: 1914
Description: Belgian refugee children posing together for the camera on the sidewalk.
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Injured on the School Bus

Date: 1975
Description: Caption on the reverse reads: "Linda Crump — girl on left, a student who was hit by a rock in her bus on the way out of S. Boston." Two girls and a young...
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Three People Posing on Sidewalk

Date: 1939
Description: Two young people posing with a Native American man in a feather headdress and beaded clothing on sidewalk in front of a brick building.
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Flood at Dates Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Water from French Creek covers the surface of a bridge at Dates Mill near the Marquette-Columbia County line as water rushes down a lane in the pasture in ...
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Outagamie County Fair

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Seymour Fair 1907." Elevated view of fairgoers at the grounds with horses, buggies and automobiles. An exhibit building is on the lef...
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Street Scene in West Lima

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Street Scene West-Lima, Wis." A group of six children, of various ages, pose in the middle of an unpaved street. An automobile and a ...

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