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Champion Cow Milker

Date: 10 28 1931
Description: A young woman is demonstrating her championship cow-milking skills as she is sitting on a low stool and milking a Holstein cow. A person (out of frame) is ...
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Eve Bloodgood

Date: 08 21 1948
Description: Eve Bloodgood, standing outside the front door of her parents house at 1102 Lincoln Street, soon to leave for her senior year at Kemper Hall, Kenosha, wher...
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Three Women Seated with Syl

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Description: Three women in long dresses sit on the front stoop of a house with Syl.
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Group Seated on Front Stoop

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Description: View over fence of a group of people and one dog seated on steps leading up to the door of a house. Syl is seated on the far right of the group wearing a h...
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Girl Scout Cookie Sale

Date: 02 27 1952
Description: Girl Scouts Janet and Jane Brandenburg promote a Girl Scout cookie sale to Dorothy Freck.
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Camp St. John Exercise Drill

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Description: A group of boys at Camp St. John performs an exercise drill while wearing pajamas. The group is gathered on a hilltop in front of cabins and farmhouses. O...
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Camp Gregory Flag Lowering

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Description: A group of boys and young men salutes while gathered in a semi-circle around a pole during the lowering of the American flag at Camp Gregory. There are tw...
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Summit Lake Camp Campfire Gathering

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Description: A group of female campers wearing camp uniforms roast marshmallows over a campfire in front of a cabin at Summit Lake Camp.
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Camp Lenoloc Arts and Crafts Cabin

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Description: Girls gather around the entrance to the log Arts and Crafts cabin at Camp Lenoloc. The cabin is elevated and surrounded by trees.
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Camp Sherwood Basket Making

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Description: A group of campers sits on the porch of a cabin while making baskets at Camp Sherwood. Several others sit on a dock or wooden walkway leading from the cabi...
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Young Men's Commercial Club Recreation Room

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Description: Several young men dressed in formal attire sit or play billiards at the Young Men's Commercial Club Recreation Room. The club room features three billiard...
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Children Entering School House

Date: 1920
Description: Group of young school children entering a school building single file, with arms folded behind their backs. The original caption reads: "Proper way of ente...
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School Class at Merrimac

Date: 1890
Description: A large class stands outside a school. Front row, left to right: Stella Nuzum, unknown, unknown, unknown, Mabel Devlin, Mary Devlin, unknown, Alice Odekirk...
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Nakoma PTA Blood Drive

Date: 01 04 1954
Description: Girl Scout Betsy Paddock, age eleven, talks to Lawrence and Arneita Halle in an effort to recruit donors for an upcoming Red Cross blood drive at Nakoma Sc...
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Man, Woman and Girl

Date: 1930
Description: Group of three people standing outside on a sidewalk in front of a stone dwelling with a porch and steps behind them. A man holds a bottle, ready to pour i...
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Group in High School Doorway

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Description: Group portrait of ten young women and two girls posing in the partially open doorway on the stoop of a brick building, probably the Union High School.
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Class Portrait of Second Grade at Pettit School

Date: 02 04 1918
Description: Class portrait at Pettit School, also known as Saint Raphael's School. Thomas O'Dea is sitting in the 1st row of desks, 3rd from the left. All of the stude...
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Storm Damaged Church

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Description: View towards the front of a church, with wooden debris in the forground. People are standing near the entrance behind the debris. Identified as the old Cat...
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Girl Scout Cookies

Date: 02 2014
Description: Girl Scouts selling cookies at Festival Foods on Copeland Avenue.
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Small Groups at Union High School

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Description: View across lawn and sidewalk towards of two men and two women posing sitting and kneeling in front of a large brick building. Another group is sitting nea...

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