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Portrait of Three Girls and a Nun

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a nun seated in a chair and three girls posed behind her. The nun is wearing a habit, wimple ...
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Studio Portrait of Two Unidentified European American Men

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait of two young men wearing neckerchiefs posing sitting together in front of a painted backdrop.
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023 - Dining Porch at Mealtime

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Description: Interior view of campers and counselors eating on Dining Porch. Original caption notes: "Our dining Porch runs the whole length of the Main Lodge, and enjo...
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Studio Portrait of European American Girl

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of an unidentified girl posing sitting. She is wearing a dark-colored dress and blouse, and a wide linked necklace with locket.
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034 - Camp Counselor Assists Young Camper on Horseback

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Description: Camp counselor assisting with stirrups of a young camper sitting astride horse in a wooded area. Original caption notes: "Riding is one of the most popular...
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Class at Agricultural School

Date: 1907
Description: Students read attentively in one of the Winnebago County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy's classrooms. The male students are dressed in dark sui...
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Vera Rainey

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a European American woman posing standing in a yard, with several buildings in the far background. The woman is wearing a light-colored...
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Group Portrait of Women

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Description: Indoor group portrait of ten European American women posing sitting and standing. The women are identified in the back row from left to right as: — Taylor,...
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076 - Camper Posing with Camera

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Description: Profile view of a camper posing outdoors with a camera, which she is holding up, ready to take a picture. She has a bow in her hair and is wearing the camp...
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077 - Camper Working Outdoors on Pressing a Flower

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Description: A young camper is seated at an outdoor wood table arranging a flower on a sheet of paper. On the table near her are spread out all the supplies she is usin...
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Obey Family

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Description: The Obey family poses for a casual outdoor portrait. (Left to right, standing), David, Douglas and Joan, (sitting) Craig. Trees and foliage fill the backgr...
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151 - Young Swimmer Sitting on Dock

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Description: Close-up of a young camper sitting on a dock wearing a swimming suit, and holding a floating device shaped like a fish or seahorse. She has her hair in two...
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Couple with Dog

Date: 2012
Description: A young wandering couple, dressed warmly, sits on the sidewalk with their dog in front of a Kwik Trip store on Lang Drive. Their backpacks are resting besi...
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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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Teens and Christmas Tree

Date: 12 24 2013
Description: Two teen girls gaze at a Christmas tree with gifts underneath as they sit on the floor in the Temp home. One girl is wearing a turquoise dress and black ti...
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Two Girls Working with Paper

Date: 1910
Description: Hand-colored lantern slide of two girls in kimonos kneeling on a floor, bent over a low table working with paper. Behind them is a decorated folded room sc...
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Take Over Newspaper

Date: 07 26 1972
Description: Individual crouches on the sidewalk against a brick wall in front of the Rennebohms at Lake and State Streets (now Walgreens) hawking Take Over news...
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Ernst Schmidt

Date: 1912
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of nineteen-year-old Ernst Conrad Schmidt, grandson of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp, and an owner of Black Point Estate. He i...
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Teenage Toboggan Riders

Date: 12 23 1970
Description: Winter scene with teenage toboggan riders, Rick Borckel (age 14) and Pat Voight (age 13), hitting a bump on a hill in Brown Deer Park, Milwaukee.
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James Sisters

Date: 1895
Description: Formal oval-framed group portrait of Vida James, Ada James and Beulah James. Ada James (center back) later became active in the Wisconsin Women's Suffrage ...

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