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Bath Time

Date: 05 08 1955
Description: A boy in the bath tub being bathed by his mother.
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Bath Time for Baby

Date: 1900
Description: A baby sits in a galvanized tub holding on to the sides. The tub is on top of a chair with a can of talcum powder next to it.
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Anatomy Lab

Date: 1900
Description: Cadavers are laid out on gurneys in a sky-lit anatomy lab at Rush Medical College.
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Everetta Bass Sitting in Rocking Chair

Date: 1890
Description: Everetta Bass sitting nude in rocking chair on front porch.
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Everetta Bass with Rocking Horse

Date: 1890
Description: Everetta Bass, the photographer's daughter, standing nude next to rocking horse. She, along with the rocking horse and a baby carriage, are on an unidentif...
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Ho-Chunk Children with Dog near Marsh

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Description: Standing together in a row are two Ho-Chunk girls wearing print dresses, and two Ho-Chunk boys who are nude on a sandy pile in front of a marsh. In front o...
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Boys Undressing to Go Swimming in the Mississippi River

Date: 1900
Description: Boys undressing to go swimming in the Mississippi River. Alma, Wisconsin is across the river in the background.
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Sunbathers at Sound Storm

Date: 05 05 1970
Description: Steve Landaal and two friends sit on a log over a creek at the Sound Storm rock festival. They are enjoying nude sunbathing.
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Nude Embrace

Date: 05 05 1970
Description: Steve Landall embraces his girlfirend while standing in a creek at the Sound Storm rock festival.
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Clara and Forest Middleton

Date: 1892
Description: Clara Middleton holds her naked infant son Forest on her lap. There are many throw pillows around them, including one that features a "W" and the cheer "U!...
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Panamanian Women Grinding Corn

Date: 12 1942
Description: Indigenous Panamanian women grinding corn at Yawissa, near the Chucunaque River in Panama. Two women wearing wrapped fabric around their waists are grindin...
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Panamanians Eating Dinner

Date: 12 1942
Description: Indigenous Panamanian women and children eating dinner along the Chucunaque River. A woman in a jumpsuit holding a hat is watching Panamanian children eati...
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Skinny Dipping in the River

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Description: Slightly elevated view looking down at two men undressing to go skinny dipping in the river. A man wearing a suit is standing smiling between them, and two...
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Soldier Taking a Shower

Date: 08 16 1943
Description: Private Clarence Charneski, Surgical Technician-Medical Detachment, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, takes an improvised outdoor shower under a bucket at a militar...
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Two Indigenous Women

Date: 08 18 1943
Description: A young indigenous woman wearing a flower in her hair poses with an older woman who is balancing a basket on her head on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea...
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Two Kiriwina Island Children

Date: 08 28 1943
Description: View looking up at an upset indigenous toddler wearing a banner around his middle with "1944" pasted on it. He is holding a pair of sunglasses and standing...
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Swimming Hole in the South Pacific

Date: 10 24 1943
Description: Robert Doyle's caption says it best, "The ol' swimmin' hole, South Pacific style. Every afternoon it is filled with shouting soldiers in their birthday sui...
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"Windy City Kitty"

Date: 11 17 1943
Description: Mechanic Sergeant Raymond Smith of Ontario, Wisconsin, stands next to the nose art, "Windy City Kitty," depicting a naked woman in the "pin-up style" on th...
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Group Portrait of Young Women

Date: 12 08 1943
Description: A group of six young indigenous women posed seated on the ground. They are wearing grass skirts and flowers in their hair. The woman in front is holding a ...
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Soldiers View Old Suspension Bridge

Date: 01 18 1944
Description: Three soldiers view an old damaged indigenous suspension bridge. The soldier with a rifle on the right is Private Marion Tewalt of Viroqua, Wisconsin. The ...

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