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Peterson Family at Home

Date: 1915
Description: Mr. Peterson is sitting in a rocking chair reading the newspaper and smoking a pipe, while Mrs. Peterson is standing at the stove with their young son, Jam...
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Laurie and Muriel Peterson Playing Indoors

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Description: Laurie and Muriel Peterson playing indoors. Muriel is sitting in a chair sewing with a basket on the floor near her. Laurie is playing with blocks.
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Women Weaving and Spinning

Date: 1922
Description: Mrs. (Christine) Peterson and Mrs. Torgeson (a neighbor) are working in the upstairs loft of the barn. Christine is sitting in a chair using a spinning whe...
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Laurie and Muriel Peterson Playing with Blocks

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Description: Laurie and Muriel Peterson playing with blocks on the floor. Behind Muriel is a rocking chair below a window. Handwritten on the reverse: "Interested."
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Singing at Christmas

Date: 1925
Description: Muriel and Laurie singing as their mother, Christine Peterson, plays the organ at Christmas. On the right is a decorated Christmas tree. A large area rug c...
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Laurie, Muriel and James Peterson Outdoors

Date: 1913
Description: Laurie Peterson, standing, and Muriel Peterson, kneeling, pose as if taking photographs of James seated on the ground. They each hold a camera. James is tu...

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