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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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Man with Head on Table

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Description: Trick photographic portrait of a man standing next to a table and holding a pipe in his hand. On the table is a man's large head placed on a pedestal. He i...
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Laurie, Muriel and James at Christmas

Date: 12 1915
Description: Laurie and Muriel playing with an erector set, while James is sitting on the end of the table facing the decorated Christmas tree. More toys are on the flo...
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Children Posing with Christmas Tree

Date: 12 1915
Description: Laurie (oldest), Muriel and James Peterson posing with a decorated Christmas tree. James is holding a square object in his hands. Behind them is a parlor o...
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James Peterson at Bookcase

Date: 1913
Description: James Peterson, as a toddler, standing on a book on a table and reaching for an object on the bottom of a set of three shelves. Items resting on the shelve...
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Parks's Studio

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Description: View inside what may be Parks's photography studio. There is a camera on the right, and a Sylvan Red Cross wood burning stove on the left. Through an open ...
Postcard

Mill Street, Looking North

Date: 06 23 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Mill St., Weyauwega, Wis., Looking North." An unpaved street with horse drawn vehicles and pedestrians. Storefronts and sidewalks lin...

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