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Brandel Women and Friend in Bathing Suits

Date: 1925
Description: Mary Brandel, her mother, and a friend pose together wearing bathing suits. Trees and a lake are behind them, and the shadow of the photographer can be see...
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Bathing Beauties and Max

Date: 06 1927
Description: Two young women in bathing suits pose on a pier. Max the dog sits in a small wood boat sitting on the pier. The far shoreline can be seen in the background...
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Muriel Markham and Mary Brandel in Pajamas

Date: 06 1927
Description: Muriel Markham and Mary Brandel pose outdoors together near the side of a building in what appear to be pajamas.
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Aunt Lydia

Date: 08 13 1936
Description: Aunt Lydia, a relative of the Brandel family, is wearing a dress and eyeglasses. She poses leaning against a tree.
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Woman with Bird on her Head

Date: 1936
Description: A woman stands on a golf course with a bird (a crow?)on her head. She is wearing a hat and sweater, and holds something (food?) in her right hand near the ...
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Young Robert Novak

Date: 1952
Description: Journalist Robert Novak as a young man.
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Albert Hansen

Date: 1931
Description: Albert Hansen by Lake Superior at Manitoulin Island.
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Henry Lawrence Ahlgren and Harriet Gleason

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Description: Outdoor portrait of Henry Lawrence Ahlgren (1908-2004) and Harriet Gleason (1911-1998) while students at the University of Wisconsin. The couple married Fe...
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Sigurd Olson Outdoors in Snow

Date: 1940
Description: Winter scene with Sigurd Olson, age 41, probably taken for publicity purposes.
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Knopf in Minnesota

Date: 08 1961
Description: Publisher Alfred A. Knopf, Sr., photographed while visiting the cabin of author Sigurd Olson at Listening Point. Knopf published all eight of Olson's books...
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Hans A. Myhre

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Description: Waist-up seated oval studio portrait of Hans A. Myhre, a private in Company I, 15th Wisconsin Infantry in uniform holding a musket across his chest. The fo...
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That Hoola Shimmy: Two Men Playing Ukeleles

Date: 1920
Description: Two young men dressed in suits and ties playing ukeleles on a residential street.
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"The Goddess of Lost Lake" Publicity Still

Date: 1918
Description: Publicity still from the silent film "The Goddess of Lost Lake," featuring Monte Blue playing an Indian chief.
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Dorothy Sunne in Winter Coat and Cap

Date: 1926
Description: Dorothy Sunne (b. 1922) stands on a stump in front of her house. She is wearing a winter coat with a cap, stockings and shoes.
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Hazel Marsden

Date: 1932
Description: Hazel Marsden, a 12-year old student at Prairie School, holds gladiolus flowers from her garden. There is a tobacco plant growing among the flowers.
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Orin Swingle

Date: 1932
Description: Orin Swingle, teacher at Strawberry School, poses with his left foot on the bumper of an automobile. He wears suspenders and holds his hat in his right han...
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Jake Wepking

Date: 1932
Description: Jake Wepking, clerk of School District No. 4, poses in front of the Strawberry School. He is wearing bib overalls and holds a cap in his hand. Wepking was ...
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Bertha Swingle

Date: 1932
Description: Bertha Swingle, wearing a print dress and hat, poses outdoors in front of a door at her home. There is a large hosta plant on the left and other shrubbery ...
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Delia Benish

Date: 1932
Description: Delia Benish, 12, poses at the back of an automobile parked at Strawberry School. A note on the reverse of the photograph reports that she "Drew landscape ...
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Mary Estalene Oungst

Date: 1933
Description: Mary Oungst, teacher at the Cloverland School, District No. 2, poses standing in front of a lilac bush. There is a house in the background.

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