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Backyard Swimming Pool

Date: 07 25 1980
Description: A family relaxes by their backyard pool, while a father tosses his infant son gently in the air.
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Family Camping Trip

Date: 09 06 1988
Description: Family members gather around a campfire to enjoy biscuits and sausages cooked on the grill at Naga-Waukee Park.
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Woman and Girls in McCormick Works' Garden

Date: 07 1932
Description: Mother and her two daughters posing near a version of International Harvester's logo at the McCormick Works community garden. The garden was one of several...
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Mother Reading to Children

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Description: A mother reads to her two children outdoors.
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A Mother's Funeral Coffin

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Description: Open coffin, decorated with flowers, and a wreath that reads, "Our Mother" in a funeral salon.
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Alma Reinhardt Taylor

Date: 1915
Description: Several people next to a building in a wooded area. Four people are pushing a large wooden bar on a piece of equipment with a rope. Perhaps they are pullin...
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Zilphia and Thorsten Horton

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Description: Zilphia Horton, with her son, Thorsten, sitting in her lap. A Christmas tree, covered with tinsel, can be seen in the background.
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The Eyerley Family

Date: 1897
Description: F.D. Eyerley sits with his wife and his daughter on the front stoop of their home on West Johnson Street. They are reading from a book. A small, wicker roc...
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The Pierce Family Home

Date: 1912
Description: A woman and three children pose in front of the Pierce family's house on Williamson Street. From left to right are Leo Kronenberg, Gertrude Kronenberg, The...
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Fishing with the Boys

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Description: Elizabeth Olson, her sons, and another boy, in canoes owned by the Border Lakes Wilderness Outfitting Company. This photograph was probably taken for publi...
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Blessings At Christmas

Date: 1972
Description: Photographic holiday greeting card of the Brynteson family. Three photographs show Mom, Dad and daughter. A bow and pine branches decorate the card. The te...
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Holiday Card of an African American Family

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Description: Photographic holiday card of an African American family posed over "Merry Christmas" wrapping paper in the background. Holly and bells appear overhead. Eac...
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Clara and Forest Middleton

Date: 1900
Description: A barefoot Forest Middleton and his mother, Clara, each hold a dog, while a third dog lies at their feet.
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Hotz Family

Date: 1915
Description: Ferdinand Hotz poses with his wife Clothilde (with glasses), son Ferdinand Leonard (Fedy) and one of his daughters on Champagne Rock on Cottage Row.
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Meal on Porch

Date: 1924
Description: A group poses on the rustic porch of the Hotz family cottage on Europe Lake. There are dishes and food on the tables. The photographer's wife, Clothilde, w...
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Griggs Album: Mothers Day at Camp Anna Vilas

Date: 05 1924
Description: Mothers and small children standing and posing in Vilas Park, with other mothers and older children lying prone, propping themselves up with their elbows, ...
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Neighborhood House Scrapbook: Women at Picnic

Date: 05 1940
Description: Image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with Jennie G., Rose Caruso, and Mrs. Urso at a picnic. One of the women is sitting on a park bench, whi...
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Clara Kimball Young and Pauline Maddern Kimball

Date: 1918
Description: Pauline Maddern Kimball, holding a basket of flowers, shows a bouquet to her daughter, the silent film star Clara Kimball Young who is on a chaise lounge w...
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Vietnamese Woman with Children Surrounded by Soldiers

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Description: A woman is placing a baby in a basket held by a little boy. Behind her, a man lies prone holding another child, while two soldiers walk towards a house in ...
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School Picnic

Date: 1931
Description: Teacher Marian Violet Metcalf, center, stands among her students as they prepare to roast marshmallows at the school picnic. Picnic baskets and a large mar...

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