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Painting

Peshtigo Fire II. Fire in Town

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Description: Townspeople fleeing the Great Peshtigo Fire of 1871.
Photograph

Young Girls Playing with Dolls

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Description: Six young girls playing with dolls on a porch.
Photograph

Van Slyke Residence

Date: 05 1867
Description: The residence of Napoleon B. Van Slyke at 510 North Carroll Street. The caption reads: "Maie on piazza with doll. Jonnie in baby carriage."
Photograph

Bis and Friends

Date: 1917
Description: Florence (Bis) Lloyd Jones pushes a doll in a buggy with an unidentified girl with a doll walking alongside.
Photograph

Shopping on the Capitol Square

Date: 1956
Description: Several people peer into a storefront window on Capitol Square. This window shopping is perhaps in preparation for the Christmas holiday.
Photograph

Two Girls with Decorated Baby Carriages

Date: 07 05 1944
Description: Adults are standing around two girls with decorated baby carriages before a Fourth of July parade. There is a house, yard and automobile in the background.
Photograph

Trimpey Antiques

Date: 05 1946
Description: Mr. Trimpey creates a self-portrait while photographing the window of his antique shop at 128 Fourth Avenue. The window display features dolls from the col...
Photograph

Dolls in Window

Date: 1930
Description: Dolls from the collection of Alice Kent Trimpey arranged in the front window of the Trimpey Studio and antique shop at 128 Fourth Avenue. There is a minia...
Photograph

Dolls in Show Window

Date: 1930
Description: A nighttime view of dolls from the collection of Alice Kent Trimpey, arranged in the window of the Trimpey Studio and antique shop, 128 Fourth Avenue. The ...
Photograph

Woman and Girls at Milliner Shop

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Description: View of a woman posing sitting on the porch of a wooden building and sewing a hat, probably a milliner in front of her shop. A small girl is sitting in a r...
Photograph

John Mills and Family

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a European American family. There is a man posing standing by a hammock in which a woman and infant are sitting. In the backgroun...
Photograph

Two Children in Front of Unidentified House

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Description: View across road towards two children posing standing on a sidewalk near a telephone pole in front of a wooden two-story house and other buildings. The gir...
Photograph

Outdoor Group Portrait of Unidentified Men and Children

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a group of men and children. The children, boys and girls, are standing on a wooden sidewalk in front of a picket fence, and a li...
Photograph

Nola Franklin and Doll

Date: 1918
Description: Nola Franklin (daughter of Jerome Francis Franklin Jr.) holding a baby doll. It is summer and she is standing in front of the Franklin Hardware Store and E...
Postcard

Land of Make Believe

Date: 1950
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Land of Make Believe in the Center of Door County. Unique Museum. Largest Collection Anywhere. Old Marshall Field Window Mechanical...
Postcard

Land of Make Believe

Date: 1950
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Land of Make Believe in the Center of Door County. Unique Museum. Largest Collection Anywhere. Old Marshall Field Window Mechanical...
Book or Pamphlet

Four Panel Pamphlet with Photographs

Date: 1960
Description: A two-sided four panel folded pamphlet. The photographs are, from left to right: Two boys sitting on a bench titled: "Posin"; a group portrait of children;...

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