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Feast for the Lotus-Eater

Date: 1957
Description: Lotus beds on Mississippi River in the foreground and middleground. Bluffs are in the background.
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Stone Bridge

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Description: View toward a stone bridge with arch over a stream bordered with flowers and trees on South Woodstock Road.
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Grotto at the Monastery of Our Lady of Charity

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Description: Elevated view of the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes at the Monastery of Our Lady of Charity, an order founded in 1641. A paved path leads to the structure w...
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Scene From Cardinal's Play

Date: 1875
Description: Costumed students act out a scene from Cardinal's Play outdoors on a lawn near a wooded area at the College of Mount Saint Vincent. The college was founded...
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H.F. Bar Ranch House

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Description: View of H.F. Bar Ranch House, a two-story ivy-covered log structure with a porch and several balconies. A fence stands between the house and a lawn area w...
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Winnebago Indian Woman

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Description: View of a Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indian woman in traditional dress. The woman stands on stone steps, surrounded by flowers and trees.
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Highway 61

Date: 1929
Description: View across road of a gas station and restaurant on Highway 61. There is a man in a pickup truck, and another man has his foot propped on the truck's step....
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Hyde's Farmhouse

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Description: Two men stand outside Hyde's farmhouse on Chena Slough.
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Scenic View on the River Bottom

Date: 1905
Description: View from water of a small cabin near the shore of the Mississippi River.
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Filling Station

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Description: View from street of the Standard Oil filling station with Red Crown gasoline pumps. Two attendants are standing near an entrance with a sign for a postal t...
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IH School Bus Parked on Residential Street

Date: 1990
Description: Color photo of an International school bus with a man in the driver's seat. The bus is in the middle of a street in a hilly residential area, with landscap...
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Procession to St. Anne's Hill

Date: 1928
Description: View down valley of a procession of hundreds of pilgrims walking up the hill to St. Anne's Chapel which is lined with Stations of the Cross. The crowd is w...
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Elevated View of the Mississippi River

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of the Mississippi River from a bluff. There is a farm and other houses along the shoreline, and in the foreground a boy stands on the bluff ...
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Edgewood Valley Resort

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Description: Three-quarter view of Edgewood Valley Resort, a stone dwelling with guest rooms. A group of people is sitting in the lawn in front of the porch.
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Edgewood Valley Resort

Date: 1926
Description: Tree-quarter view of Edgewood Valley Resort, a stone dwelling with guest rooms. A woman and three girls are standing in the yard.
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Terraces at Ravenswood Hotel

Date: 1931
Description: Stone terraces at the Ravenswood Hotel. In the foreground are flowers, some potted, in a raised bed. Two more stone walls are on the hill in the background...
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Restwood Cabins — Highway 12-16

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Description: Group of small cabins on a slope, with a picnic table on the left, and an automobile on the right. A group of three women and two men posed in front of the...
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Mrs. Abe Bailey and Daughter

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Description: Outdoor portrait of two European American women standing near a large flowering bush on the right. On the left is a wooden building, and in the background ...
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Outdoor Portrait of Mrs. Wheeler

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Description: Slightly elevated outdoor portrait of an elderly woman posing standing next to a flowering bush in front of a stone wall. She is wearing a light-colored dr...
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The First of the Nakomas

Date: 10 30 1915
Description: Outdoor group portrait of people identified as "settlers" (lot buyers) to the Nakoma development. Many of the people are wearing or holding a long-stemmed ...

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