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Group of Workers Posing on Flat Cars Loaded with Lumber

Date: 09 21 1914
Description: Group portrait of men posing while standing and sitting on two small flat cars linked to each other. One of the cars is loaded with lumber. Another set of ...
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Opening to No. 2 Mine

Date: 12 11 1918
Description: Two men, at least one of them a miner, standing in front of the no. 7 opening to the no. 2 mine. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harve...
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Men with Beer Keg

Date: 1910
Description: Six men posed around a beer keg, holding glasses of beer. One man has a deck of cards.
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Group of Adults on Porch

Date: 1902
Description: Group portrait of nine men and two women seated on a porch. A few of the men are holding cigars, and both of the women are holding umbrellas.
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Loyalty Day Parade

Date: 04 06 1918
Description: Detail of a group of civilian men in the Loyalty Day parade.
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Man Working at Desk

Date: 1900
Description: Man, seen from the side, seated working at a small desk or table and smoking a cigar. Behind him is a wooden gate and a metal fence.
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The Day's Catch

Date: 1904
Description: Group portrait of men and boys standing in front of two houses all holding a long stringer of fish. Three women are standing in the yard in the background....
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Record Breaking Catch

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Description: Group portrait of five local youth showing off a record breaking catch of thirty large Carp hanging on a stringer. Town elders, all men, pose in the backgr...
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Bicycling Outing in Waucheta

Date: 09 20 1896
Description: Group of men, and a young boy, standing in the small front yard of a house at a bicycling outing. A woman stands in an open doorway at the top of the steps...
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Beer Barons

Date: 1885
Description: Six prominent German American brewers pose outdoors, seated around a table, for a portrait labeled "The Poterhouse [sic] Club." Well-dressed in suits and h...
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The "Lorely"

Date: 1910
Description: Elsa Seipp Madlener, center, poses with her husband Albert, right, and another man, possibly Ed Daily, the engineer of the steam launch "Lorely." A handwri...
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Frederick Layton at Sea

Date: 1891
Description: Frederick Layton standing on deck smoking a cigar while at sea in a Kodak #2 camera portrait by T.W. Ingersoll from St. Paul, Minnesota. The photographer's...
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In the Backyard

Date: 1900
Description: Edward Petersen, left rear, and his son William F. Petersen, right rear, pose behind three unidentified people sitting on a rustic bench in a yard. Edward ...
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Sid and Three Men in Karabis Tavern

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Description: View across curved bar towards Sid and three other men at the Karabis tavern. Sid is laying on top of the bar on his back, with his head resting on a blank...
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Sid with Owner in Karabis Tavern

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Description: Sid, wearing a hat, coat, and scarf, and with a cigar in his mouth, is sitting on a bar stool at the Karabis tavern, toasting with the owner standing behin...
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"Keep 'Em Rolling"

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Description: A machinist on the left is having trouble with the machine, and is smoking a pipe and blowing smoke out of his mouth. The young machinist on the right is m...
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Five Men in "Picnic Clothes"

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Description: Five men in "picnic clothes" are posing on the grass alongside a brick building. They are all wearing neckties or bow ties. The man sitting in the grass on...
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Three Men

Date: 08 23 1904
Description: Three men are sitting on the ground in front of a picket fence. They are wearing hats and smoking cigars. The man at left appears to be older than the othe...
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Old West-themed Reunion

Date: 08 17 1989
Description: A man and a woman posing together. Both are wearing cowboy/cowgirl costumes and riding hobby horses. Caption reads: "With the Old West as the theme, family...

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