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Porch and Yard

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Description: A woman and two children sit in the porch area of their home. One of the children plays on a rocking horse. A groomed yard and flowering shrubs are in fr...
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Back Porch and Garden

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Description: A man, two women and a little boy sit in the porch and garden area of a home. Fairmont was a company town of Consolidated Coal Company. Flowering plants ar...
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Back Porch and Garden

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Description: A woman sits on the back porch of a home in a company town of Consolidated Coal Company. There are many plants on the porch, and a garden in the yard. A co...
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Alice Holloway's Engagement Trip

Date: 1930
Description: Alice Holloway standing in front of a flowering rose bush along the shore of Lake Michigan during a trip to Milwaukee to celebrate her engagement.
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Boys Eating Watermelon

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Description: A view of three African American children seated on a long bench and eating watermelon, with a number of watermelons on the ground near their feet.
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Cora Brown's Guest House

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Description: The guest house of Cora Brown, the first African American woman elected to a U.S. State Senate, with a table, chairs, and umbrella outside on the lawn.
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Dousman Family Member with Dog

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Description: Man wearing a hat is seated on bench with a dalmatian dog.
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Plantation Log Cabin

Date: 1900
Description: View of a group of three women and seven children sitting on the porch of a log cabin. The caption at top right corner reads: "On The Plantation."
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Making Tortillas

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Description: View of four women and five children posing outside of a thatch-roofed home. Work tables and a barrel tub are gathered in front of the building and one wom...
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Train Arriving at the Depot

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Description: The station at Sylvan Beach was essential in providing transportation to central New York's recreational resort area. Caption reads: "Train Time. Sylvan Be...
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Scrapbook Page from Dousman Family

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Description: Page from scrapbook of four images of the Dousman family.
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Ed Nixon

Date: 04 1962
Description: Civil rights leader Ed Nixon, and his wife, seated on the front porch of their home.
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Kraft Cheese Ad

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Description: Advertisement promoting Kraft cheese as a picnic food for visitors to Kraftwood Gardens. The advertisement is on the inside back cover of A guide to Kr...
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Downtown Wisconsin Dells

Date: 05 24 1950
Description: A view of downtown, including the official Dells ticket office. In the foreground a man is sitting on a bench reading a newspaper, and other pedestrians ar...
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Children in the Garden

Date: 1928
Description: Two girls and a boy pose holding flowers in the garden of William Llewellyn and Zona Gale Breese. The boy grips the gnomon of the sundial. The girl on the ...
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: View across lawn toward the Unity House. On the left are two women reading in swings fastened to a large tree. A covered walkway behind them leads to the h...
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: Women, men and children pose on the front porch of the main house. Men and women occupy the rocking chairs that are lined up on the left along the porch ra...
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Rally for the Panther 21, Central Park

Date: 1968
Description: Two protesters hold a banner in Central Park that reads, "Smash Racist Courts! Free the Panther 21, sds." Park benches are stacked on top of each other in ...
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Conversation, Riverside Park

Date: 1968
Description: Two women sitting on a bench in Riverside Park having a conversation. The picture is taken from behind with the shoreline far below the women in the backg...
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Fisherman, West Channel of the East River

Date: 1968
Description: A fisherman baits his hook at a park bench missing its seat. A metal fence divides the paved shore from the west channel of the East River in the backgrou...

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