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Beach Toss

Date: 08 12 1984
Description: A bikini-clad woman snaps a self-portrait with a long cable release attached to a camera as she is tossed into the air by a group of men on the beach. Othe...
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Raftsman's Series No. 1433: A Cold Morning

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Description: Stereograph of five people huddled under blankets on a raft. The shadow of a camera and the photographer are in the foreground.
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H.H. Bennett and Tent

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Description: H.H. Bennett boat, with a dark tent and eighteen-by-twenty-two camera at a riverbank. An assistant is reclining on the edge of the river next to the boat.
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Aerial View of the Madison Isthmus

Date: 05 09 1908
Description: Kite aerial panoramic photograph of the central business district. In the distance is Lake Mendota. The fire damaged Wisconsin State Capitol is in the cent...
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Dickey Chapelle at Operation Inland Seas

Date: 07 1959
Description: Dickey Chapelle taking photographs on the beach in Milwaukee during Operation Inland Seas. A Navy ship is on Lake Michigan in the background on the left. A...
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Buttonhole Camera Negative 5

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Description: Six circular images on a glass plate negative from the Stirn Concealed Vest Camera. Young men and women are posing in boats near a shoreline. Two images ar...
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Laurie, Muriel and James Peterson Outdoors

Date: 1913
Description: Laurie Peterson, standing, and Muriel Peterson, kneeling, pose as if taking photographs of James seated on the ground. They each hold a camera. James is tu...
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Yahara River

Date: 03 27 1937
Description: View across water towards a well-dressed man and woman posing in front of a car while another man takes their photograph. A woman and young girl are lookin...

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