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Children at Play in Chicago Alley

Date: 07 1923
Description: Children at play in a dirt alley on Chicago's west side.
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Ruth B. Glassow Home

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Ruth B. Glassow, a professor of physical education for women at the University of Wisconsin, stacks wood in the outdoor fireplace that she built by herself...
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Mary Brandel and Lucille Laun

Date: 1924
Description: Mary Brandel and Lucille Laun pose outside the Brandel home. They are standing on top of the brick walls which frame the stairway to the front porch.
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Tree Surgeon Truck

Date: 1939
Description: An International D-300 truck owned by P. Hansling & Son Hartford Forestry Company Tree Surgeons is parked in the drive of a home with a large chimney. A ma...
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Elderly Ho-Chunk Man in Lodge Doorw ay

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Description: An Elderly Ho-Chunk man is posing standing in the doorway of a lodge. He has a fringed shawl wrapped around him and is wearing a head covering, necklaces, ...
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Ho-Chunk Men Playing Cards

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Description: Five Ho-Chunk men are sitting around a blanket on the ground playing cards. They are in front of a lodge frame without coverings. A man holding a walking s...
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Young Boys Playing a Game

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Description: A group of young boys gathered at the steps at the front of a house engaging in some kind of game, perhaps a game of chance. One boy is sitting above them ...
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Street Game

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Description: Several boys play a street game in a residential area, two blocks away from the deserted playground.
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Danger of Curved Staircase

Date: 07 1927
Description: A man descending a curved staircase inside a building. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to illustra...
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Joyeux Noel!

Date: 1918
Description: Holiday card with a soldier walking while carrying a child who is waving an American flag. The soldier is wearing a uniform and a campaign hat. Two childre...
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Two Children with Snowman

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Description: Two children posing in front of a large snowman in front of a brick building. The smaller child is sitting on a ladder supported by the older boy. The snow...
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Chief Ma-ko-day and Family

Date: 07 1916
Description: St. Croix Ojibwa Chief Ma-Ko-day (Chief Peter Bearheart) and his wife, grandson, and another unidentified person in front of their birch wigwam located in ...
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Vel Phillips at Bat

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Description: Vel Phillips grips the bat and ducks as the ball is pitched at a baseball game. The catcher is on the right. Chain link fencing, a bicycle and a residentia...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 85-90

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Description: 200 years this tree grew here and so did I
We were raised here and brought up young ones
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Boy Posed Standing Outdoors

Date: 1918
Description: Unidentified boy posed standing in the yard in front of a frame house, probably in Hartford.
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Portrait of Hattie Fels

Date: 1903
Description: Outdoor portrait of Hattie Fels standing next to a chair made from a log stump, which is placed close to the side of a house with ivy climbing up the side.
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Outdoor Portrait of the Twins

Date: 1903
Description: Outdoor portrait of Jennie and Edgar Krueger standing in front of the side of a house. Jennie is wearing a pocket watch in her front pocket with the chain ...
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Outdoor Portrait of Krueger Family

Date: 1903
Description: Outdoor portrait of Florentina Krueger sitting in a chair with her two children, Jennie and Edgar Krueger, standing on either side of her. A book is lying ...
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Outdoor Portrait of Edgar Krueger Reading

Date: 07 1903
Description: Outdoor portrait of Edgar Krueger sitting in a rocking chair reading a book next to a house. He has the book he is reading open in his lap. Ivy is growing...
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Outdoor Portrait of Jennie Krueger Reading

Date: 07 1903
Description: Outdoor portrait of Jennie Krueger sitting in a rocking chair, next to a house, reading a book. The book she is looking at is open and resting in her lap....

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