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Granite Cutters in Labor Day Parade

Date: 10 24 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Granite Cutters in Labor Day Parade, Wausau, Wisconsin." Elevated view of a parade on a city street with street car tracks, near an u...
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Norwegian Family with Possessions

Date: 1870
Description: Detail from original of the family. Original caption reads: "Norwegian family posing with their household possessions, in front of their home. The man dres...
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Mexican Independence Day Parade

Date: 09 18 1989
Description: A group of people are standing and sitting, including several children in the back of a truck. Caption reads: "Spectators lined the Mexican Independence Da...
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Costumed Children in front of Dudgeon School

Date: 06 21 1932
Description: Children in costume for doll buggy and coaster wagon parade at Dudgeon School.
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Orthopedic Hospital — Waiting Room & Lobby

Date: 09 18 1936
Description: Waiting room and lobby at Children's Orthopedic Hospital, 1415 Linden Drive.
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Parks House

Date: 
Description: Group portrait of people, family and visitors, on the sidewalk in front of Parks House. Five women and two men are posing on the corner, and one woman is h...
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County Faire Shopping Center

Date: 03 28 1978
Description: A woman is pushing a stroller with an infant in it while holding clothes wrapped in plastic. She is walking down a brick paved corridor near a storefront d...
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Cousin Herman's House

Date: 1910
Description: View across lawn towards a well-kept, two-story wood frame house with two visible one-story extensions, both with a porch. On the left a man and woman are ...
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Boy with Baby and Dog

Date: 1910
Description: A young boy wearing a suit and tie and identified as "Little Frankie" posing outdoors standing next to a baby in a wicker buggy. The baby is wearing a long...
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Raimer's Children

Date: 1910
Description: Two girls posing outdoors standing on either side of an infant in a baby carriage. The girls are wearing fancy, light-colored dresses with bows in their ha...
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Holt Lumber Company Truck

Date: 1936
Description: View of one of the Holt Lumber Company trucks. A tree is growing in the street next to the curb. In the foreground, from left to right: an unknown man is s...
Poster

"This is Art" Poster

Date: 1981
Description: Poster of Art Nesson, a well-known figure on State Street. Art made his living as a window washer, dishwasher and manual laborer. He is leaning on a mailbo...
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Three Women and a Baby

Date: 1975
Description: A recent graduate of South Boston High School and her friends are standing on the sidewalk in front of a house. One of the woman has a baby in a baby strol...
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Christmas 1948

Date: 12 1948
Description: A tall, electrically lighted Christmas tree is standing in the bow window of the living room of Herbert P. and Margaret (Bouer) Brumder at 2030 East Lafaye...
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Fostering Homeless Infants and Children

Date: 05 02 1957
Description: Baby beds, teeter babes, doll buggies, playpens and other equipment are donated by members of the Children's Service Society, a Red Feather agency, for the...
Postcard

Reuben Gold Thwaites Speaking at Newport

Date: 08 1909
Description: A man is standing on a small ridge, surrounded by people sitting on the ground. He is holding an open book and speaking. Caption reads: "Reuben G. Thwaites...
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Girl with Baby Carriage

Date: 1918
Description: A girl is standing in the street near the curb with a baby carriage. She is wearing a dress and shoes. A woman and two children are standing on the sidewal...
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Stunt: Big Baby in the Baby Carriage

Date: 1918
Description: A man is dressed up as a big baby and is sitting in a wicker baby carriage. He is drinking from a glass bottle. A woman wearing round eyeglasses is standin...
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Jeannette Holt's Fifth Birthday in Oconto

Date: 05 08 1901
Description: Jeannette Holt is posing with her doll who is sitting in a wicker baby carriage. In the background are the stairs leading up to the Holt family home. Capti...
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Children Around Christmas Tree

Date: 1913
Description: Group portrait of the Ponkratz girls sitting around the Christmas tree. Two girls are sitting on the left, with the older girl holding a doll, and the youn...

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