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Miriam Bennett on a Winter Day

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Description: Photographic postcard of a full-length portrait of Miriam Bennett outdoors in front of the Bennett house on a winter day. A light layer of snow is on the g...
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Ethelinda Johnston with her sister, niece, and friend

Date: 1913
Description: From left to right are Emma (Thorsen) Purchas (1862-1944), Ida Fisk, Ethelinda (Thorsen) Johnston (1856-1947) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Dorothy Purchas ...
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Lake Puckaway

Date: 1905
Description: Sisters Lucy, left, and Jessie Underwood watch small waves on the shore of Lake Puckaway. Both are wearing large brimmed hats. There is a boat in the far b...
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Ladies Picking Cherry Blossoms

Date: 1910
Description: Spring postcard of women wearing pastel dresses, picking cherry blossoms. The scene is within an architectural themed frame with a potted tree on either si...
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Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 08 09 1920
Description: Text on the front reads: "M.E. Church, Waukesha, Wis." Three women and a child stand in the street in front of a limestone church built in 1895 in the Rich...
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Whitefish Bay Summer Resort

Date: 01 03 1901
Description: Text on front reads: "Glückliches Neues Jahr [Happy New Year]. Whitefish Bay Summer Resort." A crowd of people are enjoying the grounds and view at a resor...

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