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Family Bomb Shelter

Date: 1952
Description: A Wisconsin family inside their new bomb shelter.
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Family in their Living Room

Date: 1955
Description: Family in their living room. The mother watches television, the father reads a newspaper, the daughter reads a book, and two sons play with a train set.
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Isaiah Pyant Family Dinner

Date: 1946
Description: Isaiah Pyant family eating dinner.
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A Quiet Evening at Home

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Description: Amos Elliot, pioneer stage coach driver, enjoying a quiet evening at home with his second wife, and her daughter (center), Stella Hart.
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Father with Three Children

Date: 05 1958
Description: A father, Peter Froeming, watching as his three children George, Robert, and Roseann are playing with wooden blocks, with a small toy canoe in the foregrou...
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Father Holding Child

Date: 1960
Description: A father is holding his young son in his arms.
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Gesell Family Burlesque

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Description: The Gesell family in costume with broom, sword, and other props for a humorous picture. Family members identified as follows: Gerhard Jr. (drinking from pi...
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Naturalization

Date: 09 18 1984
Description: Jennie Youn Haeng Seider, 4, of Milwaukee, used her father Jeffrey Seider's back to display her new certificate of naturalization.
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Father Reading to Son

Date: 12 28 1981
Description: Father reading "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain to his son.
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Father Towing his Son

Date: 03 27 1989
Description: Father on a bicycle towing son on a scooter.
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Father and Infant Son

Date: 03 28 1989
Description: Infant son holds father's finger.
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Mowing the Lawn with Baby

Date: 05 05 1985
Description: Father carrying his infant son on his back while mowing the lawn.
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Girl in a Mini-Race Car

Date: 05 02 1956
Description: Father demonstrates controls of a mini-race car as his daughter sits in the car.
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Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indian Father and Sons

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Description: Wisconsin Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indians Foster DeCorah and sons. Foster and son Robert served in Co. D of the 128th Infantry and were killed in WWI.
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Backyard Swimming Pool

Date: 07 25 1980
Description: A family relaxes by their backyard pool, while a father tosses his infant son gently in the air.
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Family Camping Trip

Date: 09 06 1988
Description: Family members gather around a campfire to enjoy biscuits and sausages cooked on the grill at Naga-Waukee Park.
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Family Group at WIBU Radio Station

Date: 12 29 1944
Description: Reverend C.O. and Mrs. Grobber and daughters at WIBU radio station studio. Reverend Grobber is sitting in front of a microphone, Mrs. Grobber and daughters...
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Herman Straus and Son

Date: 10 13 1937
Description: Herman Straus and son standing in front of printing press at Straus Printing Co., 214 East Washington Avenue.
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Mr. & Mrs. Archie Parkins with Baby

Date: 01 09 1935
Description: Arthur Parkins, Jr. holding surviving newborn twin baby, John Archie Parkins, following the death of twin baby James Burton Parkins. His wife Kathryn is ly...
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John Walker

Date: 06 15 1933
Description: John Walker, father of 16 children, standing outside a greenhouse with a pipe in his mouth.

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