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Women on Lunch Break at Deering Works Twine Mill

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Description: Women sitting and standing at leisure outside International Harvester's Deering Works twine mill. The factory was owned by the Deering Harvester Company un...
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Girls Dressed Up for Town

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Description: A group of girls gathers on a wooden walkway in the central business district.
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Man Lying under Trees near Driveway

Date: 1875
Description: Man lying on the grass along a tree-lined drive that leads to a frame house in background. Rural house, country estate.
Magazine or Periodical

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

Date: 1870
Description: Magazine illustration of the home, titled: "Soldiers' National Asylum at Milwaukee, Wisconsin". The building is in the background, and in the foreground ar...
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People Along a Country Road

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Description: A group of men, women, and children sit in the shade on the side of a country road. A dog is sitting under a tree on the left, and a horse-drawn vehicle ap...
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Saratoga Springs Grotto

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Description: Elevated view of a man and young girl relaxing at a natural-spring grotto park. The spring feeds a fountain set into a paved and sunken courtyard with an a...
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The Lookout Hotel

Date: 1920
Description: View from lawn toward two automobiles parked in front of the Lookout Hotel. A covered entrance over the staircase leads to the building's porch. Several pe...
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The Oakbirch Inn and Casino

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Description: A view of the inn, casino, and other structures at The Oakbirch Inn and Casino taken from a tree-lined road. A man sits in the passenger side of a car park...
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Resting under Trees

Date: 1930
Description: People rest beneath the shade of trees on benches alongside a path through a park.
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Cottage at Black Hawk Resort

Date: 1929
Description: View across road of cottage with a screened porch in a wooded area. Picnic tables are on the left. A bench is in front of the cottage. A row of planters in...
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Allied Officers' Club

Date: 02 05 1944
Description: View from road of the exterior of the Allied Officers' Club in Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). It is built on posts above the wate...
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Group of People Playing Croquet

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Description: People playing croquet on a lawn next to tennis courts. In the background on the left, people are relaxing under trees across the road. Cottages are in the...
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Wisconsin Resort

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of Northernaire Resort, on Deer Lake. The resort is in the foreground. Many lakes, surrounded by trees, are in the background, including Big St...
Postcard

Froelich's Sayner Lodge

Date: 1950
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Froelich's Sayner Lodge, Sayner, Wisconsin. AAA. One of Northern Wisconsin's fine American Plan Resorts * Your choice of accommodat...
Manuscript

More Hostel Highlights Second Trip

Date: 06 26 1940
Description: Page of the log book of bike hostel trips taken by participants in the Neighborhood House summer program for girls, with three images from the trip and han...
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Rest Stop on Fourth Neighborhood House American Youth Hostel Bicycle Trip

Date: 07 10 1940
Description: Gail Taliaferro, Florence Vivian, Catherine Cefalu, and Charlotte Barber resting on the ground in front of their bicycles while on the 4th Neighborhood Hou...

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