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Blessings At Christmas

Date: 1972
Description: Photographic holiday greeting card of the Brynteson family. Three photographs show Mom, Dad and daughter. A bow and pine branches decorate the card. The te...
Postcard

Young Men and Women Posing with Nun

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait of a nun, one young man and five young women in front of a painted backdrop. The children are all ho...
Photograph

Two Indigenous Women

Date: 08 18 1943
Description: A young indigenous woman wearing a flower in her hair poses with an older woman who is balancing a basket on her head on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea...
Photograph

Three Seated Farm Girls

Date: 1895
Description: Three farm girls, probably of German extraction, seated on a bench, playing with three kids (young goats) in their laps. There are buildings in the backgro...
Photograph

Obey Family

Date: 
Description: The Obey family poses for a casual outdoor portrait. (Left to right, standing), David, Douglas and Joan, (sitting) Craig. Trees and foliage fill the backgr...
Photograph

Jack Draws

Date: 1914
Description: Jack sitting outdoors on a folding camp chair, drawing on a pad of paper at camp.
Photograph

Horses and Wagon on Tote Road

Date: 1914
Description: Slightly elevated view from side of road towards Jack riding on a horse-drawn wagon on Tote Road as The Gang begin their journey home. This road was betwee...
Photograph

Clay Naps

Date: 1911
Description: Clay Judson taking a nap. He is lying on the ground on his back.
Photograph

Portage Trail

Date: 08 1915
Description: Jack is on the portage trail near the Vermillion River. He is carrying canoe paddles and has a folded camp stool around his neck.
Photograph

Resting by Rocks

Date: 08 1915
Description: Jack and William Norris resting during a portage. Jack is sitting on a large rock and William is leaning against it.
Photograph

Carl and Nimrod

Date: 1909
Description: Carl posing as a "Havud Boy" (Harvard), with his dog Nimrod in the woods. Carl is wearing an eye patch and has what appears to be a cigarette in his mouth.
Photograph

Lunch Break

Date: 1910
Description: The Gang stop for a lunch break between Crooked and Iron Lakes. There is an American flag and another flag displayed among their supplies.
Photograph

Carl Eats a Meal

Date: 1910
Description: Carl standing outdoors eating food from a plate he is holding. There is a lake in the background beyond rocks and trees.
Photograph

Carl with His Pack

Date: 1910
Description: Carl carrying a large pack on his back and holding a bag. He is wearing a beaded belt that was almost certainly made by an Indian.
Photograph

Students and Effigy

Date: 1975
Description: A group of students in South Boston are boycotting school to protest court-ordered desegregation busing. One boy is grabbing the head of an effigy of an Af...
Photograph

Students and Effigy

Date: 1975
Description: A group of students are boycotting school to protest court-ordered desegregation busing. Two boys are holding an effigy of an African-American man. In the ...
Photograph

Students Hanging Effigy

Date: 1975
Description: A group of children are hanging an effigy of an African-American man in a dead tree, creating a mock lynching. One of the boys is sitting on a limb of the ...
Photograph

Children Burning Hanging Effigy

Date: 1975
Description: Caption on the reverse reads: "Kids in S. Boston housing project burn the effigy of a black man." The mock-lynching was staged by a group of students in th...

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