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Wadmalaw Island Citizen Group Session

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Description: Wadmalaw Island Citizenship group participants in the midst of a session.
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Shelter Island Automobile Ferry

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Description: View of an automobile ferry boat traveling to or from Shelter Island Heights. Several men are on the ferry, along with three automobiles. "Shelter Island O...
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Mrs. Brewer's Class at Edisto Island

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Description: Mrs. Brewer teaching a citizenship class at Edisto Island. Septima Clark, far left.
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Sea Island Family Portrait

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Description: Family on Sea Island that was part of the Citizenship group that took place on the island.
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Sand Island Lighthouse

Date: 1915
Description: Sand Island Lighthouse on Apostle Island, Lake Superior. Lighthouse keeper and family are posing in the front of the building.
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Playing Golf

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Description: Several golfers and caddies walk along the fairway of Shelter Island Height golf course.
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Fishing Village

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Description: Snow-covered buildings of a fishing village on Rock Island (also known as Pottawatomie Island).
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Gravelly Island

Date: 07 1923
Description: Members of the photographer's family shield their heads with their clothing while walking among grassy hummocks on Gravelly Island. There are many seagulls...
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Picnic on Concordia Island

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Description: View of wagons and carriages lined up on a road on Concordia Island for a picnic.
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Boys on Johns Island

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Description: A group of African American boys wearing hats on Johns Island.
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Buying Tickets at Ellis Island

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Description: Immigrants buying tickets at Ellis Island.
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Prudence Island Lighthouse

Date: 1908
Description: A view of the Prudence Island granite lighthouse, established in 1852 and automated in 1972, more commonly known locally as the Sandy Point Lighthouse. The...
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Curtiss Aviation School

Date: 1912
Description: Hangars of the Curtiss Aviation School and the San Diego Aero Club on North Island in San Diego Harbor. Glenn Curtiss himself is thought to be the individu...
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Mrs. Elizabeth Thérèse Baird

Date: 1889
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Elizabeth Thérèse Baird (1810-1889), an early resident of Mackinac Island.
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Departing Ellis Island

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Description: Elevated view from railing of immigrants boarding a ferry to depart Ellis Island.
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Cabin on Big Bay Beach

Date: 1890
Description: Three men sitting in front of log building at Big Bay Beach on Madeline Island.
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Camp Stella

Date: 1915
Description: Women standing at General Fifield's Camp Stella at Sand Island, Apostle Island, Lake Superior.
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Curtiss Aviation School Students

Date: 03 07 1912
Description: Students of the Curtiss School of Aviation on North Island moving a plane into position for a lesson.
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Children at Swimming Lesson

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Description: A group of children in the water learning to swim with kick-boards at Ocean Beach.
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Rock Island CTX Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Interior spread of a pamphlet advertising the Rock Island "CTX" tractor plow. The advertisement features an illustration of a male farmer using a Heider tr...

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