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Bathing Beach, Ellison Bay

Date: 1919
Description: View towards shoreline with a group of people gathered at a bathing beach. Some people are in the water; other people are standing on the shore fully dress...
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Kansas Equal Suffrage

Date: 1912
Description: Depiction of a man and a woman each putting their votes into a ballot box, touting equal suffrage: "For a better government of the people, by the people, a...
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Lenore Ulric in "Her Own People"

Date: 1916
Description: Full-length publicity portrait of Leonore Ulric who played Alona in "Her Own People."
Photograph

First Rennebohm Award Winners

Date: 05 25 1957
Description: Group portrait of people posing together on steps leading up to a podium. There are three men at the top, and six young people in front. Flags are behind t...
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Group of People

Date: 09 13 1927
Description: View of a group of people who are facing away looking at something.
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Bathing Beach

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Description: Elevated view of people relaxing on benches in the foreground, and people sitting on the beach and wading in the water along the seashore.
Magazine or Periodical

We The People: Hortonville Strike

Date: 1974
Description: Front page of the labor newspaper We The People. The issue is dedicated to the teachers strike in Hortonville and features a drawing of people march...
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People in Carriage near Fence

Date: 1869
Description: People in carriage in front of picket fence, wagons and people behind; large frame house with parapet roof, Corinthian porch columns, brackets at roof; car...
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Group of People on Pier

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Description: View from shoreline of a large group of people on a pier. Men and women are standing on the pier, posing and looking toward the shoreline. Other people are...
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Statue of a Norwegian

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Description: Elevated view of a crowd of people surrounding a statue, presumably of a notable Norwegian figure. Many people are carrying flags.
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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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Group at Oakwood Sanitarium

Date: 1890
Description: Informal group portrait of fifteen people, men women and children, posed on stone steps at Oakwood Sanitarium. Some of the people are holding bouquets.
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Bowling

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Description: People bowling at an alley.
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People Boarding Train at Lancaster Train Station

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Description: Group of people posing for photograph at train station next to train.
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Walter Dahl's Class Reunion

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Description: Outdoor portrait of nine people at Walter Dahl's class reunion. One person on the left is holding an umbrella. The group is standing together under trees h...
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The Boardwalk and Beach

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of a large crowd of people gathered on the boardwalk. In the background people are walking on the beach, and walking and swimming in the ocea...
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Driftwood Cluttered Beach and Ocean

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Description: People stand and sit on a driftwood-cluttered beach. Several people swim in the ocean. Caption reads: "Scene on the Beach. Long Beach. Wash."
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People in the Parlor

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Description: Four well-dressed people relax in a parlor. They are reading, sewing and playing the piano.
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U.S. Naval Academy Chapel Doors

Date: 1950
Description: View of a group of people gathered in front of U.S. Naval Academy Chapel Doors at the United States Naval Academy. Several people stand on the steps in fro...
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Hilgen Spring Park

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Description: Hand-colored view along shoreline of people posing in a rowboat near a boathouse. Other people are leaning against a railing and standing near a boathouse....

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