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Townsend House

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of the Townsend House, a resort hotel. In the foreground there are three people in a rowboat, rowing under a bridge where four other people are...
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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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Fire Department

Date: 03 23 1929
Description: View towards a group of people loading a person onto a stretcher. An ambulance is parked nearby.
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Ambulance Personnel Loading Person into International Ambulance

Date: 03 23 1929
Description: City of Chicago ambulance personnel are loading a person involved in an accident into an International ambulance as a small group of people are looking on....
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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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Studio Portrait of Unidentified Person in Native American Costume

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified person in Native American costume.
Drawing

Whiting House

Date: 1873
Description: The Whiting House with assorted traffic and people.
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Waukesha Firemen Picketing

Date: 08 20 1980
Description: Several people are standing or walking along a sidewalk. Some of the people are holding signs, one of which reads: "19 months without a contract." Caption ...
Postcard

Silver Lake Resort and Picnic Grounds

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Description: View of Silver Lake Resort (from the lake). Several people are in rowboats, and some of the people have fishing poles. Cottages are among the trees in the ...
Postcard

Sunflower Cottage Resort

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Description: View from lake of the buildings of the Sunflower Cottage Resort. People are canoeing and boating in the lake in front of the resort, and a few people are s...
Print

Badger State Safe Steam Works Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Berliner & Bruno's Badger State Safe Steam Works of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a three-quarter view of the steam works and depot, people ...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Unidentified Person in Native American Costume

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified person wearing Native American costume. Subject is sitting and is holding a spear and a s...
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People Gathered on Pinckney Street

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Description: Elevated view of people gathered on Pinckney Street, possibly waiting for a parade. In the distance another group of people, some of whom are carrying a ba...
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Flom Hotel

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Description: People standing on the front porch of the Flom Hotel on East Main Street.
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Group of People with International Scout

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Description: Color advertising photograph depicting people in various professions and walks of life surrounding a new International Scout.
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Unidentified Group at Bird's Nest Resort

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Description: Unidentified group of people posing in front of the Bird's Nest Resort.
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People Sitting in Car Drinking Beer

Date: 1916
Description: Three people sitting in the back seat of a parked car drinking beer and other beverages in glasses. The building behind them is the Otto Sprenger Millersvi...
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The Carroll Hotel

Date: 1910
Description: The main lobby in the Carroll Hotel, named for Capt. E.C. Carroll. People are sitting and standing in the lobby which has tall ceilings, columns, and chair...
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Bide-a-Wee Hotel in Butte des Morts

Date: 1911
Description: Bide-a-Wee Hotel with a group of people standing in the foreground.
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Costume Party

Date: 1937
Description: Seven people in costumes posed around a bar and holding glasses of beer.

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