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Three seated men pose facing the camera with hands touching and arms on each other&#x27;s shoulders.

Eight children holding hands and skipping in a circle on the sidewalk outside of an apartment building.

Four women in long skirts, long-sleeve blouses, and straw boat and straw boater hats.

Man and woman sitting on a log with feet dangling in water. Woman is holding a wet dog and balancing the picnic basket.

Four young boys making funny faces outdoors for the photographer.

Two men look into the camera. One is standing with his arm on the shoulder of the seated man.

Illustration shows two women in conversation. They wear kimonos with cherry blossom trees on each side.

Eight women in dungaree overalls and head scarves eat lunch and talk together at a long table.

White man in hat with arm around a Native American man.

Four women seated at a table and holding playing cards; the two facing the camera are smiling.

Three women talk and smile by a car parked in a field. Three children are with them, including a boy sulking at the front tire.

In a group of women standing outdoors, an older woman with serious expressions is listening to another woman.

Seven men seated and standing at a table are toasting the groom who looks downcast.

Smiling boy in cap cuddles his black-and-white dog.

Two little girls, one Black and one white, are staring into the distance.

Illustration shows three men smiling and clasping hands in the middle of their table at a bar.

Seven seated women pose along two edges of a quilt. Several are smiling.

Three Native American women pose together, standing outdoors.

Illustration shows two women standing and talking at the beach. One wears a long dress and has a closed parasol; the other is in a swim suit.

Man in a uniform comforts a crying toddler held in his arms.

Young girl looks up at the camera while sitting on a curb feeding a chicken from her hand and surrounded by other chickens.

Little girl standing with her arm around the neck of a sheep who is almost as tall as the child.

Young boy lying on the ground reading a book with his head raised on one elbow.

A woman and two men sit smiling and talking at a table surrounded by other people.

Two men in military uniforms sit in chairs next to each other. One man has his arm around his colleague who has been severely injured.

Two women sit close together, each reading a letter.

Five children are on a see-saw made of a ladder balanced on a barrel.

Two girls in kimonos with parasols pose below blooming cherry trees.

Two women wearing kimonos whisper to each other while standing in a garden full of blooming chrysanthemums.

A young boy and girl pat the nose of a mule.

Two men look solemnly at each other and shake hands. The man in overalls holds a sledge hammer and the man man in uniform holds a rifle.

Several men in military uniforms are gathered at a piano, smiling and laughing. The man playing the piano is concentrating hard.

Two men in military uniforms are shaking hands. The word &quot;American&quot; is on a banner in the background.

Five women wearing lacy wide-sleeve blouses are smiling as they pose gracefully in a column at different heights.

Family members, 4 women and 4 young children, laugh while sitting on a front step.

Group of men gathered around a table in the &quot;Cowboy Bar&quot; with beverages in glasses.