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![[Chautauqua Park, with tents, crowds seated on grass outdoors, Charles City, Iowa]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvY2hhdXRhdXF1YS1wYXJrLXdpdGgtdGVudHMtY3Jvd2RzLXNlYXRlZC1vbi1ncmFzcy1vdXRkb29ycy1jaGFybGVzLWNpdHktaW93YS1mMzZhMjItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/255/jpg "[Chautauqua Park, with tents, crowds seated on grass outdoors, Charles City, Iowa]")
![[Charles Evans Hughes, full-length portrait, seated in rocker on lawn, facing left, with wife]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvY2hhcmxlcy1ldmFucy1odWdoZXMtZnVsbC1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtc2VhdGVkLWluLXJvY2tlci1vbi1sYXduLWZhY2luZy1sZWZ0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "[Charles Evans Hughes, full-length portrait, seated in rocker on lawn, facing left, with wife]")
![[Children playing and sitting outdoors, Eatonville, Florida]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzUvMDEvMDEvY2hpbGRyZW4tcGxheWluZy1hbmQtc2l0dGluZy1vdXRkb29ycy1lYXRvbnZpbGxlLWZsb3JpZGEtMi02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[Children playing and sitting outdoors, Eatonville, Florida]")
![[President Theodore Roosevelt and Senator Charles Fairbanks, seated in rocking chairs on a lawn at Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, N.Y.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTgvcHJlc2lkZW50LXRoZW9kb3JlLXJvb3NldmVsdC1hbmQtc2VuYXRvci1jaGFybGVzLWZhaXJiYW5rcy1zZWF0ZWQtaW4tcm9ja2luZy0xNDgxYmItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[President Theodore Roosevelt and Senator Charles Fairbanks, seated in rocking chairs on a lawn at Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, N.Y.]")
![[Sioux City, Iowa], gelatin silver print](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjgvc2lvdXgtY2l0eS1pb3dhLTYxMzU1Mi02NDAuanBn/40/7/webp "[Sioux City, Iowa], gelatin silver print")
![[Nepalese family sitting outside on haystacks, Sikkim]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTcvbmVwYWxlc2UtZmFtaWx5LXNpdHRpbmctb3V0c2lkZS1vbi1oYXlzdGFja3Mtc2lra2ltLTA0NTAzNC02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[Nepalese family sitting outside on haystacks, Sikkim]")
![[Man seated on corner of Jefferson Street and Vernon Park Place,] Chicago, Illinois](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDEvMDEvMDEvbWFuLXNlYXRlZC1vbi1jb3JuZXItb2YtamVmZmVyc29uLXN0cmVldC1hbmQtdmVybm9uLXBhcmstcGxhY2UtY2hpY2Fnby1pbGxpbm9pcy0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "[Man seated on corner of Jefferson Street and Vernon Park Place,] Chicago, Illinois")
