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Cabin Out West
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A log cabin out west in a forest. View looking up hill towards a man sitting in the open doorway with a gun in his lap. Smoke is above the cabin. At this time Carl Peterson was writing letters home to Christine Jenson about his journey. A note on the back indicates that it is Christmas.
1903
Peterson, Carl A.
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Waist-up portrait of Carl Peterson with his youngest child, James, asleep on his lap.
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