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Hattie Fels Owen

Date: 1908
Description: Outdoor portrait of Hattie Fels Owen wearing a white suit and hat and sitting in a wicker rocking chair. She is holding a cigar in her right hand. Behind h...
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Lewis Factory and Globe Milling Company

Date: 04 29 1900
Description: View of the Globe Milling Company, built in 1848, and the Lewis Factory on the Rock River. In the distance is a dam, bridge, and barbershop.
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Oxen Pulling a Cart

Date: 05 1902
Description: Two teams of yoked oxen pulling carts used to transport logs to, and lumber from sawmills. There is a large, wood frame two-story building in the backgroun...
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Alexander Krueger Standing in a Field of Pine Cord

Date: 05 1902
Description: Alexander Krueger standing in a field with stacks of pine cord piled all around him. Branches from the pines litter the ground. Trees line the perimeter of...
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Alabama Sawmill

Date: 05 1902
Description: Alexander Krueger and Ernst Goetsch standing along a railroad track leading to a sawmill. The mill stais at the end of the tracks, which is lined with tree...
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Lumber Wagon

Date: 05 1902
Description: View across yard towards six oxen pulling a lumber wagon along a road near a sawmill. A man is standing beside the oxen holding a long whip over his should...
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Henry Miller Family

Date: 05 1902
Description: Henry Miller with his wife, three children, and sister-in-law, Lena Jaeger, chopping wood. Henry is sawing a log, while a woman is cutting wood with an axe...
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Hauling Wood to a Lime Kiln

Date: 05 12 1902
Description: Alexander Krueger, Ernst Goetsch, Paul C. Goetsch, and an unidentified man hauling wood to the Lime Kiln. The wood is piled up on a cart and pulled along t...
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Alexander, Jennie, and Edgar in a Rowboat

Date: 1906
Description: Alexander, Jennie, and Edgar Krueger in a rowboat on the quarry pond. The remnants of the old kiln stand on the hill above the pond.
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Florentina in a Man's Suit

Date: 09 1906
Description: Portrait of Florentina Krueger sitting outdoors in a wicker chair. She is wearing a man's white suit and hat, and is holding a cigar in her left hand and a...
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Hattie Fels Owen in Men's Suit

Date: 1908
Description: Hattie Fels Owen sitting in a wicker rocking chair. She is wearing a man's suit and hat and posing with a cigar.
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Boat on Quarry Pond

Date: 04 07 1901
Description: Alexander Krueger and Ernie Buelke fishing in a rowboat on the quarry pond.
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Fishing on Quarry Pond

Date: 04 07 1901
Description: Ernie Buelke fishing from a rowboat on the quarry pond.
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Family in Front of their Home

Date: 1905
Description: View across yard of an unidentified family posing in front of their home. In the foreground is a hand-pump. From the left a young boy is sitting in a rocki...
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Jennie and Edgar Krueger

Date: 1918
Description: Outdoor portrait of Jennie and Edgar Krueger sitting in chairs on the Krueger farm. Both of them are wearing hats, neckties, suit's, and are smoking cigars...
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Jennie and Edgar Krueger in Suits

Date: 1918
Description: Outdoor portrait of Jennie and Edgar Krueger. They are both smoking cigars and wearing suits, hats, and ties.
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Posing in Sailor Uniforms

Date: 1919
Description: Outdoor portrait of Edgar Krueger, Jennie Krueger Bruetzman, and Ernst Bruetzman in sailor uniforms with cigarettes in their mouths. Edgar and Ernst are in...
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Group of People Posing in front of Stack of Wood

Date: 04 1934
Description: Group portrait of men, with a child, Shirley Krueger, posing in front of an upright pile of stacked wood they are cutting. A dog is sitting on the ground o...
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Sawing Wood with a Steam Engine

Date: 04 03 1901
Description: Crew of men sawing wood with the use of a steam engine. A large pile of wood is stacked behind the saw. Alexander Krueger is standing between the steam eng...
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Smoking with Friends

Date: 1934
Description: Edgar Krueger standing next to a vehicle parked along the road with two friends, smoking cigarrettes. Several houses and garages are in the background.

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