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Karst Family

Date: 1895
Description: Women bringing lunch to the men working in the field. The men are harvesting grain using a horse-drawn grain binder.
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Construction of Schuette Bros. Store

Date: 1901
Description: Construction crew raising a brick building. The structure is entirely surrounded by scaffolding. A large stone piece is being hoisted into place while a wo...
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Schuette Bros. Employees

Date: 1888
Description: Men who worked for Schuette Brothers Store assembled in front of the store. There are horses on both sides of the photograph, and the one on the right is p...
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Rand & Roemer Hardware Co.

Date: 1910
Description: Group of five men standing in front of Rand and Roemer Hardware Company store. Many items can be seen on the sidewalk and through the store windows, includ...
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Frank Pelishek Groceries

Date: 1910
Description: Frank Pelishek standing in front of his grocery store. Items on display in front of the store include brooms, candy, bananas, seed packets, and flower pots...
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Ward S. Williams Co. after Tornado

Date: 07 1899
Description: People stand among the rubble of Ward S. Williams Co.'s stone block building after a tornado.
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Hosea Rood

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Description: Photograph of cased image portrait of Hosea Rood in Civil War uniform.
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Hosea Rood

Date: 1910
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Hosea Rood as G.A.R. Department Patriotic Instructor. He wears a medal and holds a hat.
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Sample of Alsike Clover

Date: 1914
Description: Man in a coat and hat outdoors in a field holding a bunch of alsike clover.
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Building a Silo

Date: 1914
Description: Men using a hoist to lift a panel onto the side of a silo. The silo is next to a barn with a gambrel roof and a cupola.
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Civilian Conservation Corps Employees

Date: 1937
Description: A group portrait of the Motor Transportation and Utilities Department of the Sparta District CCC. Jacob Spreuer, junior dispatcher, is in the second row.
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Captain George E. Sogge

Date: 1911
Description: Waist-up portrait of Captain George Sogge of the Two Rivers Life Saving Station in uniform. His cap bears a U.S. Life Saving Service insignia.

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