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Fred in Uniform

Date: 1910
Description: A standing full length photograph of Fred von der Sump in a U.S. Army uniform including a field service coat, gaiters, and hat. He is wearing pince-nez gla...
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General View of Herman's Buildings

Date: 1910
Description: A view across a field towards a farmstead, including a wood frame two-story house, barns and sheds, and a windmill. There is a fence at the edge of the fie...
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A Heavy Load

Date: 1910
Description: A woman, identified as Mrs. Wallace, is bending forward as if to grasp the handles of a wooden wheelbarrow. Leta von der Sump, left, and a girl identified ...
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Dalton's House

Date: 1910
Description: Short cedar shrubs and a small tree are growing in the front yard of a two-story brick house. A second floor door opens onto the flat roof of the front por...
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Threshing

Date: 1910
Description: A man at far left, possibly Frank von der Sump, is posing with his elbow resting on a steam tractor. A belt from the tractor is powering a threshing machin...
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Family Group

Date: 1910
Description: Five Von der Sump siblings posing for an outdoor portrait. Mae, at far left, is sitting in a chair with her feet on a pillow. Behind her is Leta, with an a...
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Fernhill Farm

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view from hill of the Frank and Bertha von der Sump farm on Golden Road. There is a modest one-story farmhouse, a barn, windmill, and four other f...
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Robicheau's Threshing Outfit

Date: 1904
Description: A man at left is standing and holding the reins of a four horse hitch, while three other men are posing between a steam tractor and threshing machine. Ther...
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Group Portrait of Children and Adults

Date: 10 16 1904
Description: Seven children are sitting on the ground in front of a row of seven adults who are sitting, with six adults standing in the rear. A woman in the back row, ...
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Corn Binder

Date: 1905
Description: Rear view towards left side of an unidentified man driving a three-abreast team of horses hitched to a mechanical corn binder. There is a wooded hill in th...
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Plowing

Date: 1905
Description: Will von der Sump driving a team of four horses from the seat of what appears to be a single bottom sulky plow. He is in a large field on his family's farm...
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Grain Binder

Date: 1910
Description: A woman holding the reins of a saddled horse is standing next to a Milwaukee No. 10 grain harvester and binder hitched to three horses. A man is sitting on...
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Manure Spreader

Date: 1905
Description: Will von der Sump waves a greeting to the photographer as he drives a wagon manure spreader pulled by a three horse team. The new Von der Sump barn with co...
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Sorghum Mill

Date: 1905
Description: A little girl posing with men and boys, probably members of the Cuff family, around a portable sorghum mill. One young man is holding a bundle of cane as a...
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Tractor and Thresher

Date: 09 15 1904
Description: Three men are posing on a large steam tractor, and a fourth man is sitting on a threshing machine behind the tractor. The large drive belt is coiled and is...
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Rye Field

Date: 1902
Description: Frank von der Sump is driving a three horse team which is pulling a grain harvester and binder. There are sheaves of rye in the background. Trees cover the...
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Stebbins House

Date: 1905
Description: Three men and a woman are posing with a dog at the side of a rambling wood frame farm house. The house has a two-story section with a porch and two single-...
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Hunting in the Snow

Date: 1905
Description: An unidentified man is posing with a long gun in a snowy field. There is a tree in the left foreground, and a wooded hillside in the background.
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Man and Horse

Date: 1905
Description: A young man, possibly Fred von der Sump, posing holding the lead of a horse. The man is wearing work pants, an undershirt and suspenders. There are shocks ...

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