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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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At the Dells

Date: 1910
Description: A group of three men and four women, probably members of the Von der Sump family, posing for a casual portrait on a rock formation at the Wisconsin Dells.
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Will Mowing the Lawn

Date: 05 14 1905
Description: Will von der Sump, wearing work clothes and a hat, is pushing a reel lawn mower in front of a low fence near shrubs. There is a wooded hill in the backgrou...
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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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Successful Hunt

Date: 1905
Description: Will von der Sump, left, and his brother Fred are posing holding a brace of six rabbits on a stick between them. Each man is holding a shotgun and there is...
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Children on Horseback

Date: 1905
Description: A woman at far left is holding the rope halter of a horse. A young girl and toddler are sitting bareback on the horse. The girl is wearing a light-colored ...
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High Rock

Date: 1905
Description: View across water towards people in a canoe on the Wisconsin River who are dwarfed by the High Rock formation at the Dells. There are sandy beaches on each...
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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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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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On the Bridge

Date: 1905
Description: View from shoreline looking towards two women wearing large hats who are sitting in a carriage drawn by a matched team of horses. The carriage has stopped ...
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Will and Cutter

Date: 1905
Description: Will von der Sump sitting in a small sleigh with a glossy finish. He is bundled in a fur coat with a high collar, and is wearing a cap. There is a fur lap ...
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Group at Mt. Moriah

Date: 1905
Description: Will von der Sump, far left, is sitting on the ground in front of his sister Mae and next to his sister Hattie in front of a large rock outcropping. Their ...
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Group at Mt. Moriah

Date: 1905
Description: A group of five women and a man are posing in front of a large rock outcropping. The man who is standing at right is unidentified. Leta von der Sump is sta...
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Cutting Fire Wood

Date: 1905
Description: Six men posing in front of a portable steam driven circular saw on the Von der Sump farm. A portion of the saw blade is visible between two men in the cent...
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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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Wallace's Pony

Date: 1905
Description: A portrait of a horse fitted with a tooled leather saddle. A wooded hillside is in the background.
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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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Navy Yard and Larks Hotel

Date: 1905
Description: A summer view of rock formations known as the Navy Yard lining the Wisconsin River at the Dells. Further down the river is the Larks Hotel, with the hotel'...

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