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Boy with Dog

Date: 1905
Description: A toddler identified only as "Cheney's little boy" is posing pointing a finger at a dog sitting in front of him. There is a branch on the ground behind the...
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On the Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: Water from French Creek covers the surface of a bridge at Dates Mill near the Marquette-Columbia County line. The caption on the negative envelope states: ...
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Mr. and Mrs. Jim Cheney

Date: 1910
Description: James Cheney and his wife Mary posing outdoors near the side of a house which has a porch. There is a fence and granary in the background, and a tree limb ...
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Jim with Buggy

Date: 1910
Description: A young man identified only as Jim is sitting in a buggy with a folding top. The man is wearing a suit and tie, and has a lap robe across his knees. A sing...
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Will Koeppe's Horse

Date: 1905
Description: A horse with saddle and bridle is standing near a woman and two men. The woman is dressed in a fancy blouse and dress; the men are wearing bib overalls and...
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Group at Fence

Date: 05 14 1904
Description: A group of five women and two men are posing behind a wire fence and shrub. They are, from left, Mae, Will and Hattie von der Sump; Mrs. Salisbury; a woman...
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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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Threshing Outfit and Crew

Date: 09 15 1904
Description: Thirteen men take time from threshing duties to pose for a group portrait with a team of horses, threshing machine with straw elevator, and a steam tractor...
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Steam Tractor and Huller

Date: 1905
Description: A man in bib overalls is standing on the rear of a steam tractor which is hitched to a mechanical huller. Behind the tractor is a wagon full of firewood dr...
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Herbert Whirry and Horses

Date: 1905
Description: View across road towards a smiling young man posing riding bareback on a horse as a foal is standing in the foreground nearby. The indistinct figure of a w...
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James Kearns Family

Date: 1905
Description: Members of the James Kearns family are photographed through the open gate of a woven wire fence. They are posing on and in front of the porch of a large tw...
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Cuff at Hernkind's

Date: 1905
Description: A portable horse-driven sorghum mill, owned by the Cuff family, has been set up at the August Hernkind farm. Two horses are hitched to the tree trunk that ...
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Couple in Buggy

Date: 1905
Description: A young man, identified on the negative envelope as Arther Samfle [sic], is sitting with a young woman in a buggy hitched to a matched team. The horses are...

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