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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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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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Under the Apple Tree

Date: 05 19 1905
Description: Mae (Margaret) von der Sump is holding a branch of blossoms as she poses with her mother, Bertha, and father Frank under an apple tree in full bloom. There...
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Group Outdoors

Date: 08 23 1904
Description: In a photograph captioned "Group of Young Folks at Uncles," well-dressed children and young adults are posing with an older gentleman, who is at front left...
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Four Women

Date: 1910
Description: Three women are sitting on the frame of a farm wagon while a fourth woman is standing next to them on the right. The women are well-dressed, but are not we...
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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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Leta with Rifle

Date: 1910
Description: Leta von der Sump posing outdoors holding a rifle. She is wearing a blouse with necktie, a long skirt and a hat. There is a fence and trees behind her.
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Will with Rifle

Date: 1910
Description: Will von der Sump posing outdoors with a rifle, aiming it upwards. He is well-dressed and is wearing a hat. There is a fence in the background.
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Three Men

Date: 08 23 1904
Description: Three men are sitting on the ground in front of a picket fence. They are wearing hats and smoking cigars. The man at left appears to be older than the othe...
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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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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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Flood at Dates Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Water from French Creek covers the surface of a bridge at Dates Mill near the Marquette-Columbia County line as water rushes down a lane in the pasture in ...
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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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Mock Wedding

Date: 08 23 1904
Description: A group of young adults and children are posing outdoors near the open porch of a house in a mock wedding ceremony. The groom, third from left, is portraye...
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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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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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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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