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Concrete Block House

Date: 1910
Description: Six men in work clothes posing near a porch of a house under construction. Hollow core concrete blocks, most likely manufactured on site with local sand an...
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The Duffy Family

Date: 10 16 1904
Description: Mary and Thomas Duffy, sitting, are posing outdoors with their five children. Nellie and Thomas are sitting on the ground in front, and daughters (not nece...
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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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Mr. Rottmann

Date: 1905
Description: A well-dressed man with a mustache and goatee is posing standing outdoors for a full-length portrait. He is wearing a suit with a light-colored vest, and i...
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Saw Rig

Date: 1910
Description: Five men and a boy are posing around a portable sawmill. There is a steam tractor at far left. A large belt is running from the tractor to drive the blade ...
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Haas Family

Date: 07 1904
Description: Nine unnamed members of the Haas family posing for an outdoor group portrait. They are joined by three Von der Sump sisters: Leta, sitting on the ground on...
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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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Group at Ed Kearns

Date: 1905
Description: Group portrait of seven adults and nine children, including two infants, posing sitting and standing under a tree near the open door of a two-story wood fr...
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Kusick Family

Date: 1905
Description: A man and woman, most likely Valentine and Elizabeth Kusick, are sitting on their porch steps. They are flanked by two men standing on the lawn, and there ...
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Foundation

Date: 1905
Description: Two men holding trowels are standing on an improvised scaffold made of wooden kegs and planks while working on a cement block foundation wall. Two other me...
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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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Wedding at Hickory Hill

Date: 11 22 1904
Description: Group portrait, with bride and groom Anna Kearns and Neil J. Brown, (with moustache) standing at the center front on their wedding day. They are flanked by...
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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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Jim Kearns Family

Date: 1905
Description: James Kearns is smiling while sitting next to his wife Clara for a family portrait. Their sons Thomas and John are sitting on the ground in front of them. ...
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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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Wedding Group

Date: 1905
Description: A large group of well-dressed men, women and children are posing in front of a wood frame house. At the center of the group is a man with a boutonniere, pr...
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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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Shredding Corn Stalks

Date: 1905
Description: Will von der Sump, far right, is standing near the belt leading from a portable steam engine to a shredder and elevator next to a barn with a cupola ventil...
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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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Stebbins House

Date: 1904
Description: A group is posing in front of a two-story wood frame house with a lower wing at left. Mae von der Sump is standing near a column at the left of steps leadi...

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