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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 Koeppe

Date: 01 1905
Description: A young man identified as Will Koeppe is leaning forward, resting his left hand on a shovel while inspecting a hole in the ground at the edge of a wooded a...
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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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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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Hunting

Date: 12 21 1904
Description: Will von der Sump, center, is standing with two other men identified as Frank and August, in front of a large tree in an open wooded area. The men are hold...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Barn Raising

Date: 1905
Description: A crowd of men, women and children are posing on the beams and floor of a new barn on the Frank von der Sump farm. The barn has a stone foundation. A porti...
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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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Hernkind House and Family

Date: 09 08 1904
Description: August Hernkind, center, and his wife Kate are posing with their seven children in front of their one and one-half story wood frame farm house. Their daugh...
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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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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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