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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior of ice cream parlor with a horse-drawn wagon parked on the right with sheds behind. Barrels are stacked on the porch. Signs above the porch read: ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View towards railroad station with a few passengers on the platform awaiting the arrival of the train. The locomotive is billowing smoke. Two horses stand ... |
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| Description: | Portrait of Ollie Bordson standing on the stoop of a house. He is wearing a double breasted, belted coat over a suit. In the window to the left is a Red Cr... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | A group of men standing with a horse and wagon. Shown (L-R) Otto Petersilie, unknown, unknown, unknown, Joseph F. Faust, unknown, Charles J. Faust. The wag... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of three women surrounding a table with a book on it, in front of a painted backdrop. The middle woman is standing and pointing at the book... |
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| Description: | Two young men are posing outdoors on horseback in front of the C.J. Faust & Co., Funeral Directors' building. They are wearing jackets and hats. A dirt roa... |
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| Description: | Two children pose outdoors in the corner of a yard next to a building. They are sitting on tricycles or pushbikes, one has an owl logo on the front. Both a... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait of two children, about 6-7 years old, posed in a studio in front of a painted background. On the left the young boy is costumed as a s... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | A group of unidentified men standing with a horse and wagon. The wagon is carrying a barrel of beer. The sign on the building in the background is an adver... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Front three-quarter view of large frame residence with porch and balcony. Steps with a barber pole at the top of the railing lead to a store window at foun... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Floral decorations for a funeral, massed in the corner of a residential room. Printed on large ribbons adorning the decorations are the words: "Husband," "... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of view across muddy road of a man wearing a suit and standing on the porch of the two-story Hotel and Feed Barn. Two signs next to h... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of two men posing seated on a vintage Harley-Davidson motorcycle. They are dressed in work clothes and hats. Another man with his arm... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of Bowar Bros. Hardware Store. The awning reads, "Hardware, Bowar Bros., Implements, Auto Supplies." Over the large door on the left ... |
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| Description: | Stereographic print of the interior of a machine shop. The drill press, engine lathe and power hacksaw are powered by a line shaft mounted on the ceiling. ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the Thompson Tent Show. Two tents, a tall wagon, an automobile and a truck are set up in a field or park with houses and trees in ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the generator used to power the "Frank H. Thompson Famous Moving Pictures." A belt from the generator stretches to the flywheel on... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the Thompson Tent Show. A tent, a tall wagon and a truck that runs the generator are set up in a field or park with houses and tre... |
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| Description: | Display of Congoleum rugs in a store window. The rugs cover the walls and are rolled up and stacked on the floor and the left side wall. Two bouquets of fl... |
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| Description: | View across road of D.A. Meister's Garage, with a fire truck parked in front and an automobile parked at the curb on the right. One boy is sitting on the f... |
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