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An Old Historical Landmark

Date: 1888
Description: Cyanotype image with the caption "An old historical landmark" -- 1888 -- "The last log house in Frankfort" -- Burned June 1889.
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Ottawa Indian Camp

Date: 1889
Description: Beach fishing camp showing several people around a fire drying fish with a tent in the background. Captioned: Ottawa Fishing Camp -- On the Island at Fran...
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First Attempt

Date: 1887
Description: Scrapbook page containing a cyanotype and albumen print of a picket fence and the caption: "First Attempt;" 1887, What's the Matter? "Light struck."
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Trials and Tribulations of Amateur Photography

Date: 1887
Description: Scrapbook page containing a cyanotype print and an albumen print looking toward Lake Michigan.
Postcard

Ferry at Frankfort

Date: 
Description: The screw ferry, Ann Arbor No. 7, at Frankfort. Later named Viking, then Viking I. Caption reads: "Frankfort, Mich."
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McCormick Improved 8-roll Husker and Shredder

Date: 01 06 1916
Description: Men feeding corn from wagons into a husker-shredder near a barn. The husker-shredder is connected to a tractor. Houses are in the background. Original capt...
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Elevated View of Pier and Town

Date: 1924
Description: Elevated view over water of the harbor and buildings of Frankfort. There is a deteriorating pier in the foreground.
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Farmers using McCormick-Deering Husker and Shredder

Date: 1919
Description: Men are posing with a McCormick-Deering 8-roll husker and shredder owned by the Wild Creek Threshing Company.

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