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McCormicks with Motorized Cart

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Description: Nettie Fowler McCormick and Anita McCormick Blaine sitting in a motorized cart with Harold Fowler McCormick standing next to them.
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Mowing Weeds

Date: 1921
Description: A man using a scythe to cut weeds in field.
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The Fagen Residence

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Description: The Abel and Mildred Fagen House was designed by the architectural firm Keck and Keck as Project #387 in 1948. This is a photograph of George Fred and Luci...
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The Fagen Residence

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Description: The Abel and Mildred Fagen House was designed by the architectural firm Keck and Keck as Project #387 in 1948. This is a photograph of George Fred and Luci...
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Baby Jeannette Holt with Extended Family

Date: 1896
Description: A group of Holt and Rumsey family members (3 generations) and others are gathered on the porch of The Evergreens, the Rumsey estate, to see baby Jeannette ...
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Holt and Stroh Cousins at Christmas

Date: 12 25 1918
Description: Wearing his cap, overcoat and boots, Donald Holt is looking at the camera. He is standing by himself on the left with his hands behind his back. Next to Do...
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Joe Rumsey's Auto

Date: 07 23 1909
Description: Looking at the camera, Joe Rumsey is sitting in the driver's seat of his sedan. The auto has lights and a horn. Morris Rumsey is at his brother's side. In ...
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The Tree Swing

Date: 07 1917
Description: During Word War I, a group of soldiers training at Fort Sheridan visited the home of W.A. Holt's parents. The Holt family entertained the soldiers. Lillian...
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Crystal Wedding Anniversary

Date: 1910
Description: Lucy Rumsey Holt and W.A. Holt's 25th wedding anniversary. Three generations are present. A cake decorated with flowers is on display in front of Lucy and ...
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Minnie May's New "Woods" Electric Car

Date: 07 19 1911
Description: Minnie May Rumsey is standing beside her new Waverley electric car made by the Woods Motor Vehicle Company. Her father Captain I.P. Rumsey, a Civil War vet...
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Raising the Flag at Grandfather's House

Date: 07 04 1912
Description: At the home of Civil War Captain Israel Parsons Rumsey, the group is raising the American flag on Independence Day. Names from left to right: Lucy Rumsey H...
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Grandfather Rumsey on Fourth of July

Date: 07 04 1913
Description: Civil War veteran Captain Israel Parsons Rumsey, the father of the photographer, is sitting on a horse in front of his home. A large American flag, hanging...
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Alfred Holt and Aunt Nell

Date: 1920
Description: Alfred Holt, in uniform, and his aunt Ellen Holt are standing in front of the I.P and Mary Mathilda Rumsey family home, which was called "The Evergreens." ...
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At the Evergreens

Date: 07 1918
Description: Sisters Lucy Rumsey Holt (l) and Julia Rumsey Stroh (c) with Maud Kimball are standing by a car at the I.P. and Mary Mathilda Rumsey family home. Behind th...

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