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Grist Mill

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Description: Man posed standing on a bank in front of the grist mill located on Squaw Creek, probably operated by Narracong and later Loesching, and then possibly Johns...
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M.J. Chapman Store

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Description: Group portrait of men and boys posing in front of the M.J. Chapman Store, probably in Alma Center, and known contemporarily as the C.T. Gansel Building.
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A. Erickson & Company Grocery Store

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Description: Interior of the A. Erickson & Company Grocery Store. There is a cat sitting on the counter on the left.
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A. Erickson & Company Grocery Store

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Description: Interior of the A. Erickson & Company Grocery Store.
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Man with Drill

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Description: Man posed squatting on a wooden floor holding a drill in his hand. He is next to a piece of farm machinery, possibly a manure spreader or cranberry picker ...
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Fremont Railroad Station

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Description: Men at a railroad station awaiting the arrival of a train in Fremont (later Pray). There is snow on the ground. Two men are standing on a hand-powered rail...
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Men Posed in front of Mill

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Description: Two men posed in two wagons, each pulled by teams of two horse. One man is standing and the other is sitting on bags of grain. Behind them a man is posed s...
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John Edmunds' Charter Oak Grist Mill

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Description: view of a woman, two girls, and a boy posed on the porch of a two-story wooden building, probably the John Edmunds' Charter Oak grist mill built on Squaw C...
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John Edmunds' Charter Oak Grist Mill

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Description: Two girls and a boy posed by a tree in front of a two-story wooden building, probably the John Edmunds' Charter Oak grist mill built on Squaw Creek in 1866...
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Mill on Robinson Creek

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Description: Woman and girl posed sitting under a fur in a carriage pulled by a single horse by a wooden bridge. Behind them is a large wooden building, possibly a mill...
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Group of Men near Two Wooden Buildings

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Description: Group of men and a young girl posed standing and in wagons outside two large wooden buildings, possibly a sawmill. There is a row of barrels along the top ...
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Goodyear Mill

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Description: Lumberyard with railroad lines and a sawmill, probably the Goodyear Mill, three miles south of Saddle, or a mill located in McKenna.
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Warrens Mill

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Description: View across yard of men and children posed near what is probably Warrens Mill. Men and children are posed standing, sitting in lumber wagons, on horses, an...
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Sawmill

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Description: View across yard of men and boys posing in the doorway of a sawmill. There is a row of barrels across the top of the roof.
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Zeda Sawmill

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Description: Men posed in front of and atop a sawmill, possibly the Zeda Sawmill.
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Men Posed by Saw

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Description: Men posed using a steam-powered open-air saw, probably using a steam tractor for power.
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Logging Camp

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Description: Logging camp with numerous bobsleds loaded with logs. Two men and two women are posed sitting in a sleigh pulled by a team of two horses in front of a wood...
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Logging Camp

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Description: Elevated view of men posed standing in a snow-covered logging camp. One man is holding a cat, and there is a dog standing nearby. The photographers wagon i...
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Eating in a Tent

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Description: Group of men and one boy posed sitting on benches on either side of a long table for a meal in an open-sided tent on the banks of a river. In the backgroun...
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Group of Men Posed at Construction Site

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Description: Men posed standing at the construction site. They are probably laying the foundation of a building. A small wooden building in the background has a poster ...

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