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"Byng I" Steamboat

Date: 1930
Description: Group of people on board the steamboat "Byng I" sometime prior to 1930.
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Alma from Mississippi River

Date: 1890
Description: Mississippi River, with Alma in the distance, a typical river town which flourished in the 1850s.
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Gray-Williams House

Date: 1950
Description: Front view of the Gray-Williams house.
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Faville Homestead

Date: 1885
Description: The Faville home, built about 1850 on 120 acres bought from the government in 1844. As late as 1922 the home was still in the Faville family. The additions...
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Building Used as Lodging House by Members of the first Territorial Legislature

Date: 1940
Description: Building used as a lodging house for the First Territorial Legislature held in Belmont in 1836.
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Steinman Residence

Date: 1950
Description: The Steinman residence, built in 1902, and owned by Christ Yuassi in 1950.
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Octagon House

Date: 1948
Description: Close-up view of the porch of the Octagon House.
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Stamm House

Date: 1947
Description: Exterior view of the Stamm house, built in 1847.
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Fort McPherson

Date: 1865
Description: View from a distance of Fort McPherson, built under the direction of Samuel Glyde Swain.
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The "Prairie Bird"

Date: 1864
Description: Union gunboat "Prairie Bird," a small rear-wheel steamship.
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Aiming a Cannon

Date: 1885
Description: Wisconsin National Guardsmen gathered around a cannon, possibly positioning it to aim at a target.
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Tipi at Indian Settlement

Date: 08 1915
Description: Two children and a man posing near a tipi (teepee) at an Indian settlement near Moose River.
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Men Straightening Railroad

Date: 1935
Description: A group of men are working on straightening railroad tracks.
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Boom City

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of trucks, mattresses, and tents. There is a sign that reads: "Valley City" In front of a group of tents. Caption reads: "Boom city - mattres...
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Ben Jordan

Date: 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "Ben Jordan (tallest), steward at construction division mess, and the boys who feed me." A man standing on the right is holding a c...
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Sawmill Breaks Down

Date: 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "Building an empire? The sawmill breaks down and what a crowd of onlookers to 'supervise' repairs."
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Home of Arthur Retallic

Date: 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "Home of Arthur Retallic, Amasa, Mich., nears completion. Work on it progressed more swiftly than on any other cottage and was fath...
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Families Leaving from Colony

Date: 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "Families leaving from colony -- Shown on platform at Matanuska village, where caught train for Seward."
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Commissary Supplies are Adequate

Date: 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "'Commissary supplies are adequate,' said Purchasing agent Ed Cronin (extreme left) of the corporation for the news reel (march of ...
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Reenactment of Colony Land Drawing

Date: 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "Newsreel men re-enact the colony land drawing (or lottery)."

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