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H.M. Curtis Residence

Date: 1873
Description: Detail from atlas of the home of H.M. Curtis who settled in 1840.
Photograph

McCormick Reaper Illustration

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Description: Illustration of a McCormick reaper of 1858 in the field near a farm house. A crowd of onlookers is gathered near the field.
Photograph

Everetta Bass in Buggy

Date: 1895
Description: Everetta Bass sitting in horse-drawn buggy holding a doll. A girl identified as Loura is standing beside the buggy.
Photograph

J.E. Rhodes & Co., Pork and Beef Packers

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Description: View from street of the front of the J.E. Rhodes & Co., Pork and Beef Packers building on Main Street. A group of men, with a cat and a dog, are posing in ...
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East Main Street Looking S.E.

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Description: View across East Main Street towards a row of businesses, looking southeast. From the left, the corner building has a tobacco shop with a law office above,...
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East Main Street

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Description: View down East Main Street, with a number of horse-drawn carriages parked at the curbs. Snow is in the street. There is a barber's pole on the sidewalk on ...
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Harvesting Scene

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Description: Elevated view towards seven men working with teams of horses to harvest on the rolling hills, perhaps in the Great Plains. Farm buildings are in the backgr...
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Man Driving Horse-Drawn Wagon

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Description: View across pasture towards a man sitting in a wagon full of hay, driving a team of two horses. There is a large haystack behind the wagon, and a man is lo...
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Harvesting by Hand (Copy of Painting The Gleaners)

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Description: Women are bending over in a field, harvesting by hand. In the background people are working near large haystacks and a horse-drawn wagon. Lantern slide.
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Men in Field Harvesting Potatoes

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Description: View of a group of men and boys standing in a field. They are harvesting potatoes with horses and horse-drawn implements. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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Group of Youth Posing with Woman Sitting on Horse-Drawn Wagon

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Description: Boys and girls are standing and crouching next to a horse-drawn wagon. A woman is standing on the wagon holding the reins. There is a white, clapboard buil...
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Group of People in Three Horse-Drawn Wagons

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Description: View towards men, women and children in three horse-drawn wagons on a dirt road in front of what may be a schoolhouse. There is a bell tower on the buildin...
Photograph

Delivering Milk

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Description: Caption on slide reads: "Delivering the milk at the left hand door, and carrying the skimmed milk away from the right hand door. East Aurora, N.Y." Lantern...
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Dakota House

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Description: House with yard and trees in rural settings. There is a team of two horses pulling a carriage. Lantern slide.
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Jack Rabbit Hunt

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Description: View across fence towards a rabbit hunt. Caption on slide reads: "Sports: Jack rabbit hunt, California. Driving wild rabbits into enclosure where they will...
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Farm Elm

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Description: A man is posing in a horse-drawn buggy on the drive in front of a tree-lined fence. Caption on slide reads: "Farm elm near Waukesha, Wis." Hand-tinted lant...

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