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Wade House

Date: 1858
Description: Ambrotype of the Wade House, a carriage inn located in Greenbush, also showing a section of the original plank road in the foreground.
Drawing

H.M. Curtis Residence

Date: 1873
Description: Detail from atlas of the home of H.M. Curtis who settled in 1840.
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.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Keystone Farms

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Description: View of barn, house, and outbuildings at Keystone Farms, owned by Owen W. Rolands.
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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Man Walking Behind Horse-Drawn Harrow

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Description: View towards a man walking behind a harrow in a farm field. Farm buildings are in the distance. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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Man Working with Walking Plow

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Description: Left side view of a man working in a field with a horse-drawn walking plow. Lantern slide.
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Man Walking Behind Horse-Drawn Spring-Tooth Harrow

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Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man walking behind a horse-drawn spring-tooth harrow in a field. Piles of harvested grain are lined up in the field....
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Children Gathered Around Horse-Drawn Walking Plow

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Description: View of children gathered around a horse-drawn walking plow at Budlong School. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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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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Threshing or Haying Operation

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Description: A large group of men, women and children are posing with threshing machinery, a steam engine and a horse-drawn wagon in front of a barn. Lantern slide.
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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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Man Operating Horse-Drawn Disc Harrow

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Description: Rear view of a man sitting on a horse-drawn disc harrow working in a field. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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Man with Horse-Drawn Drag in Field

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Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man standing on a drag or float pulled by a team of three horses in a field. The wooden draq is weighted down on the...
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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...
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400 Head of Angus Cattle

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Description: Elevated view of a herd of Angus cattle on the farm of Mr. Jones — Newbern, Tennessee. There is a man on horseback, and another man walking in the field am...

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