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Boy with Delivery Wagon

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Description: Boy posing standing next to a delivery wagon pulled by a single horse. Marked on side "Tel. 76" and a box of "Saxon Oats" in the wagon.
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Man with Two Horses

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Description: Man posing with two horses in a farmyard. Fences and farm buildings are in the background. A tower on the far right may be a windmill.
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Harness Horse

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Description: Harness horse of either a trotter or pacer breed, possibly named "Beaver Dam". Abe Bailey's barn is off to the left, and the Langlois-Gulfston Funeral Home...
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Man with Race Horse

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Description: Man preparing to halter a race horse. They are standing near a fence, and in the background are buildings and people.
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Men Displaying Horses

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Description: Men displaying horses. The man in the center is probably John Meek. Buildings are along the opposite side of the street.
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Man Displaying Horse

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Description: Man (partially obscured) standing on the left holding lead attached to the bridle of a draft horse stallion with a white blaze. They are standing on an unp...
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Man Training Horse

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Description: Man training a horse on a rope line in a farmyard.
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Man with Race Horse

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Description: Man in a sulky, probably Eugene Greenlee, the Superintendent of Water Works, possibly pulled by a race horse.
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Man with Racehorse

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Description: Man posing in a sulky, probably Eugene Greenlee, the Superintendent of Water Works, possibly pulled by a race horse. Note the solid tires. When pneumatic t...
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Man with Racehorse

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Description: Man in a sulky posing at the racetrack, probably Moses Pauquette. There is an open-sided building in the background, perhaps a grandstand.
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Man with Racehorse

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Description: Man in a racing rig with a harnessed horse on the northwest corner of Harrison and Third Street. There is a barn behind them.
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Man with Racehorse

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Description: Man in a sulky. The harnessing indicates that the horse is a pacer. The sulky is the type with pneumatic tires and ball bearings.
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Two Girls Sitting in Automobile

Date: 1909
Description: Two girls posed inside an automobile, probably a Model-T Ford.
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Two Girls Sitting in Automobile

Date: 1909
Description: Two girls posed inside an automobile, probably a Model-T Ford.
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Ferris Wheel

Date: 1893
Description: People gathered around a Ferris wheel.
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Man Riding Bicycle

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Description: Man riding a bicycle on a residential street, carrying packages in his left arm. Behind him is a woman and a girl walking behind. Fences are along the side...
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Two Women in Front of House

Date: 1895
Description: Two women standing in the doorway of a house, numbered 419.
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Fisherman Standing in Doorway

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Description: Fisherman with a pole and a fish on a line in front of an open barn doorway.
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Construction of a Barn

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Description: Three men are perched on the framework of a barn.
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Horses Outside of Barn

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Description: Two men each hold a pair of horses outside of a stone foundation barn as a woman observes.

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