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Butterfield Bridge

Date: 1925
Description: Construction workers stand in front of the Butterfield covered bridge.
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Sugar Beets

Date: 10 30 1909
Description: A man on a large horse-drawn cart hauls a group of giant sugar beets. The two horses are stepping onto a dirt road. An inscription in the upper left corner...
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"The Fruit Boat"

Date: 1950
Description: A two-door sedan is parked in front of the market, near a large sign.
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Mule-Drawn Harvester

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Description: A large team of mules is shown pulling a harvesting machine in a field of grain. Several agricultural workers are on the harvesting machine. Caption reads:...
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Drinking at the Lutheran Center Bowling Alley

Date: 01 14 1948
Description: A view from behind the bar in the Lutheran Center Bowling Alley of happy patrons enjoying a beer. One of the two bartenders is also enjoying a beverage.
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Plowing at 96th and Muskegon

Date: 1919
Description: Three men in a field working on an International 8-16 tractor. One of the men is dressed in a suit. There are houses in the background.
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Men at the Brigham Farm

Date: 04 21 1911
Description: Group of men and a young boy breaking hemp at the Brigham farm.
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Brandmeyer's Barber Shop

Date: 03 1930
Description: Two barbers standing and posing on the sidewalk in front of the James J. Brandmeyer Barber Shop at 404 W. Lakeside Street. A sign in the window advertises ...
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Vel Phillips with People and Watermelons

Date: 06 1972
Description: Vel Phillips, standing on right, is in a brown and blue patterned buba (a Yoruba blouse) and holding a bouquet of flowers. Next to her (second from right) ...
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White Pine

Date: 1980
Description: Two unidentified men, each standing with one hand resting against the enormous trunk of a mature white pine and looking upward. There are other trees in th...

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