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Relaxation on Hammocks

Date: 1898
Description: Men and women sitting in two hammocks. The people pictured are Julia Murray Ormsby, Fred Werner, and R. Effie (Ettie) Meinhold.
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Girl By Stream

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Description: Girl wearing dress, with hat in hand, standing next to a stream. She is shown from the back, looking downstream and waving.
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Snake Charmer

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Description: A smiling woman poses with three Pine(?) snakes around her neck and in her hands. She is standing outside, before an over-turned bench and trees, wearing a...
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Elevated View of Town and River

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Description: Elevated view of buildings in town with river in the background.
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Main Street

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Description: Elevated view of town with houses along Main Street.
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Group Posed in front of House

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Description: Three women, four men (one seated), a boy, and a girl posing in front of a house.
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Christmas Tree

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Description: Child with a Christmas tree and presents in a house.
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Girl Posing in Greenery

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Description: A girl stands in a shrubbery arch in front of a house, probably the yard and house of the Spaulding family.
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Country Home Surrounded by Trees

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Description: Country home that is nearly hidden by trees.
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Boardwalk Bridge and House

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Description: A boardwalk bridge encloses a large house in the background surrounded by trees.
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Girl in front of Frame House

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Description: A young girl stands in front of a two-story frame house that is surrounded by a wooden fence.
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Side of Barn

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Description: Side of a barn missing two boards.
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Girl With Cow

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Description: A girl holds a cow by a rope as it grazes. In the background, a large, two-story house is visible.
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Grazing Cow

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Description: A Holstein cow grazes in a field.
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Man Hewing Logs

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Description: A seated man hews logs in front of a barn. In the background, a rolling landscape is visible.
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Family Scything in a Field

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Description: Three men scythe a field, possibly of wheat. Behind the men there are three children and a woman standing in a row.
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Gathering Cranberries

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Description: Men and women in a bog picking cranberries.
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Children Gathering Cranberries

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Description: Six children sit in a cranberry bog, while another stands in the background.
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Group Picking Cranberries

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Description: A group of men and women pick cranberries in a bog.
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Three Men Extracting a Stump

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Description: Three men working with a two-horse team on a hill turning a winch to extract stumps, probably a Svenson Grubber sold by J.H. Carnahan.

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