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Two Men with Steam Tractor

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Description: Two men operating a steam tractor/donkey used to haul logs. Piles of logs are stacked behind them.
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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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Man and Woman in Parlor

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Description: Elderly woman and man posed in a parlor with large wood stove. Probably Mr. And Mrs. Squires who owned a business in town, the Squires Oyster House.
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Self-Portrait of Man

Date: 1882
Description: Charles J. Van Schaick sitting on a stone balustrade in front of a painted background, ca. 1882–1885. The photograph was probably taken by one of his assis...
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Group Holding American Flags

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Description: Two small girls holding American flags posed standing on the side of a building, while another girl looks outside from the window. To their side stands a w...
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Girl and Boy with Tricycle

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Description: A small girl sits pounding with a hammer as a boy rides a tricycle.
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Women on a Walk

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Description: Four women, one holding a young child, stand outside Union High School on a board sidewalk.
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Pow Wow Scene

Date: 1908
Description: Drummers and dancers at pow wow led by Chief Winneshiek, below Lutheran Church in a canvas enclosure.
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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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Farmers and Threshing Machine

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Description: A group of eight farmers resting on or near a wooden threshing machine.
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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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Cranberry Picking Family

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Description: A family gathers in a shelter for cranberry picking.
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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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Framework of a Barn

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Description: Four men work on the framework of a barn.
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Horses and Colts on Farm

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Description: Two men are attending to three horses and three colts in a farmyard.
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Horses in front of Barn

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Description: Two men corral several horses in front of a barn that is possibly Abe Bailey's.
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Man Displaying Two Horses

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Description: A man holds two horses by their reins in front of a barn. A wagon is on the left.
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Horses in Barnyard

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Description: Two men attend to three horses and three colts. A number of farm buildings are in the background.

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