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Raking Lawn

Date: 1910
Description: Woman in hat and young girl raking the lawn.
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Man Sharpening Scythe

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Description: A man using a whetting stone to sharpen a scythe in a backyard.
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Man Cutting Grass

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Description: A man cuts grass around a pole with a scythe.
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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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Women in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Two women wearing large hats stand in a field carrying a pail. Farm buildings are in the far background.
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Canoe Outdoors near House

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Description: A canoe rests on sawhorses in front of a stack of firewood and frame house.
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Canoe on Sawhorses

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Description: A canoe rests on sawhorses in front of a stack of firewood and frame house.
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Antlers on Wall

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Description: Interior view of a log cabin with antlers hanging on a wall. Items of clothing are hanging from the various antlers. Also, there is a table set with dishes...
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Outdoor Ho-Chunk Gathering

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Description: Ho-Chunk women and men sitting in front of and under cloth awnings on blankets with their backs to the camera, probably a powwow. On the blankets are also ...
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Interior of a Factory

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Description: Interior of a factory with two blurred men on the right, and men in the background on the left.
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Outdoor Group Portrait of European Americans

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Description: Outdoor portrait of an unidentified group of people. In the foreground a woman wearing a scarf around her head is holding a child in her arms, and just in...
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Outdoor Group Portrait of European Americans

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of an unidentified man and two women posing standing on the porch of a wooden house.
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Residence on the Corner of Main and Fourth Streets

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Description: Outdoor group portrait from across street of a European American family posing standing and sitting on the porch of a small wooden house. The house is iden...
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Residence on the Corner of Main and Fourth Streets

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a European American family posing standing and sitting on the porch of a small wooden house. The house is identified as the resid...
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Unidentified House with Cat

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Description: View from yard of a wooden house with a small porch. There is a cat sitting on a window sill.
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Quarry Scene

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Description: Elevated view of a group of men posing standing near and on a rock face with two sets of small railroad tracks behind them. Identified as probably the quar...
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Meters in the Powerhouse

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Description: Interior view ofm machinery inside a building. Identified as the interior of a powerhouse.
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Powerhouse Generator

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Description: View looking down at machinery inside a building. Identified as the interior of a powerhouse, showing the generator.
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Home of Calvin Johnson

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Description: Outdoor view of a dog and a potted plant sitting on the porch of a wooden house. Identified as the home of Calvin Jonson on Tyler Street.
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Woman in a Kitchen

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Description: A woman is posing sitting on a chair, with her arms and feet on the back of a wooden chair in front of her. On the right is a table. The room has wallpaper...

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