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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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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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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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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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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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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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Construction of a Stone Foundation Barn

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Description: Two men stand on the rafters of an unfinished, stone foundation 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 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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Man with Horses in Snow-Covered Field

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Description: A man and six horses standing in a snow-covered field on a hill.
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Farmers with Team of Horses

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Description: A farmer drives a team of three horses hitched to a manure spreader. Another man stands next to the team, holding an additional horse by its reins.
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Horses Pulling a Wagon

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Description: Two horses pull a farmer's wagon. The corner of a building is on the left, and trees are in the background. A hill is in the distance.
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Horse-Drawn Buggy

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Description: Right side profile view of a man sitting in a covered buggy that is pulled by a horse. Buildings are behind trees and bushes in the background.

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