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Reaping Scene

Date: 1879
Description: Three men taking a break during harvesting. Their horse-drawn reaper raked the grain into rows as it cut. In the background are various farmstead buildings...
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Wisconsin Farm

Date: 1873
Description: Three people are posing in the foreground, with a man with a long beard standing in front of two women sitting in a horse-drawn carriage. There is a barn a...
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Farmyard with Barn and Log Outbuilding

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Description: A family is in a farmyard with wagons, horses and implements. A barn with a cupola is behind them. Behind the barn is a log outbuilding with a straw roof.
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Men on Horses in Barnyard

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Description: Two men are on horseback near a man sitting on a dump rake in a barnyard with the barn in the background. Another man is standing near a horse on the right...
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People with Wagon and Carriage on Farm

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Description: A man stands on grain bundles piled on a wagon in front of the barn, and other people are in a horse-drawn carriage on the left side of the barn. In the ba...
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Large Group near Farmyard and Windmill

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Description: A large group of men, women and children stands in front of an elaborate wood and stone fence. A horse and carriage stand at the left and behind them a win...
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Family near Windmill

Date: 1870
Description: Sixteen people, including four small children dressed in white, are posed in front of a picket fence standing before a small frame house. A windmill and ho...
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Men at St. Mary's Lake

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Description: Men on horse back, possibly near the Red Eagle Mountain at St. Mary's Lake.
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A Beaver Pool

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Description: Sketch of a beaver pool lined with trees, including various depictions of Indians hunting beaver.
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Passsenger Pigeon: Rear View with Head in Profile

Date: 1896
Description: Rear view of a passenger pigeon with its head in profile. This species of pigeon is now extinct. The pigeon lived in captivity under the direction of Profe...
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Henry Hamilton Bennett with Dog

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Description: A studio portrait of H.H. Bennett sitting on a small table with a dog. Bennett is wearing a fur hat.
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Hattie and Nellie Bennett with Kittens

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Description: Studio portrait of Hattie (Harriet) and Nellie Bennett posing with pet kittens.
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Edith Storey and Dog Sooner on Train

Date: 11 15 1918
Description: Long time-silent film actress, most notably for Vitagraph and Metro Pictures, Edith Storey, wearing a fox stole, waves good-bye from the platform at the ba...
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Edith Storey and Dog Sooner on Steps of Train

Date: 11 15 1918
Description: Edith Storey, long-time silent film actress, most notably for Vitagraph and Metro Pictures, wearing a fox stole, waves good-bye from the last car of the Sa...
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Grasshopper Bulletin

Date: 1915
Description: Bulletin urging farmers to kill grasshoppers with poisoned bran bait, featuring an illustration of a hand spreading bait for grasshoppers to eat.
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William Otto Petersen

Date: 1934
Description: William O. Petersen, in a costume (Tracht) of Bavarian or Tyrolean style, poses seated on a bench with his arm around a small dog. He is wearing short lede...
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Union and Liberty Letterhead

Date: 03 28 1862
Description: Letterhead with a bald eagle carrying the American flag with its talons. The text above the eagle reads: "Union & Liberty." 4 page, folded, printed in red ...
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Seal of Indiana Letterhead

Date: 12 22 1861
Description: Letterhead with the seal of Indiana. The seal has a star spangled border with red stripes. Inside the seal is a circular landscape scene of a man chopping ...

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