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New House

Date: 1905
Description: Three men, identified on the negative envelope as "Mr. Miller, Boots, and Lavine," are posing on the roof of a large two-story cement block house under con...
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Group Portrait of Children and Adults

Date: 10 16 1904
Description: Seven children are sitting on the ground in front of a row of seven adults who are sitting, with six adults standing in the rear. A woman in the back row, ...
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Jim Kearns Family

Date: 1905
Description: James Kearns is smiling while sitting next to his wife Clara for a family portrait. Their sons Thomas and John are sitting on the ground in front of them. ...
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Bernhagen House and Family

Date: 1905
Description: A well-dressed man and woman are standing between two columns on the front porch of a wood frame house. There are two younger women at right, with one sitt...
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Will's Saw Outfit

Date: 1905
Description: Will von der Sump, second from left, is watching as two men guide a log into the circular saw blade of a portable sawmill. A steam engine at left powers th...
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Corn Binder

Date: 1905
Description: Rear view towards left side of an unidentified man driving a three-abreast team of horses hitched to a mechanical corn binder. There is a wooded hill in th...
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Steam Tractor and Huller

Date: 1905
Description: A man in bib overalls is standing on the rear of a steam tractor which is hitched to a mechanical huller. Behind the tractor is a wagon full of firewood dr...
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Fred and Ethel

Date: 10 30 1905
Description: Fred von der Sump and Ethel Wallace sitting in a buggy hitched to a matched pair of horses. Fred is wearing a suit with overcoat and hat; Ethel is wearing ...
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Flood at Dates Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Water from French Creek covers the surface of a bridge at Dates Mill near the Marquette-Columbia County line as water rushes down a lane in the pasture in ...
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Making Sorghum Molasses

Date: 1910
Description: Steam is rising from a "cooking pan" where sorghum juice is boiling. There is a smokestack at left and a pile of fire wood on the right. Barrels, milk cans...
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Will and Cutter

Date: 1905
Description: Will von der Sump sitting in a small sleigh with a glossy finish. He is bundled in a fur coat with a high collar, and is wearing a cap. There is a fur lap ...
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Edith Thompson Wedding Picture

Date: 1910
Description: An interior, full-length standing portrait of a bride, Edith Thompson, and groom Herman Kamrath, flanked by their attendants. The women are wearing similar...
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Grain Binder

Date: 1910
Description: A woman holding the reins of a saddled horse is standing next to a Milwaukee No. 10 grain harvester and binder hitched to three horses. A man is sitting on...
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Group at Ed Kearns

Date: 1905
Description: Group portrait of three men, seven women, and eleven children, including two infants, posing in front of a two-story wood frame house. They are shaded by t...
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Haas and Von der Sump Families

Date: 1905
Description: An outdoor group portrait of members of the Haas and Von der Sump families. They include Leta von der Sump, sitting on the ground on the far left; Hattie...
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Lampke Family

Date: 1905
Description: A man and woman are posing sitting on chairs on the lawn of a wood frame farmhouse. A man and two young women stand behind them. The group is well-dressed....
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O'Keefe Family

Date: 1905
Description: A man wearing a suit and hat is sitting on a hammock holding a small child (blurred by movement) in his lap. Standing at left is a woman wearing a fancy li...
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Wedding Party

Date: 1905
Description: An available light interior group portrait of a bride and groom with their attendants, an older gentleman, likely the officiant, at far right and a flower ...
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Sorghum Mill

Date: 1905
Description: A little girl posing with men and boys, probably members of the Cuff family, around a portable sorghum mill. One young man is holding a bundle of cane as a...
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Cutting Fire Wood

Date: 1905
Description: Six men posing in front of a portable steam driven circular saw on the Von der Sump farm. A portion of the saw blade is visible between two men in the cent...

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