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Church in Cassville

Date: 1930
Description: Winter scene overlooking town, showing Baptist church in background.
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Tate & Kleinpell Hardware

Date: 1904
Description: View of the interior of Tate & Kleinpell Hardware, with stoves, churns, seeds and other items displayed for sale.
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Cassville Brewery

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of the brewery dwarfed by the overhead bluffs. The brewery was built by William Schmitz. George Scheibl ran the brewery from 1899 until his d...
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Aerial View of Town and Mississippi River

Date: 1900
Description: Aerial view of town. The Mississippi River and far shoreline is in the background. The Furnace Branch creek runs through the town in the foreground.
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Nelson Dewey Farm

Date: 1900
Description: Nelson Dewey farm, showing the house built on the site after Dewey's death. The original house built by Dewey burned in 1873.
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Cassville Campgrounds

Date: 1905
Description: Children and adults at picnic campground owned by Gus Klindt near Cassville.
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Gov. Nelson Dewey Estate - Stonefield

Date: 08 04 1949
Description: People are sitting on a bench and standing on the lawn surrounding the summer house on Governor Dewey's estate, called Stonefield.
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Gov. Nelson Dewey Estate — Stonefield

Date: 08 04 1949
Description: Exterior view of an outbuilding used as an ice house and wine cellar at Governor Nelson Dewey's estate, called Stonefield.
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Gov. Nelson Dewey Estate — Stonefield

Date: 08 04 1949
Description: Exterior view of the smokehouse at Governor Nelson Dewey estate, called Stonefield.
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Gov. Nelson Dewey Estate - Stonefield

Date: 08 04 1949
Description: Reception room at the Governor Nelson Dewey house, on his estate called Stonefield. The governor's glasses mark a place in the book on the title desk. On t...
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Gov. Nelson Dewey Estate — Stonefield

Date: 08 04 1949
Description: Master bedroom at the Governor Nelson Dewey house on his estate called Stonefield. On the right side are Cassville President R.J. Eckstein, and George W. F...
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Gov. Nelson Dewey Estate - Stonefield

Date: 08 04 1949
Description: Looking over Governor Nelson Dewey's account books at the governor's desk in his office at Stonefield are Raymond Sivesind, state supervisor of historic si...
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Country Road

Date: 1915
Description: Low perspective of a dirt country road curving into the distance. The road is bordered by fields and scattered wooden buildings while a solitary figure ap...
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Bird's-Eye View of Town

Date: 1921
Description: View from bluff of Cassville with the Mississippi River in the background.
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Street Scene

Date: 1921
Description: View down middle of commercial street. There is a hotel/ice cream shop on the right. Cars are parked along the curb on both sides of the street.
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City Park

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Description: A pathway through a park. There is a playground on the right, and a boy is nearby on what appears to be a shoreline. A pavilion is beyond trees on the left...
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Cassville High School

Date: 1913
Description: Exterior of the Cassville High School. The building features a fanlight window, bell tower, widow's walk, and two flagpoles; one on top and one in front of...
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Canning Factory

Date: 1921
Description: The back of the Klindt-Geiger Canning Company grounds. The site includes a two-story factory, a silo, and a water tower. There is a reel lawn mower lying o...
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Dennison House

Date: 1921
Description: View across railroad crossing of the Dennison House hotel. A man is sitting on the porch. The building features a widow's walk. There is a bluff in the far...
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Hartford Cottage on the Mississippi River

Date: 1910
Description: A small cottage in a wooded setting. There is a small boat with a man on the shoreline. There is a steep bluff on the far shoreline. A Frank Feiker 'Souven...

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