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Man on Horse-Drawn Mower in Hilly Field

Date: 1899
Description: A man sporting a beard and wide-brimmed straw (?) hat is operating a mower pulled by two horses in a field. The field is on hilly terrain. A dirt road and ...
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McCormick Wire Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A group of farmers are using a McCormick wire grain binder, built in 1876. A horse-drawn carriage is in the background. The original caption reads: "The im...
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Grandall's House

Date: 1899
Description: A path made of wooden planks leads through a tangle of shrubs and other small plants leading to Grandall's house, a two-story brick structure. A man stands...
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Men with Oxen at Mill

Date: 1899
Description: A group of men are standing with three or four teams of oxen pulling wagons at what appears to be a mill. Several buildings and a chute are in the backgrou...
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William Krueger

Date: 1899
Description: Portrait of William Krueger holding a book in his lap and holding a pair of eyeglasses. Behind him, a long pipe is resting against a table on which a box i...
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William Krueger

Date: 1899
Description: Outdoor waist-up portrait of William Krueger. Behind him is a vine growing on the side of a building.
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August Krueger and August Hable

Date: 1899
Description: Outdoor portrait of August Krueger, left, and August Hable, right. The men, who met while Krueger worked on the great lakes, are holding hats and newspaper...
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Outdoor Group Portrait of the Thwaites Family

Date: 1899
Description: Outdoor group portrait of eight members of the Thwaites family. Three of the women are sitting, and one has a young boy sitting in her lap. Two men, a woma...
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Unknown Man Feeding Chickens

Date: 1899
Description: An unknown man is standing and feeding chickens in a farm yard. A barn is in the background on the left.

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