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Montello Granite Works

Date: 1905
Description: A workman is standing on the platform of a wooden derrick at the granite quarry. A two-story wood frame building is behind the derrick. Large granite block...
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At the Fox River Lock

Date: 1905
Description: View across water towards a motor launch with striped canopy moored along the shore just above the Fox River Lock on Buffalo Lake. A finely dressed party o...
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Lake Puckaway

Date: 1905
Description: Sisters Lucy, left, and Jessie Underwood watch small waves on the shore of Lake Puckaway. Both are wearing large brimmed hats. There is a boat in the far b...
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The Richter Family

Date: 1905
Description: View across water towards Charles S. Richter rowing a boat on the mill pond, now Montello Lake. With him are his wife, sitting at right, his daughter Ethel...
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Dr. Lange

Date: 1905
Description: A well-dressed man is standing on the bank of the Montello River just below the dam, which was owned and operated by the Montello Granite Company. On the o...
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Montello Fish and Game

Date: 1905
Description: G.W. Roskie, left, of South Dakota, and Dr. Lange of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania pose with their rifles on the porch of the Montello House Hotel. Between them...
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Jessie

Date: 1905
Description: Jessie Underwood, daughter of E.W. Underwood, posing on the wooden front steps of the family home. She is wearing a hat and a fancy dress with ruffled bodi...
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Lucy A. Kaufmann

Date: 1905
Description: Lucy Kaufmann poses in an open, wooded area holding a hoe. She is wearing a tattered hat; her skirt and blouse are torn. There are two sheds and woodpiles ...
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Lucy Underwood

Date: 1905
Description: Lucy Underwood, the younger daughter of E.W. and Elenor Keyser Underwood, poses with her bicycle along a narrow sandy lane near the shore of Montello Lake....
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Boating on the Mill Pond

Date: 1905
Description: View looking down hill towards an unidentified woman who is sitting holding the oars in a skiff near the shoreline of the millpond on the Montello River, n...
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Jessie and Lucy

Date: 1905
Description: Sisters Jessie, left, and Lucy Underwood posing with their bicycles on the Montello River bridge in Montello. A man is standing in the far background on th...
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Fox River Dam

Date: 1905
Description: A view from the south looking over the Fox River dam at Montello. The entrance to the lock is in the background. In the foreground are two men in a boat an...
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Ellis Owens

Date: 1905
Description: A young man identified as Ellis Owens is standing on the lawn in front of the porch of a wood frame house. He is wearing a suit with a polka dot vest, and ...
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Mr. Rottmann

Date: 1905
Description: A well-dressed man with a mustache and goatee is posing standing outdoors for a full-length portrait. He is wearing a suit with a light-colored vest, and i...
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Family Group

Date: 1905
Description: Hattie von der Sump, sitting at left, and her brother Fred, standing, posing with Mrs. Wallace and an unidentified toddler, who is sitting on the ground. T...
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Successful Hunt

Date: 1905
Description: Will von der Sump, left, and his brother Fred are posing holding a brace of six rabbits on a stick between them. Each man is holding a shotgun and there is...
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Young Man and Horse

Date: 1905
Description: Fred von der Sump is holding the halter of a horse. A toddler identified as Jim and wearing a dress is sitting astride the horse bareback.
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Kusick Family

Date: 1905
Description: A man and woman, most likely Valentine and Elizabeth Kusick, are sitting on their porch steps. They are flanked by two men standing on the lawn, and there ...
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Foundation

Date: 1905
Description: Two men holding trowels are standing on an improvised scaffold made of wooden kegs and planks while working on a cement block foundation wall. Two other me...
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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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