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The Salmon Stream

Date: 1923
Description: The original caption reads: "A Hupa youth is waiting with poised spear for the shadowy outline of a salmon lurking in a quiet pool and gathering its streng...
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Chattanooga Plow Works

Date: 1923
Description: Three factory workers at the Chattanooga Plow Works.
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Engine Used to Saw Ice

Date: 1923
Description: A man uses an International 6 H.P. stationary engine and sawcutter to cut through ice. The caption beneath with the photograph reads: "Ice used by our deal...
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International Harvester Engine

Date: 1923
Description: A man uses an International Harvester engine to power a saw. The man is cutting lumber while a child watches from the background.
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Woman with Cream Separator

Date: 1923
Description: Mrs. Waggoner steadying a metal pail on the platform of a cream separator as it is collecting cream at International Harvester's demonstration farm. Milk i...
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Cellar Entrance

Date: 1923
Description: A woman wearing an apron and holding a bowl is posing on the stairs of a cellar bulkhead on the side of a farmhouse. A bell on a wooden pole is next to the...
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Woman at Wood Pile

Date: 1923
Description: A woman, possibly Anna Neary, gathering pieces of chopped wood in her arms as she kneels near a wood pile on the A.E. Bancroft farm.
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Woman with Pressure Cooker

Date: 1923
Description: Mrs. Waggoner opening a pressure cooker on a stove in a farmhouse, possibly as part of a home canning process.
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Self-Wringing Mop

Date: 1923
Description: Mrs. Jake George standing on a wooden porch while using a foot pedal to wring excess water from a mop.
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Outdoor Wash Stand

Date: 1923
Description: A boy using a pitcher and bowl set on a table outdoors to wash up after doing farm chores.
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Woman Chopping Wood

Date: 1923
Description: A woman using an axe to chop wood in a rural area. A pile of logs is in the background.
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Man on Porch

Date: 1923
Description: David Kincaid sits on the front porch of his rustic cabin in the woods, at the entrance gate to "Hotz Trail" Road near Europe Lake. He holds an axe over hi...
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Man on Porch

Date: 1923
Description: David Kincaid sits on the porch of a rustic cabin in the woods, at the entrance gate of "Hotz Trail" Road near Europe Lake. He holds an axe over his should...
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Man with Walking Stick

Date: 1923
Description: A man with a walking stick stands on the shore of frozen Europe Lake. The Hotz boat house and pier are in the background.
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Fishing on Rogers Lake

Date: 1923
Description: View down hill of Fedy (Ferdinand Leonard) Hotz fishing while another man sits with him in a small boat with outboard motor. An oar rests in its lock.
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Boys' Woodwork Group at Neighborhood House

Date: 1923
Description: Group of boys at a woodworking session in the basement shop at Neighborhood House, with boys posing with various tools and planks of wood. In the far backg...
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Albert Peglow in Apiary

Date: 1923
Description: Wisconsin beekeeper Albert Peglow posed standing outdoors among beehives in apiary.
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Train Pushing Through Snow

Date: 1923
Description: Winter scene with a Wisconsin & Michigan train pushing through snow. Men are shoveling snow in front of it. Smoke is billowing from the front of the train.

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