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The William Fiebelkorn Farm

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Description: William Fiebelkorn and his wife Anna stand at a fence on their farm. William is holding a toddler. The house, the barn, several outbuildings and a windmill...
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Child on Horse-Drawn Mower in Yard of Victorian Home

Date: 1900
Description: Group of people posing in front of large Victorian home (Joseph Robbins?). A child is sitting on a horse-drawn mower in the yard in front. The horses are w...
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Stock Farm

Date: 1920
Description: A handwritten sign identifies the "Shing-Wak Stock Farm, John B. Breselle (?) Prop., Dealer in Draft Horses." It also advertises "Green Mountain Seed Potat...
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Men Moving Cream Separators

Date: 05 23 1925
Description: Men moving cream separators using a truck. The sign painted on the passenger side door of the truck reads: "Hogge Bros. Beecher City, Ill." In the backgrou...
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Tractor Pulling Garbage Wagon in Neighborhood

Date: 08 17 1926
Description: View across street towards a man driving a McCormick-Deering tractor pulling a garbage wagon in a neighborhood. There is a house on a hill in the backgroun...
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Alfred Holt with a Pail of Berries

Date: 1905
Description: Looking at the camera, Alfred Holt, smiling, with a tooth missing, is holding a pail full of freshly-picked berries. Mrs. Annie McClure is standing behind ...
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McClure Berrying Party

Date: 09 1906
Description: The McClure family, holding berry pails and baskets, are posing, one behind the other, in front of the Island Lodge porch. Children are sitting in the back...
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Strawberries and First Long Trousers

Date: 06 15 1918
Description: Donald Holt, who is 16 years old, is wearing his first long trousers, marking the transition from boyhood to manhood. He is taking a strawberry that Mrs. W...
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Trowbridge and Holt Children

Date: 07 11 1913
Description: After berry picking, the group of Trowbridges and Holts display their tin cups filled with local fruits. Names from left to right: Calvin Trowbridge, Elean...
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Blackberries

Date: 08 13 1921
Description: A group of berry pickers, standing in front of Island Lodge, are showing their harvest. Names from left to right: Unknown, Unknown, Elizabeth Stroh, Don De...

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