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Michael Baltus Family in Front of New Home

Date: 1895
Description: Michael Baltus family posing in front of their log cabin two miles east of Auburndale Station, Wood County, with a new frame house under construction nearb...
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Farm Family

Date: 1898
Description: A man, his wife and their two children are posing in front of their farmstead. The man is holding a team of horses. Another horse pulling a buggy is in the...
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Woman Pumping Water from Farm Well

Date: 04 1923
Description: A bundled-up woman hand pumps water from a well into a pail. The ground is covered with ice and snow. Two cars and a farmhouse are in the background.
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Woman Carrying Water to Farmhouse

Date: 04 1923
Description: Woman carrying a bucket of water back to her farmhouse in winter.
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Tractor Running Belt-Driven Thresher

Date: 1914
Description: International Harvester tractor (likely a friction drive) running a belt-driven husker-shredder in the snow-covered yard of a farm.
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Horse-Drawn Binder Pulling into Driveway of Farmstead

Date: 1900
Description: A man is driving a horse-drawn binder into the driveway of a farmstead. Another horse-drawn vehicle is partially visible in the driveway. This farmstead ma...
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Parade Grounds at Camp Delta

Date: 1938
Description: Landscaped grounds under large white pine trees in the foreground, buildings in the background. A man is walking along the stone-lined road on the left, an...
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Stock Day

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Description: Elevated view of horses and wagons being prepared on Stock Day. There is a steep hill with trees behind farm buildings.
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Country Home in the Woods

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of a country home in the woods. Men and women sit on the porch of the house, and a wooded hill rises on the right.
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Man on Road

Date: 07 1965
Description: A man stands on the road outside a home shortly after civil rights volunteers depart from canvassing.

"Leaving a house (on the right) after canvassing. B...

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Broom and Wash-Basin

Date: 1920
Description: Unidentified man standing in (a farmyard?) with a broom and wash-basin.
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Outdoor Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Outdoor portrait of an unidentified woman posing standing and leaning against a narrow column of a wooden porch in front of a house. She is wearing a dark-...
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Outdoor Group Portrait of European American Family; O'Brien Family

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a family group posing standing in front of a wooden house and between two carriages drawn by horses. The group is identified as t...
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Outdoor Group Portrait of European American Children

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of three unidentified children posing in the yard in front of a small wooden house. Two children are standing on either side of a yo...
Postcard

Chickens on the Farm

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Description: A smiling grandfather has his arm around a toddler granddaughter. A toddler boy is standing next to them. They are surrounded by chickens, and behind them ...
Postcard

Feeding the Chicken and Geese

Date: 1900
Description: An unidentified woman standing near a shed is feeding chickens and geese in the barnyard.
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Woman and Dog in a Front Yard

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Description: View across road towards a woman sitting on the ground next to a dog in the yard of a wooden house.
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European American Group of People in the Yard of a Farmhouse

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Description: View across yard in an unidentified location of two men, a woman, two boys, and a girl posing in the yard of a farmhouse. The man on the far left in the ba...
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View towards Unidentified Residence

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Description: View across fence towards a two-story brick house. A man and two children are sitting on the porch. Two farm buildings are in the background on the right.
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View Towards Unidentified People in front of House

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a man, woman and child posing in the tall grass in front of a small one-story wooden house with a small porch. A man is sitting i...

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