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Sternwheel Steamboat J.S.

Date: 1907
Description: The sternwheel excursion boat, J.S., at a landing at Cassville. People with umbrellas wait on shore. Inscribed Souvenir J.S. The J.S....
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Denniston House

Date: 1900
Description: Denniston House, P.J. Schnorrenberg, proprietor. View across railroad tracks of the hotel entrance with porch. A man and three women are standing on the po...
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Family and Wagon

Date: 1900
Description: A family of seven, including a baby, posing on and around a wagon with bales of hay in rocky terrain. There are steep hills behind them.
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First Annual Grant County Spelling, Adding, and Writing Contest

Date: 05 07 1909
Description: Large group of school children and adults posed outside. Some of the students are holding banners.
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Main Street

Date: 07 01 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of Main Street. Many people can be seen on the sidewalks and flags decorate the buildings. The street is not paved and several horse-...
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Street Scene

Date: 1909
Description: View from unpaved street of a business district. W.G. Baxter's dry goods store is on the corner, and next to it is the Opera House. A number of people are ...
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Boscobel Meat Market

Date: 1905
Description: A man and a woman stand on the customer side of the counters. Phil Hof stands with a large knife behind a tabled covered with meat, while Sam and Herman Ho...
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Steamboat "Henry Bosse" at Dock

Date: 1900
Description: View from shoreline of a group of people standing on the "Henry Bosse" steamboat, a two-decked sternwheeler. The steamboat is attached to a barge along the...
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Parade through Downtown

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of parade with a band of clowns. One young boy dressed as a clown at the front is holding the American flag, and another clown holds a sign t...
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Family Posing in front of Farmhouse

Date: 1900
Description: This family decided to make a family portrait with a number of the members doing an activity. On the right a man is wielding an ax, while in front of him a...
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Farm Yard with Windmill

Date: 1900
Description: Three people stand in the farm yard. The man on the right is feeding chickens, a woman in the center stands holding an apron. The man on the left is carryi...
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Gus Klindt Home

Date: 1905
Description: View from street of front and side of the Gus Klindt home. The house was owned by Noah Brinkman in 1951-1952. The yard is fenced and there are two children...
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Picnic Scene

Date: 1908
Description: Men and women are having a picnic around a small fire. There is a large wheel for roasting corn. The woman standing farthest to the right is Fannie Kuenste...
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Group with Deer in front of House

Date: 1905
Description: The family hunters and their deer in front of a house.
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Klindt-Geiger Canning Company

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the Klindt-Geiger Canning Company. A group of male and female employees are posing outdoors on the loading dock along the railroad tracks.
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Constructing Brush Dam on Mississippi River

Date: 1900
Description: View across water of men working to construct a brush dam about seven miles north of Cassville. There are two groups of well-dressed people, who appear to ...
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Group Portrait of Students of Cassville Public School

Date: 1900
Description: Outdoor portrait of the entire student body posing on the porches and balconies, and on the grounds of the school. A few people are also posing in some of ...
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Iceboat on the Mississippi River

Date: 1905
Description: The iceboat was built by the Ranke boys. There are about forty-nine people posing in front of the boat. Almost everyone is wearing ice skates. Names: Fred ...
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Emma and Elena Schmitt

Date: 1901
Description: Portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Emma Schmitt (the future Mrs. Sherwin Gillett) and her sister Elena.
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Sunday School Class

Date: 1900
Description: Emma Schmitt's (the future Mrs. Sherwin Gillett) Sunday School class. Emma is in the first one on the left in the first row.

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