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Hile House

Date: 1921
Description: View from across road of the Hile House. This is where the actress and Confederate spy Belle Boyd died on June 11, 1900, in the front room, over the office...
Painting

Rural Free Delivery

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Description: A woman waiting by her mailbox receives a Sears Roebuck catalog delivered by her mail carrier who drives a horse-drawn wagon. The farmhouse and barn are vi...
Photograph

Farmhouse and Barnyard

Date: 04 1926
Description: Chickens stand in a barnyard surrounding a farmhouse. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to illustrat...
Photograph

Farmall A Tractor Fitted with Homemade Mail Cab

Date: 1941
Description: A Farmall A tractor that has been fitted with a homemade cab delivering mail to a farm. The cab on top of the tractor has a decal on the side that reads: "...
Photograph

Spring Blossoms

Date: 1925
Description: Alice Hotz Apfelbach, right, and her younger sister Margaret Hotz pose in front of a picket fence along a dirt lane which is now Highway 42. Behind the fe...
Photograph

Wade House Opening Day

Date: 06 06 1953
Description: The official opening of Wade House. Amid great fanfare, complete with an appearance by poet Carl Sandburg, Wade House opened to the public on June 6th, 195...
Photograph

Jens L. Gregerson Farm Tourist Home — Highway 16 East

Date: 1931
Description: Farmhouse with accommodations for tourists. There are bushes and trees in the lawn, and a bench and lawn swing.
Photograph

International Truck Delivering Cream Separator to Farm

Date: 05 26 1927
Description: View uphill towards a truck on a driveway with a cream separator in the bed of the truck. A sign painted on the side of the open truck bed reads: "McCormic...
Postcard

The Crawford Farm

Date: 
Description: View towards a farm, with farmhouse and barn. A road is on the left of the farmhouse, and a telephone pole is in the foreground. Caption reads: "'The Crawf...

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