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Hans Holtan Family

Date: 1879
Description: This is said to be the family of Hans Holtan (a.k.a. Austinson) posed in the yard before a frame house that has carpenter's lace on porch, two separate doo...
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Family Playing Croquet near Farmstead

Date: 1878
Description: A family is posed in farmstead front yard playing croquet and looking at a farmer on a horse-drawn sulky cultivator in cornfield.
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Herman Amberg Preus and Caroline Keyser Preus House

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Description: Wood frame house with carpenter's lace and family seated and standing to side of house in background. A windmill and small barn with cupola is in the right...
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Family of Herman Amberg Preus Playing Croquet

Date: 1873
Description: A family is gathered in a yard playing croquet. Nearby a child sits on a rocking horse and holds onto a small wagon. Behind that are some women and another...
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Family Standing on Porch

Date: 1870
Description: A family stands on the porch of small frame house with wing additions. A well is on the far left, and farm buildings are in the background.
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Charles Taylor Family

Date: 1902
Description: Family portrait of Charles Taylor, his wife, Ellen Wishart, and their two children taken on the lawn in front of their house. Lorena Taylor, standing besi...
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Family Seated in Field Outside Home

Date: 1910
Description: Portrait of a family in field. A man holding a cigar leans against a tree trunk, and a woman and young girl are seated on a broken limb which lies over the...
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Hable and Krueger Families

Date: 06 1899
Description: Group portrait of the Hable and Krueger families posing in the yard in front of a house. Two of the men are holding newspapers. Featured are Julius Hable, ...
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Oscar Hendrickson Family

Date: 1932
Description: Oscar Hendrickson and his wife pose with their sons Kenneth and Myron in front of their house. Kenneth, a student at the Mud Branch School, District No. 2,...
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Huffstetter Home

Date: 1908
Description: Farmhouse home and family of William Huffstetter.
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Stanley Herrling Farm

Date: 06 06 1961
Description: Son Gregg Herrling cooks on a grill while the rest of the family relaxes on the patio of Stanley Herrling's Swiss-chalet type home. This is one of a series...
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Two Sisters Wed Two Brothers and Share House

Date: 08 04 1961
Description: Brothers Edward and Oscar Saalsaa wed sisters Helen and Doris Andrews in 1942. They all lived together and farmed together. Doris and Oscar Saalsaa (left)...
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Rephotographic Pair: Tower Rock Farm

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Description: A vintage view and a modern view of Tower Rock Farm, presented as a pair. The vintage view shows the Jacob Gasser family posing in front of the farmhouse. ...
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Group at Ed Kearns

Date: 1905
Description: Group portrait of three men, seven women, and eleven children, including two infants, posing in front of a two-story wood frame house. They are shaded by t...

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