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Reverend Jakob Aall Ottesen

Date: 1874
Description: The Reverend Jakob Aall Ottesen (1825-1904), his wife Cathinka Doderlein Ottesen, their family and visitors are posing in a yard around a table set for cof...
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Family having Coffee in Yard

Date: 1874
Description: A family is seated around a table while a woman pours the coffee. Behind them, two people stand in the doorway of a frame house. A man stands on the roof o...
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Family near Farm Building

Date: 1879
Description: Family in yard around a table, with wood fence and frame house behind; one lady has a stereoscope in her lap. The house has an angular small addition with ...
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Large Family around Table for Coffee

Date: 1873
Description: A family of sixteen in yard around table set for coffee. Three men are in the background, one holding a shotgun. There is a frame house with shutters and s...
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Knud Gjesma Farmhouse

Date: 1875
Description: A family group of eleven sits around a table with a pitcher and books before the farm house of Knud Gjesma.
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Farmhouse Hazards

Date: 08 1927
Description: A child sitting on the floor of a farmhouse kitchen near a cloth-covered table. A lit oil lamp, pot, and utensils are sitting on the table, illustrating th...
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Knife Precautions

Date: 07 1927
Description: View from above of an open drawer revealing sharp knives mixed in with other kitchen utensils.
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Elm Valley Farm

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Description: A woman sets tables and chairs for a meal inside the dining room at Elm Valley Farm.
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Woman with Dumbwaiter

Date: 1920
Description: Mrs. John Bowers removing a plate of food from the dumbwaiter in her Benton County farmhouse.
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Breakfast Nook

Date: 1931
Description: Two benches, and a table covered with a cloth is set with a vase of flowers and a creamer dish, are standing beneath curtained windows in a farmhouse break...
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Wiedmeyer Home — Interior

Date: 2004
Description: Florence and Harold Wiedmeyer have been married for 65 years and lived here for 62 years. They raised 12 children.
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Electric Cord on Nail

Date: 07 1926
Description: A man wearing a bow tie is toasting a piece of bread on an electric griddle with its cord hanging on a nail on the wall at International Harvester's Hinsda...
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Mrs. Guener Washing Dishes

Date: 10 1923
Description: Mrs. Guener washing dishes while sitting on a stool attached to a sink in J.O. Waggoner's home.
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Woman Drying Dishes

Date: 1916
Description: A woman wearing an apron is standing near a wheeled butler's tray while drying dishes in a kitchen. A sink, table, chair and utensils are behind her.
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Woman in Kitchen

Date: 1919
Description: A woman wearing an apron standing near a wheeled butler's tray in a kitchen. A sink, table, and chair are standing against the wall, and various cooking ut...
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At the Farmhouse

Date: 04 27 1968
Description: Members of the Petersen family gathered for a meal at the farmhouse, also referred to as the Baker house, at Black Point Estate. The room is open to the ra...
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Leonore Middleton at Home

Date: 1950
Description: View through room towards Leonore Middleton, in another room, holding a majolica plate. She is sitting next to an open dish dresser which holds other potte...

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