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Second Herman Amberg Preus Spring Prairie Parsonage

Date: 1869
Description: This is the second Herman Amberg Preus Spring Prairie parsonage. Four men in the foreground pose with rakes and tools. One man sights along a shotgun. Oth...
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Family in Yard of Farmhouse

Date: 1872
Description: A family is posing in the yard of a farmhouse near the porch. A child is sitting in a baby buggy. Farm buildings, farm implements, wagons and people are in...
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Staircase Danger

Date: 07 1927
Description: A girl holding a long coat or blanket, a broom, and a dustpan while descending a flight of stairs at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm.
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Rotten Well Covering

Date: 03 1926
Description: A child sits on a rotten wooden well covering while playing in the mud with a piece of metal and holding a can marked "Salted Pecans." An automobile is in ...
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Two Boys with a Pail of Water

Date: 1913
Description: Two boys holding a pail of water. There is a wagon parked near a building in the background. Original caption reads: "Bringing a pail of warm water for the...
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Two Boys and a Woman Holding Milking Machinery

Date: 10 1906
Description: Two boys dressed in dark work shoes, overalls, and button-up shirts are standing on either side of a woman in front of a doorway. The woman is dressed in a...
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A Bucolic Scene

Date: 1900
Description: Two young women and a girl stand in a pasture with a cow and a calf. One of the women is holding a pail; the other a sprig of flowers.

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