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Family Group in Front of Farm Buildings

Date: 1890
Description: Man and woman posing sitting, each holding a child in their lap, and a young man, girl, and a boy holding a toy horn, are posing standing. The group is pos...
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Alexander Lake's Nursery

Date: 1896
Description: A boy and a man are holding up small white pine trees, while workers are planting them at Alexander Lake's nursery. In the background are horses and wagons...
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Farm Family and Farm

Date: 1889
Description: A farm family posing in front of farm buildings and farmhouse. The young daughters are wearing matching dresses. Men in the background are standing with a ...
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Black Breeding Stallion

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Description: Horse with a long neck and short back in front of a barn. Probably a breeding stallion of a carriage horse breed.
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Man with Calf and Cow

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Description: A man stands on a road in front of a wire fence and field, and holds the end of a rope tied around the neck of a calf.
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Men Using Tractor and Threshing Machine

Date: 1897
Description: Large group portrait of men and young boys operating a steam tractor that is being used for belt-driven threshing machinery in a field. In the foreground a...
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Couple in Field

Date: 1899
Description: Man sitting on chair, and woman standing with hand on his shoulder, in a field with a wooden fence in the background. He holds a hat in his hands. She is d...
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Three People on Ladder

Date: 1899
Description: A man and two women standing on a stile of broad wood in the middle of a field. The man standing on the second step, wearing a coat, bow tie, and fedora. T...
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Man with Two Horses

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Description: Man posing with two horses in a farmyard. Fences and farm buildings are in the background. A tower on the far right may be a windmill.
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Men Displaying Horses

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Description: Men displaying horses. The man in the center is probably John Meek. Buildings are along the opposite side of the street.
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Man Training Horse

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Description: Man training a horse on a rope line in a farmyard.
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Cornfields

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Description: Cornfield and views of houses from a hill.
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Woman on a Farm

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Description: A woman stands on a road that travels through a farm. There are several farm buildings visible along with a wagon.
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Two Women Overlooking a Garden

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Description: Two women stand in the distance overlooking a garden on a farm.
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Group on Farmhouse Porch

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Description: A group of men, women and children gather on the front porch of a farmhouse. In addition to the traditional farm buildings, a windmill is visible near the ...
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Man Posed With Two Horses

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Description: A man poses, displaying two horses in the yard of a simple framed house. A woman sits on the steps of the house with a dog nearby.
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Peddler at a Farm

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Description: A male peddler shows goods to two women and a young boy. In the background, farm buildings and a windwill are visible.
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Man and Cattle

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Description: A man, possibly Virgil Taylor, is standing in a pen that is holding two short-horned cattle, one of which is drinking or eating from a bucket.
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Girl Watching Cows

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Description: A young girl stands in a field watching cows.
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Farmer Feeding Hogs

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Description: A farmer is carrying buckets, presumably to feed his hogs that are following him in the pen.

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