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Monsos Family Home

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Description: View across lawn towards the left side of a two-story wooden house, identified as 819 Main Street, the home of the Monsos Family. The front of the house ha...
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Ed Locken Residence

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Description: View from street towards a man and a girl posing on the porch of a two-story wood-frame house. Identified as the Ed Locken Residence, northeast corner of 4...
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Outdoor Portrait of Unidentified European-American Woman

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Description: Portrait of a woman posing outdoors at the corner of a wood building. She is standing near a crude, wood sidewalk next to a wooden table with two vases of ...
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George Adams Store; South Roosevelt Road

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Description: View across street towards the George Adams Store, located on the east side of South Roosevelt Road. A decorated Christmas tree is in the front window, and...
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Farm

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Description: A view of a farm with a house on the left, a windmill in the center, and a dilapidated building on the right.
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Power Plant

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Description: View across open area towards a brick power plant, where a man and a small dog are standing. Cords of wood are stacked at the left side of the building. On...
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Lucy A. Kaufmann

Date: 1905
Description: Lucy Kaufmann poses in an open, wooded area holding a hoe. She is wearing a tattered hat; her skirt and blouse are torn. There are two sheds and woodpiles ...
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Men Using Farmall Tractor to Power Saw

Date: 10 1931
Description: Two men in a field using a Farmall tractor to power a saw for cutting wood. Albert Sole.
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Bird's-Eye View of Hillsdale

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Description: Slightly elevated view of Hillsdale. Two churches are on the edge of the town in the distance, and a field and dwellings are in the foreground. Caption rea...
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Sugar House

Date: 04 09 1971
Description: View uphill towards a sugar house, constructed of vertical logs, with a tall, metal chimney at the back. Smoke is coming out of the partially open double d...
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Evaporating Maple Sap

Date: 04 09 1971
Description: A man is standing just outside of the partially open double doors of a sugar house and loading more logs into the evaporator. Logs, fuelwood, and a chainsa...
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Chopping Wood

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Description: View across lawn towards a man swinging an ax to split a piece of wood.
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Stacked Firewood

Date: 10 1978
Description: A stack of firewood, covered at the top with plastic, is against the exterior wall of a small wood building. In the background is a tree with red leaves in...
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Man Shoeing an Ox

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Description: View of a man shoeing an ox, which is standing in a sling in a fenced enclosure. In the background, a man is standing near a building and is wearing a suit...
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Camp Sidney Cohen Family Campout

Date: 02 1959
Description: Two men cooking food wrapped in foil on a grate over a fire outdoors. One man's sleeve has a patch that reads: "Family Camping, MFCA Milwaukee." A child is...
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William Leonard Burnap Carrying Wood

Date: 1899
Description: Standing on the steps of Island Lodge, William Leonard Burnap is carrying newly split wood. Jeannette Holt is standing inside the screened-in porch on the ...
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Holt Children and Others Carrying Wood

Date: 08 1905
Description: A group portrait of children carrying newly split wood in their arms. Alfred Holt, wearing glasses, is sitting on a pile of wood in a small wagon. Donald H...
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Deer Friend

Date: 1950
Description: A deer is standing next to a man as he is boiling maple sap over a fire pit in the woods at Blue Farm. Steam and smoke are rising up into the air. On the r...
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Rainy Day Occupation

Date: 08 29 1923
Description: A group of people lined up in a row are carrying arm loads of split pine logs. Left to right: Unknown, Jeannette Holt, Unknown, Unknown, Eleanor Holt, Unkn...
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Dazzling Display

Date: 05 1955
Description: Apple blossoms in an orchard in the spring. Stacked logs are in the foreground.

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