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Group Portrait of African Americans in front of Building

Date: 02 17 1915
Description: Group portrait of African American children and adults posing in front of a run-down building with a stone chimney — possibly a rural school house.
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Family Farm House

Date: 1879
Description: Harold and Gunhild Mickelson with five of their daughters (Bertha Mickelson Bragger and her husband are standing on the right), in Section 23 of the Town o...
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Woman Doing Laundry in Alabama

Date: 04 29 1935
Description: A woman outdoors next to a house standing over a large, black pot, possibly doing laundry. Four children are playing around the woman near the entrance.
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Syl in front of Octagon Cottage

Date: 11 1900
Description: Syl standing in front of a octagonal-shaped Gordon Cottage. The edge of the roof has crenelations along it, and a brick chimney is in the middle the roof. ...
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Plantation Log Cabin

Date: 1900
Description: View of a group of three women and seven children sitting on the porch of a log cabin. The caption at top right corner reads: "On The Plantation."
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Adobe House

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Description: View of man and two boys standing in front of an adobe building. In the background, two girls are playing in the building's entrance while a dog walks by t...
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Railroad Depot

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Description: Exterior view of a railroad depot. Men and women gathered on and near the tracks to board trains. Published by Quillin Bros. Druggists.
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New Braunfels Passenger Station

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Description: Exterior view of the New Braunfels Passenger Station for the International and Great Northern Railroad.
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Group of Men near Two Wooden Buildings

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Description: Group of men and a young girl posed standing and in wagons outside two large wooden buildings, possibly a sawmill. There is a row of barrels along the top ...
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Zeda Sawmill

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Description: Men posed in front of and atop a sawmill, possibly the Zeda Sawmill.
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Hotel Iris

Date: 1926
Description: View across road of the Hotel Iris, with a large group of men and boys posed in the yard, on the screened-in porch, and near a delivery van parked on the l...
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Business District

Date: 1922
Description: View across unpaved road of the Preston Business District. Three men and a young child stand in front of what may to be a general store, with large show wi...
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General Store

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Description: View across street of the General Store. A group of five men, two women, and three children are standing in front. with a windmill is in the back and a sta...
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Red Mound Street Scene

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Description: View across street of a general store on the right, and another business on the left. Two men and a dog pose in front of the general store. A horse and bug...
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A Busy Day, Retreat

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Description: View down dirt road of horses and delivery wagons parked near wooden buildings on the left. A group of people are assembled, some on the porch of a large b...
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Tobacco Warehouse Which Pay Annually $12,000 for Labor

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Description: View across unpaved road of the front of a brick two-story tobacco warehouse. Three men are posed standing on the stoop in front of the door. A barefoot gi...
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Lutheran Church

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Description: Three-quarter view of front and side of the Lutheran church. There are two belfries flanking the steps to the entrance. The main windows are arched stained...
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Man, Children and Cats Multiple Exposure

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Description: A man in work clothes and a hat stands in front of a weathered wooden building. A cat crouches near his feet, another sits to the right. Tall grass is grow...
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U.S. Army Machine Gunnery School

Date: 1918
Description: View across snow towards a child standing near the United States Army machine gunnery school, which is surrounded by other buildings. The towers and onions...
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Arpin Lumber Co. Sawmill

Date: 1890
Description: 90,000 feet of pine logs floating in the storage/sorting pond at the Arpin Lumber Company sawmill. The sawmill and other buildings are in the background. O...

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