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Children and Adults Engaged in Yard Work

Date: 02 20 1915
Description: A woman and boy are using "sedge brush" brooms to sweep a dirt yard as two women — possibly social workers or Agricultural Extension employees — look on. A...
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Boy Aiming Gun While Father Watches

Date: 06 12 1945
Description: Ira Kurth, 3918 Manitou Way, with children Stuart and Kathleen. Stuart is aiming a gun while his father and sister look on.
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L.C. and Daisy Bates with Men and KKK Cross

Date: 10 15 1956
Description: Daisy and L.C. Bates with two men and a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) cross that they found in their yard. Because this event preceded the integration crisis of 1957 ...
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Man and Woman on Front Lawn

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Description: A man smoking a cigar and wearing a helmet sits on a chair on a front lawn with a woman, presumably his wife, standing behind him.
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Man Sitting on a Porch

Date: 07 01 1962
Description: Conrad Breunig sits smoking on his back porch and smokes a pipe. A retired farmer, Mr. Breunig now builds models and small wagons in his shop.
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Young Children in Littered Backyard

Date: 1924
Description: Three young children standing in a backyard in very poor condition, including the lack of a lawn, exposed trash piles, and other litter.
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Sweeping the Yard

Date: 02 20 1915
Description: A woman and young boy sweep yard with "brush broom" while another woman with two children looks on. Two additional women, possibly Agricultural Extension e...
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Two Men with Implements and Cigarettes

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Description: Two men in work clothes and hats pose in a yard with farm implements. Both of them are smoking cigarettes.
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Mount Sterling Hotel

Date: 1921
Description: A man holding a bucket stands outside the Mount Sterling Hotel. Three other men are in the background.
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People Posing in Yard of Frame House

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Description: Man and woman posing sitting, and two men and two young girls standing, along with a dog in a yard in front of a frame house with a porch. Farm buildings a...
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People Posing in Front of Log Farmhouse

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Description: View across yard towards a group of eight people posing in front of a log house. On the left two young women are standing near an older woman, who is sitti...
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Frame 10: Rickety Houses on Muddy Street

Date: 1964
Description: Two homes along a dirt road with a small child on the front porch of the nearest house.
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B. Shelly, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: "B. Shelly indicates hydrants which is sole supply of water to two households, nine persons ages 84, 76, 63, 41, 26, 12, 11, 5, 3. Boards are necessary to ...
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Putnam Residence

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Description: View of Putnam residence and post office, with Mrs. Putnam sitting in a chair on the lawn, and Mr. Putnam (with a pipe in his mouth) standing behind her on...
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Portrait of Mr. Spangenberg

Date: 1910
Description: Informal portrait of “Mr. Spangenberg, RR bridge tender”, sitting in the sun with his dog on his lap, talking and pointing. He is wearing a hat and has a p...
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Copy Photograph of Exterior View of Residence

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Description: Copy photograph of an exterior view of a wooden house with a European American man and woman posing standing in the yard. Identified as 404 Chestnut Street...
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Outdoor Group Portrait of European Americans

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of an unidentified group of people. Four women and one man are posing standing on a wooden walkway in a yard.
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Portrait of Kent Wood with Two Dogs

Date: 1897
Description: Outdoor portrait of Kent Wood, with a pipe in his mouth and sitting in a cart, posing with two dogs. All three are in profile. The side of a building is be...
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Group Portrait of the Krueger and Buening Families

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of the Krueger and Buening Families in front of the Krueger household. Florentina, Edgar, August, Alexander, Mary and Jennie Krueger with Ed...
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Buening and Krueger Families

Date: 1910
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Florentina, Jennie, Alexander, August, Mary, and Edgar Krueger with Ed Buening, Mrs. Buening, and their son in front of the Krueg...

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