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Farmer Making Soap

Date: 1910
Description: The farmer and his wife are making soap outdoors. Lye is made by letting rain water seep through wood ashes for several months. Lye and fat produce soap. T...
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Mr. and Mrs. Moody Price

Date: 07 30 1946
Description: Mrs. and Mrs. Moody Price. Mrs. Price recorded a tune for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas.
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Couple in Norwegian Clothes

Date: 1875
Description: Portrait of a couple in old-style Norwegian clothes, with the woman holding a book on her lap.
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William and Johanna Husking Corn

Date: 1900
Description: William and Johanna Krueger are sitting in chairs husking corn in a cleared field. A large pile of corn stalks is piled in front of them, with a barrel of ...
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Kruegers and Goetsches

Date: 1908
Description: Outdoor group portrait of August and Mary Krueger and William and Bertha (Krueger) Goetsch. The two women are sitting in chairs, while their husbands are s...
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Mr. and Mrs. William Goetsch

Date: 1922
Description: William Goetsch and his wife Bertha Krueger Goetsch standing outdoors between two chairs, each wearing a corsage. Bertha is holding a bouquet of flowers in...
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Outdoor Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. William Goetsch

Date: 1908
Description: Outdoor portrait of William Goetsch and his wife, Bertha Krueger Goetsch, sitting in chairs on a lawn. They are each wearing a corsage, and William's hat i...
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William and Mary Upham with Two Unidentified People

Date: 12 20 1867
Description: Formal studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of William Upham (standing, left), his wife Mary Upham (seated, left), and a man and woman, bot...
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Unidentified Man and Woman

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of a waist-up portrait of an unidentified man and woman. They are seated, facing forward, with their hands in their laps. He ...
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Unidentified Couple

Date: 1888
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman and man posing together. The woman is wearing a dark-colored dress and is sitting on a prop stone...
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Joseph Ager and Wife

Date: 1868
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of a man and a woman. Joseph Ager, a farmer from Ripon, is sitting. His wife is standing next to him with her hand on his shoulder...

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