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Three Men Extracting a Stump

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Description: Three men working with a two-horse team on a hill turning a winch to extract stumps, probably a Svenson Grubber sold by J.H. Carnahan.
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Man with Horses in Snow-Covered Field

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Description: A man and six horses standing in a snow-covered field on a hill.
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Women in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Two women wearing large hats stand in a field carrying a pail. Farm buildings are in the far background.
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McKenna Mill

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Description: Lumberyard full of logs and a sawmill in the distance, probably McKenna in eastern Jackson County.
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Farm Fields

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Description: View over fences, fields and road towards several wooden buildings. A man is standing overlooking the fields with his back towards the camera.
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Farm Buildings

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Description: View across field towards a frame house surrounded by farm buildings. There is a road bordered by a fence on the left leading up to the farm.
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People and Horses in Front of a House

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Description: Two young girls, a man and an infant are posing sitting in a wagon pulled by a team of two horses wearing fly-nets. On the right a man and a woman are posi...
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Barn and Cows

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Description: Elevated view from hill of farm buildings, barn, windmill, and cows in a pasture surrounded by a wooden fence. A sign on the barn door reads: "No Smoking."
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Horses and Sheep

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Description: Elevated view over sheep pen towards men displaying several horses in a yard among farm buildings, a frame house and a windmill. Three women and two young ...
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People in Front of Farm Buildings

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Description: In the center is a man posing sitting on a plow pulled by a team of two horses. In front of him is a dog, and another dog is lying behind the plow. Standin...
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Family with Horse-Drawn Plow

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Description: A woman and child are posing sitting on a plow steered by a man standing on their right. The two horses are standing on the left. In the background is a tr...
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Men Planting at the Lake Nursery

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Description: Ten men are working in a field, probably planting raspberries at the Lake Nursery. Some of the men are standing watching. In the background are trees and h...
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Men Operating Farm Machinery

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Description: Elevated view of men and boys operating a steam tractor used for belt-driven threshing machinery. Farm buildings are on the right, and one has a thatched r...
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Field with Workers

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Description: View from grassy field of a field of crops on a low slope. The crops are supported by wire or rope attached to posts at the end of each row. There are work...
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Haystacks in Field

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Description: Haystacks in a field behind a wooden fence. Hills and bluffs are in the far background.
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Men and Woman with Horses

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Description: View across grassy field towards a group of people displaying a line of horses attached to a rope. Farm buildings are in the background.
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Cows in Front of Snowy Barn

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Description: Elevated view of a group of cows in a snow covered yard in front of a barn. There is a wagon and a large haystack on the left. A forested hill is in the ba...
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Men with Wagon of Hay

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Description: Young men and a boy posing standing on and near a wagon full of hay pulled by a team of two horses. The horses are wearing covers on their heads and fly-ne...
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Men and Binders in a Field

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Description: View across field towards a group of men standing near two or three horse-drawn binders. Two men are sitting on the binders, and a team of horses is on the...
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Berry Bushes

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Description: View down row of what may be a field of berry bushes. A wood post in the foreground on the right has wire or rope supporting the row of plants. Trees and h...

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