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Woman Sidesaddle on Horse

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Description: Woman posing sitting sidesaddle on a horse in a field. In the background are low hills.
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Family in front of Hans Kjorstad Residence

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Description: View of group posing on the lawn in front of a two-story frame house. Four men in the background on the left are standing near two teams of horses; three m...
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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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Horse Sheds for Farmers

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated view of group of people and horses in front of horse sheds for farmers after the 1911 flood, looking north, downtown on Harrison Street. In the fa...
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Women Posing on River Rocks

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Description: A group of four women posing on river rocks. Each woman is wearing a long skirt, blouse, and hat. The first woman on the left is identified as being Tillie...
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Kjorstad Home

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Description: View of group of people posing on the lawn in front of a two-story frame house, possibly the residence of Hans Kjorstad. On the left is a man sitting in a ...
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Group Posed at the Foot of Silver Mound

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Description: Two women and fourteen men posed standing and sitting in front of a log building, probably at the foot of "Silver Mound" near Hixton. One seated man is pos...
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School Group Posing Outdoors

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Description: Group portrait of a woman and a group of boys and girls posing standing on the snow-covered ground behind a barbwire fence, in front of a wooden building w...
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People in Yard in front of a Frame House

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Description: Man posing standing and holding/sharpening a scythe, with a dog sitting nearby. Three children are sitting in the grass, and a woman is standing in front o...
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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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People in front of Frame House

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Description: Three men, two women, two boys, and a girl are posing standing near a wagon pulled by a team of two horses. Behind them is a tall frame house with a large ...
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Group of People in Front of Frame House

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Description: Three people are standing in front of a frame house which is at the foot of a small tree-covered hill. On the left a man is standing with a team of two hor...
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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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Large Group of People Posing Outdoors

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Description: View down slope towards a large group of men, women, and children posing sitting and standing in a wooded field in front of a traveling photographer's wago...
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Group of People Posing on a Rocky Hill

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Description: Group of men, women, and children posing sitting and standing among the rocky outcrops at the base of a rocky hill.
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Rock Spring Park

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Description: Seven women, a dog, a young girl and a man are posing standing at the bottom of a rocky hill. A steep stairway is leading up to the top of the hill, where ...
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Group of People on a Bridge

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Description: View from shoreline of people, men, women and children, gathered in groups on a wooden bridge. A sign in the middle of the bridge reads: "$50 Fine for Cutt...
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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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