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Father Reading to Son

Date: 12 28 1981
Description: Father reading "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain to his son.
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The Riesen Family

Date: 05 28 1955
Description: The Riesen family, John, Jeanne, Linda and Jon, playing in their home.
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Man Reads Magazine to Young Child

Date: 08 1925
Description: Mr. Wolfe sitting in a chair reading Successful Farming magazine to a young child on his lap.
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Peterson Family at Home

Date: 1915
Description: Mr. Peterson is sitting in a rocking chair reading the newspaper and smoking a pipe, while Mrs. Peterson is standing at the stove with their young son, Jam...
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Family in front of Home

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Description: A couple and their young child and a baby are sitting at a table in their yard. Behind them is a frame house with very small windows on the front second st...
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Family in front of Home

Date: 1878
Description: A family is sitting around a table with a cloth, vases and other objects on it. The man on the left is wearing a top hat, and a flower in his lapel. The tw...
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G. Larsen Family near Two-Story House

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Description: The G. Larsen Family sits in their front yard. Behind them a sewing machine can be seen on the porch of their two-story house.
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K. Doxstad Family and Reverend Erik Jensen

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Description: The K. Doxstad family is posed in their yard around a table covered with heavy books. A baby carriage is on the left and an older woman with her knitting i...
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Family in Yard by Picket Fence

Date: 1875
Description: Family in yard in front of picket fence, with a farm house and a building among trees in the background. The family is gathered around a table, and a young...
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Andrew Amundsen Family

Date: 1877
Description: The Andrew Amundsen family is sitting around a table covered in a white knit cloth. Some of them are holding books. Their frame house is in the background....
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Family by Table and Baby Carriage

Date: 1871
Description: A family is in a yard around a table. Behind them is a large brick house with four chimneys, railings on its front porch and latticework enclosing the side...
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Family around Table Outdoors

Date: 1877
Description: A large family is posed in the front yard around a table set with a white cloth and glassware, before a two-story bracket style house with a hip roof. The ...
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Family around Tables Set for Coffee

Date: 1874
Description: Family in front yard around two tables set for coffee, tea and perhaps some other beverage. Frame house in back has a sign for grass seed from Whitewater o...
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Family in front of Home

Date: 
Description: A couple and their young child and baby sit at a table in their yard. Behind them is a frame house with very small windows on the front second story and gl...
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Family in front of Home

Date: 
Description: A family sits in a yard around a table with a cloth, vases and other objects on it. The man on the left is wearing a top hat and a flower in his lapel. The...
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Chess Game

Date: 1910
Description: William Middleton, left, plays chess against an unidentified opponent. Williams' son, Forest, with chin in hands, watches with an unidentified man and wom...
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William Krueger with Twins

Date: 1899
Description: William Krueger sits between the twins, Edgar and Jennie Krueger. There is a fur rug on the floor.
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Krueger Family Four Generation Picture

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Description: Portrait of four generations of Krueger men. William and August are sitting from left to right. Behind them, Alex is standing holding Edgar. There is a fur...
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Scene at Munson Farm after Cyclone

Date: 06 12 1915
Description: Group of men and boys standing around the exposed foundation of a house in the foreground. There is part of an overturned roof on the left. Broken wood is ...
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Martin K. Dahl House

Date: 1885
Description: Martin K. Dahl, far left, sits with three women around a table which has been set in front of an iron fence which encloses a manicured yard. Two of the wom...

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