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Harold McCormick and his Children at Walnut Grove Farm

Date: 1922
Description: Harold F. McCormick (with cup) and his children, left to right: Muriel, Harold, Jr. and Mathilde at the Walnut Grove farm in Rockbridge County.
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Woman with Axe

Date: 1920
Description: A smiling woman holding an axe holding a pose while chopping wood.
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Boys and Toy Airplane

Date: 1920
Description: Reginald Jackson, Jr., of Madison, holding the toy airplane, and a group of friends, all of whom are wearing short pants, sitting on the windowsill in fron...
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Broom and Wash-Basin

Date: 1920
Description: Unidentified man standing in (a farmyard?) with a broom and wash-basin.
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Building a Sailboat

Date: 01 02 1928
Description: John Nelson, background far right, and [?] Thompson pose next to the racing sailboat they are building for Ernst Schmidt. A portion of the planking has bee...
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Boat Construction

Date: 03 24 1928
Description: The "Green Dragon" racing yacht, left and a dinghy under construction at John M. Nelson's workshop.
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Harvesting Potatoes

Date: 1925
Description: A Ho-Chunk family working in a field at harvest time. Two men are leaning on potato forks, while a woman and children are standing in the background. There...
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Clearing Land

Date: 1920
Description: Four Native American men posing while clearing land for farming. One man is standing atop a stump which has been pulled from the ground. Another man is hol...
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Mrs. Meade with Electronic Kitchen Devices

Date: 1929
Description: A woman is standing at a sink in a kitchen; next to it is a dishwasher. Behind her is a cooking range. Caption on rear of photograph reads: "Mrs. Chas. Mea...
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Boy and Dog

Date: 1920
Description: Edward Brumder holding the attention of his Boston terrier-type dog, who is sitting on the lawn of the Brumder summer house on Pine Lake. There is a lawn r...
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Sixth Birthday

Date: 08 30 1924
Description: Sunlight is streaming onto a screened porch where Barbara Brumder is smiling while sitting at the head of the table. She is posing with a wooden toy hoop a...
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Roadside Picnic

Date: 1924
Description: Margaret Bouer Brumder, far right, is sitting on a car seat cushion set on the ground. She is watching her children Herbert Edmund Brumder, reclining on a ...
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Birthday Party Group

Date: 06 30 1925
Description: Herbert Edmund Brumder, extreme right, sits at a dining table behind his eighth birthday cake. His younger brother, Philip, is also seated at the table an...
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Picnic

Date: 1926
Description: Members of the extended Brumder family are gathered around a long picnic table set up on a tennis court. Built on George and Henriette Brumder's summer est...
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Lunch at Pine Lake

Date: 1929
Description: The Herbert P. Brumder family enjoying a wintertime lunch in their Pine Lake house. They are, from left, Herbert E., Barbara, Margaret, Philip, and Herbert...
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Professor E.A. Birge's Laboratory

Date: 1925
Description: Equipment is set-up in a laboratory at Trout Lake. A map of Oneida County is on the far wall between two windows.
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Page 8 from "A Few Glimpses of Stanley McCormick School"

Date: 02 08 1921
Description: Page from booklet with a photograph at top with caption that reads: "Picnic lunch on a Monday excursion to the woods." Caption for photograph at bottom rea...

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