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Two Women with Cleaning Implements

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Description: Two women are standing on the small porch outside an open kitchen door, near implements used for daily household tasks such as washing, scrubbing, sweeping...
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Extended Family of Aslak Olsen Lie

Date: 08 29 1876
Description: The extended family of Aslak Olsen Lie posing before the home he built in 1849 with his brother Ole after immigrating in 1848. The house is a combination o...
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Mother and Children Decorating Christmas Bread

Date: 12 05 1956
Description: Anne De Witt, 5502 Tolman Terrace, is being helped by her daughter Maureen De Witt, 4, to decorate Christmas bread while her other daughter, Beth De Witt, ...
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Outdoor Portrait of Children

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Description: Outdoor portrait of five children and various dolls in front of a small wooden structure or cabin. A boy is standing on the left side, holding the handle t...
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People Posing in front of Wooden Building

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Description: Group portrait of five men, and a woman holding a baby, standing in front of a large, two-story wooden building, possibly a farm implement or feed store. A...
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Logging Camp

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Description: Group of men, women and children standing on the snow-covered ground in front of a log building. Some of the men are posed holding logging tools, and two o...
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Florence Gericke

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Description: View of Florence Gericke as an infant, sitting in a wash basin.
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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 Posing in Front of House

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Description: Group of adults and one infant in front of a house with chink-log construction along one side, and board siding on the front. On the left a woman is standi...
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Young Women Posing with Household Implements

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of seven European American women. Four of them are posing standing and three are posing sitting, with an inf...
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August Carrying His Granddaughter

Date: 05 1932
Description: Alexander Krueger carrying Shirley Krueger in a hand woven basket supported by a neck yoke. A barn is in the background.
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Family and Dog on Lawn Next to House

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Description: Exterior view of family posing on the lawn in front of a house. The woman on the left is standing on a board sidewalk holding a broom. Behind her, another ...
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Baby on Landing of Building

Date: 1922
Description: View across the yard towards James Peterson sitting on a landing near the open door of a house or farm building with two windows. Stacked on a crate near t...
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Sleeping Child in Highchair

Date: 1913
Description: James is sleeping while sitting in a highchair. There is a bowl and spoon on the tray.

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