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Evangelical Church

Date: 05 31 1965
Description: Elevated view of Evangelical United Brethren church in the vicinity of Highway T.
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Erosion on McPeak Farm

Date: 1928
Description: T. N19 R. 4W about section 19, McPeak farm. A 50 foot deep ravine is seen rapidly eating its way toward farm buildings.
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Oil City

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view from hill towards farm fields and houses. Tree-covered hills are in the distance.
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Oil City

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view from hill towards farm fields and houses in Oil City. Tree-covered hills are in the distance.
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Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 10 08 1997
Description: Group of men harvesting cranberries.
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Russell Motor Patrol

Date: 07 20 1929
Description: Emil Anderson operates a road grader marked "Russell Motor Patrol No.3" on Highway 12.
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"The Undertaker, The Banker and The Doctor"

Date: 1911
Description: A portrait of Frank King's neighbors posed around a bench outdoors on Flora Dell Lake. From left to right, an unidentified man is described as an undertake...
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Large Round Barn

Date: 05 31 1965
Description: Exterior view of a farm with a round barn. A truck and farmhouse is behind and to the left in a grove of trees.
Photograph

Wetherby Cranberry Company Farm

Date: 09 09 1922
Description: The farmhouse of the Wetherby Cranberry Company. At the time the farmhouse was owned by H. Kissinger. In the foreground is the corner of the water reservoi...
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Flooded Cranberry Marsh

Date: 07 24 1922
Description: A weed killing flood at Robert Rezin's Cranberry Marsh.
Photograph

Harvesting Cranberries Contained by Booms

Date: 1997
Description: Harvesters wade through cranberries contained by booms in the cranberry marsh as they travel on a conveyor belt into the waiting trucks.
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Loading Cranberries into Truck

Date: 1997
Description: Cranberries fly off of a conveyor belt onto a large pile in the back of a truck during harvest.
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Men Positioning Cranberry Booms

Date: 1997
Description: Men positioning floating booms to confine the cranberries so they can be harvested.
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Man at Conveyor Belt for Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 1997
Description: A man stands in the water next to the conveyor belt that transports cranberries into the truck.
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Men Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 1997
Description: Elevated view of harvesters wading through cranberries contained by booms to feed them onto a conveyor to be loaded into the waiting trucks.
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Man Pulling Boom

Date: 1997
Description: A man wearing waders walks knee-deep through water and floating cranberries as he pulls a boom used for confining the cranberries so they can be harvested.
Map or Atlas

U.S. Military Reservation, Map 1

Date: 1909
Description: This is one of a set of two topographical maps showing land use, roads, railroads, bridges, and buildings with ownership in parts of LaFayette, Greenfield,...
Map or Atlas

U.S. Military Reservation, Map 2

Date: 1909
Description: This the second of a set of two topographical maps showing land use, roads, railroads, bridges, and buildings with ownership in parts of LaFayette, Greenfi...
Photograph

Three Peaks on Highway 71

Date: 05 26 1947
Description: View across road and fields towards three wooded hill peaks. A roadside fence is in the foreground. Caption reads: "D.A. 36-268 — Three peaks on Hy.71 betw...
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Barnyard Monarch

Date: 1975
Description: View across water towards a rooster perching in a barn window, looking over his domain.

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