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| Date: | 1829 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored lithograph of Fort Armstrong on Rock Island, based on a drawing by Henry Lewis. Foreground shows a tree floating in the water. |
| Date: | 1829 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored lithograph of Fort Armstrong, based on a drawing by Henry Lewis. Includes boats on the Mississippi River. |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | Watercolor painting of farm and farmhouse, residence of Mr. Daniel Lewis. |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Yahara River at the Steensland Bridge. A man stands on the bank. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | View of fork in road, with split-rail fence in the center. There are buildings in the far background on the left. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A farmer is operating a horse-drawn mower as it makes its way down a dirt road between split-rail fences towards a barn. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A farmer is operating a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder in a field. A group of people, including two adults and four children, are looking on. The femal... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Rear view of a McCormick horse-drawn grain binder operated by a farmer in a field. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A farmer operates a horse-drawn grain binder in a field while another man in work clothes looks on. Two men in dress clothes sit in a buggy in the same fie... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A man wearing dress clothes and holding a raised switch is driving an ox-drawn mower down a path in a field. The man is also wearing a bowler or derby hat ... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A man sporting a beard and wide-brimmed straw (?) hat is operating a mower pulled by two horses in a field. The field is on hilly terrain. A dirt road and ... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A farmer wearing a bowler or derby hat is voperating a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder in a field. The farmer is holding a switch. A cornfield and sever... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A farmer operating a horse-drawn binder in a field, while cattle are grazing nearby. A farmhouse, several farm buildings and a windmill are in the distance... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A farmer is operating a grain binder pulled by two horses in a field. His switch is drawn. Farm buildings are in the distance. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A farmer is operating a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder in a field, while workers are gathering sheaves of grain. The farmer is holding a raised switch. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A farmer operating a horse-drawn mower entering a gate in a split-rail fence. A dirt road is leading off into the distance. There are also several wooden f... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Scenic view across field of farmstead, including farmhouse, two large farm buildings, one small shed, and a split-rail fence. A family is posing on the por... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A farmer operating a horse-drawn mower enters a path leading to a brick farmhouse. The image contains architectural details, including decorative brickwork... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A farmer is sitting on a horse-drawn mower in a field of grain, while a boy is looking on from the side. Both the man and boy are wearing hats and suspende... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A farmer is sitting on a mower pulled by two horses in the middle of a field. Two other men appear to be herding cattle along a path beyond the field. A fa... |
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