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Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 06 1837
Description: Lithograph based on a painting by Mrs. E.E. Bailey showing the Peck cabin, the first house in Madison. In addition to the cabin, the lithograph includes a ...
Photograph

Abraham Schmocker Seated Outside His Log Cabin

Date: 1885
Description: Abraham Schmocker, a "hermit" who lived in "Stumptown" near Alma, seated on a bench outside his log cabin, holding a kitty.
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Poster for "In Old Kentucky"

Date: 1893
Description: Color lithograph poster. The image depicts two men fighting near a bridge and raging river. One man has driven the other to the precipice. A caption below ...
Photograph

Cows Corralled Before Milking

Date: 05 31 1935
Description: View over fence towards cows in a corral. Men are standing on and near the fence in the background. Two horses are in the field just beyond the cows among ...
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Victor Johnson

Date: 1935
Description: Two men are working outdoors. The man on the left with a carpenter's apron is Victor Johnson.
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Men Straightening Railroad

Date: 1935
Description: A group of men are working on straightening railroad tracks.
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Ben Jordan

Date: 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "Ben Jordan (tallest), steward at construction division mess, and the boys who feed me." A man standing on the right is holding a c...
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Sawmill Breaks Down

Date: 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "Building an empire? The sawmill breaks down and what a crowd of onlookers to 'supervise' repairs."

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