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Family and Wagon

Date: 1900
Description: A family of seven, including a baby, posing on and around a wagon with bales of hay in rocky terrain. There are steep hills behind them.
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Roaring River

Date: 1915
Description: Five men in suits pose near the Roaring River in a canyon.
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Bird's-Eye View of Town

Date: 1921
Description: View from bluff of Cassville with the Mississippi River in the background.
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Lovers' Lane

Date: 1921
Description: View down pathway in wooded area, which crosses over a wooden pedestrian bridge.
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Cassville Cemetery

Date: 1921
Description: Rows of tombstones at the cemetery. The gravestone of Myrtle Schmelz is legible.
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Canning Factory

Date: 1921
Description: The back of the Klindt-Geiger Canning Company grounds. The site includes a two-story factory, a silo, and a water tower. There is a reel lawn mower lying o...
Postcard

Boats Along Shore of the Mississippi River

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Description: Postcard labeled in photographer's hand: "Souvinr [sic] Mississippi River, Cassville." A Frank Feiker 'Souvenir' postcard of several excusion boats on the ...
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Hartford Cottage on the Mississippi River

Date: 1910
Description: A small cottage in a wooded setting. There is a small boat with a man on the shoreline. There is a steep bluff on the far shoreline. A Frank Feiker 'Souven...
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Velie Automobile

Date: 1914
Description: Two men sitting in an open car in a field. There is a bluff in the background. On the front of the car underneath the windshield is a license plate with th...
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Amelia Street

Date: 1907
Description: View across unpaved street of several houses, with board sidewalks, fences and power lines. In the background is a bluff.
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Jacko Slough

Date: 1910
Description: View along shoreline of a man fishing on a bank while smoking a pipe in Jacko Slough.
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Small Launch with Group of People

Date: 1900
Description: View from shoreline of group of people on an excursion boat which is along the shoreline.
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Small Boats on Shoreline of Mississippi River

Date: 1910
Description: View from shoreline of small launch with two canoes and a rowboat on the shoreline of the Mississippi River. There is a child in the canoe in the foregroun...
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Steamboat "J.S." on Mississippi River

Date: 1900
Description: View from shoreline of steamboat. The letters 'J.S.' can be seen at the top of the boat. There are many passengers on board. Two men stand in the foregroun...
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Man with Horse and Buggy

Date: 1900
Description: Man standing in front of barbed wire fence with an orchard behind him. He is holding a branch of leaves and what appears to be fruit. The horse and the bug...
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Girl Posing on Horse

Date: 1910
Description: Girl wearing a dress posing on a horse in front of a house.
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Chickens Feeding on a Farm

Date: 1900
Description: Large group of chickens eating on a low wooden platform set on the ground.
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Gus Klindt Home

Date: 1905
Description: View from street of front of house with porch and balcony. In 1951-52 this home was owned by Noah Brinkman. There is a pony or donkey grazing in the yard o...
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Gus Klindt Home

Date: 1905
Description: View from street of front and side of the Gus Klindt home. The house was owned by Noah Brinkman in 1951-1952. The yard is fenced and there are two children...
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Raft Boat and Log Raft

Date: 1910
Description: View from shoreline of a steamboat and a long raft or barge far out on the Mississippi River. Smoke is streaming from the smokestack of the sternwheeler.

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