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Men in Yard and on Porch

Date: 1871
Description: Four men and woman near large frame house with carpenter's lace and latticework at bottom of a frame house; house has two doors, one with glass trim, gable...
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Men Pose in front of Large House

Date: 1872
Description: Four men pose before a large frame house with carpenter's lace on its porch, a bracket style roof, one gable with a window with a fan shaped ornament, two ...
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Jerome Skaalen with Wife and Guests

Date: 1878
Description: Some men are in a yard sitting and standing with scythe, rake and pitch fork. A woman sits on the front porch of a frame house with shutters, one closed on...
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Family in Yard for Coffee

Date: 1875
Description: Family posed in yard around a table set for coffee. Behind is a large frame house with stone foundation, latticework at bottom of front porch, and lightnin...
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Family around Table Outdoors

Date: 1877
Description: A large family is posed in the front yard around a table set with a white cloth and glassware, before a two-story bracket style house with a hip roof. The ...
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Family Seated in front of House

Date: 1875
Description: Large bracket house with shutters and man on porch; carpenter's lace in excess; family seated in yard in front of house. House also has latticework at foun...
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Man Tipping his Hat on Porch

Date: 1878
Description: Greek revival frame house with Doric columns. A man is standing on the porch tipping his hat. A woman is sitting on the porch, and a woman is standing on a...
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Family Sitting in Yard

Date: 1874
Description: A family is seated in chairs randomly spread in the yard of a frame house with shutters, a stone foundation, carpenter's lace brackets and two front doorwa...
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Family of Fourteen

Date: 1871
Description: A family of fourteen in yard outside upright and wing frame house on stone foundation, with board fencing in the foreground.
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Family posed in Chairs

Date: 1872
Description: A family of twelve is seated in chairs in the yard of an upright and wing house.
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Men on Chimneys

Date: 1874
Description: A unusual scene on an unidentified farmstead probably located near Pleasant Springs, Wisconsin. A family is posed in the yard of a frame house, as is usual...
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Large Family around Table for Coffee

Date: 1873
Description: A family of sixteen in yard around table set for coffee. Three men are in the background, one holding a shotgun. There is a frame house with shutters and s...
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Family in front of Frame House

Date: 1870
Description: Family sitting in chairs in front of fence, with two men standing behind the fence near a well wearing top hats. A frame house with a porch is behind them.
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Family in front of Home

Date: 1874
Description: Family in front of picket fence, with girl and baby carriage behind gate, man on horse, brick house with hipped roof and shutters, and two boys on porch ro...
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Harmon J. Hill and Family

Date: 1879
Description: Harmon J. Hill and family, all dressed formally, posing in front of their home. This sandstone house was built in 1857 and later became part of the Univers...
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Courtyard at Cliff House

Date: 1878
Description: Courtyard at Cliff House, a resort hotel built shortly after 1872 when Devil's Lake was reached by rail. The house has a stone first floor, a balcony on ea...
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Family around Table

Date: 1876
Description: A family of twelve is grouped outdoors around a table. Behind them is a picket fence and a frame house, with latticework and carpenter's lace decorating it...
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Professor R.B. Anderson, his Family and Visitors

Date: 1877
Description: "Professor R.B. Anderson, his Family & Visitors." Seated outdoors left to right around a table are: Mrs. R.B. Anderson, H. Herlofson, Professor Rasmus B. A...
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Halle Steensland Home

Date: 1878
Description: The Halle Steensland home, an impressive two-story brick house in Maple Bluff, with five family members posed along the front porches. It is possible this ...
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Rev. Jacob Aall Ottesen, Family and Guests

Date: 1876
Description: "Rev. J.A. Ottesen, family and family group on the veranda" from Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views." First row left to right: Mrs. Ottesen, Fro...

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