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Two Women with Cleaning Implements

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Description: Two women are standing on the small porch outside an open kitchen door, near implements used for daily household tasks such as washing, scrubbing, sweeping...
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House and Family

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Description: Family posing in yard of house with four horses, with two pulling a horse-drawn carriage. There are four women, two men, a young man, five young girls, and...
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Woman Sitting On Steps

Date: 1905
Description: Elderly woman in a long skirt sitting on the front steps of a house.
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Mose Bone Sample Room

Date: 1900
Description: Men at the Mose Bone Sample Room. Two men are sitting on chairs on the porch in front. A male dwarf is walking on the board sidewalk in front of the saloon...
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Women and Children on Lawn

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Description: Women standing on porch and near a house among trees, with children in the foreground sitting on the lawn. One woman is pulling a wagon. R. Rainey home, S....
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Boy Mowing the W.R. O'Hearn Yard

Date: 1898
Description: Boy mowing the lawn in front of an elaborate Victorian frame house, probably the residence of W.R. O'Hearn located at Tenth and Harrison Streets. The house...
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Family in Yard of Large House

Date: 1898
Description: View across yard towards a man sitting in a chair, with two woman standing on the left and right. The two women are wearing black dresses with white bows t...
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Oscar (Boney) Halverson on Steps

Date: 1895
Description: Oscar (Boney) Halverson smoking a cigar on the front porch of a house. He is wearing a shirt with collar, bow tie, suspenders, and high, laced boots, and ...
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Family in front of Hans Kjorstad Residence

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Description: View of group posing on the lawn in front of a two-story frame house. Four men in the background on the left are standing near two teams of horses; three m...
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Man in Buggy

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Description: Man in a top-buggy posing with a team of two horses in front of the Merchants Hotel.
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Man Posing with Horse

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Description: Man posing with a draft horse, probably a Clydesdale, in front of the Merchants Inn. There were many draft stallions, English Shire, Clydesdale, Norman Per...
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Circus Wagon in Parade

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Description: Rear view of a circus wagon going through town, with a band on top pulled by a team of six horses. People are walking in the street behind the wagon, and t...
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Farmhouse on Hill

Date: 1900
Description: View up hill towards farmhouse. There is a woman using a hand-pump in the yard on the right.
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Two-Story Frame House

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Description: Two-story frame house with a porch on the right half. A log sidewalk is in the front yard.
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Group of People in front of House

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Description: Group of people in front of a frame house with a top-buggy. Four women and two men The man on the far left is holding a bicycle.
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Group of People Posed in front of House

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Description: Group of people posed in front of a frame house. Two women, one seated, and a child in a buggy on the left side; two men, a seated dog, and a bicycle on th...
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Group Posed in front of House

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Description: Three women, four men (one seated), a boy, and a girl posing in front of a house.
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Group of People on Front Porch

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Description: A man playing a violin is standing near a woman and three children in front of a frame house.
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Group on Front Porch of House

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Description: Four women and a man seated on the front porch of a frame house.
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Group of People near Frame House

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Description: Group of girls passing by a frame house with a well in the yard. Two women and a man pose in the left doorway.

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