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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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Girls in Red, White and Blue

Date: 1904
Description: Nine girls are posing standing and wearing patriotic costumes. One girl is holding a flag of the United States. Probably a smaller group, from a total of t...
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Lumber Camp

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Description: Elevated view of lumber camp with loggers posing in front of a train loaded with logs.
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Crochet Club

Date: 1900
Description: Group of fifteen women gathered around three tables behind a home, probably the DMC Club, an exclusive social and sewing society named for an imported bran...
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Steam Tractor with Sod-breaking Plows

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Description: Two men are posing standing on a steam tractor on the right, probably a Linnell, attached to sod-breaking plows steered by two men on the left. Behind them...
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Women Posing in Stream

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Description: Group of women in comical poses pulling up their skirts while standing in a stream. One woman stands on the river bank on the right. Behind them is a hill...
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Relaxation on Hammocks

Date: 1898
Description: Men and women sitting in two hammocks. The people pictured are Julia Murray Ormsby, Fred Werner, and R. Effie (Ettie) Meinhold.
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Farm Family and Farm

Date: 1889
Description: A farm family posing in front of farm buildings and farmhouse. The young daughters are wearing matching dresses. Men in the background are standing with a ...
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Family Portrait

Date: 1910
Description: Five people, possibly family, posing in front of a building. A man is standing on the left with his arms crossed, and two women stand on the right near tre...
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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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Class Portrait in front of School

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Description: Woman and a group of boys and girls posing standing and sitting on the steps in front of a brick building. Probably a school group and possibly the Black R...
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Couple with Small Child in Yard

Date: 1898
Description: Man, woman, and small child posing standing in a yard in front of a frame 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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Three People on Ladder

Date: 1899
Description: A man and two women standing on a stile of broad wood in the middle of a field. The man standing on the second step, wearing a coat, bow tie, and fedora. T...
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Barn Raising

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait of a large group of workers, along with women, children, and dogs, posing on the frame of the barn they are building.
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Farm Family Posing Outdoors

Date: 1900
Description: View down driveway towards a farm family posing in front of their farmhouse and farm buildings. An older man and woman are sitting. Three women are standin...
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Family Posing in Yard

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Description: A family of five posing with their dog in the yard in front of their house. On the left is an older man sitting in a chair with a child in his lap, and in ...
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Group Posing in front of Storefront on Main Street

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Description: View from street towards a group of people poing in front of the storefront of the Jones and Marsh Dry Goods. John Marsh, the proprietor, is sitting on the...
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Crowd of People on Stagecoach

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Description: People crowding together on a stagecoach. It was kept in the Price barn and brought out for special occasions like the Jackson County Fair. Passengers were...
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Group of People with Stagecoach

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Description: Group posing with a stagecoach known as the "W.T. Price Stagecoach." Beside the lady driver, in the center front seat, is Frank Oberholtz. On the top rear,...

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