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Family Group in Front of Farm Buildings

Date: 1890
Description: Man and woman posing sitting, each holding a child in their lap, and a young man, girl, and a boy holding a toy horn, are posing standing. The group is pos...
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Farmhands and Cattle in a Farmyard

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Description: Group portrait over fence of two men, a woman, and a boy posing in a farmyard with cattle and a team of oxen. In the background are farm buildings and a ph...
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Men Planting Seedlings

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Description: Man and a boy posing standing and holding white pine seedlings in a field. Four men are crouching in a row planting the seedlings in a field. In the backgr...
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Outdoor Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Outdoor portrait of an unidentified woman posing standing and leaning against a narrow column of a wooden porch in front of a house. She is wearing a dark-...
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Outdoor Group Portrait of European American Women

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of six unidentified women and a girl posing sitting and standing in a yard.
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Man with Carpentery Tools

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a man posing standing and holding wood-working tools on a shaded patch of ground in a field. Displayed around him is a trunk with more ...
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Woman on a Horse

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Description: Exterior portrait of a woman posing sitting side-saddle on a horse in a field. There are roads in the background, and a building in the distance on the rig...
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Cow by a Fence

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Description: A cow standing by a wooden fence, with a field and wooden building in the background.
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Run-Down Farm Buildings

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Description: Elevated view down hill towards a wooden building in the distance. There are haystacks next to the building. There is a forested hill in the background.
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A Sow and Her Litter in a Pig Pen

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Description: View across fence towards a pigpen, towards a sow and piglets. In the background are trees and a hill in the distance.
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Large Barn

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Description: View towards a large wooden barn. A sign on the cupola on top of the roof reads: "L.W. Drew 1908." There is a lightning rod on the top of the cupola, and f...
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Farm Scene

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Description: View across barnyard towards men sitting in several wagons and buggies. Around them is a tall windmill and two barns.
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Haystack and Cows

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Description: View across field towards a group of cows around a large haystack. There is snow on the ground. In the distance are more fields, a building, and a small hi...
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Threshing Scene

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Description: View towards six men posing standing in and on top of a large haystack. In front of the haystack is a man standing on a large pile of hay on a wagon near t...
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Horses Pulling a Reaper

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Description: View across yard towards a man standing on the back of a reaper pulled by a team of two horses on a road.
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Chickens in a Yard

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Description: Chickens in a yard in front of wooden building on the left, and on the right a sideways double-exposure view of trees. The shadow of the photographer is on...
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Large Barn with Stone Foundation

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Description: View across yard of a man posing standing in front of a large wooden barn with a stone foundation. Other farm buildings are in the background.
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Grand Army of the Republic Reunion

Date: 06 1895
Description: View across field towards a large group of people in the distance walking behind a band along on a town street. Identified as the reunion of the Grand Army...
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Couple in the Road with Their Horses

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Description: View of a man and a woman standing on a road near a wagon and two horses. There are wooden buildings in the background.
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Shake Hollow School

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Description: View down road towards of a small wooden school house with children in the yard in front of it. Identified as Shake Hollow school in the town of Franklin.

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