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Filter: Year of 1900-1999
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View from yard of blacksmith shop, a home, and a two-story building with a "Gold Medal Flour" sign. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Two automobiles are parked next to a tavern with a Blatz Beer sign hanging out front. An American flag hangs from a flagpole. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Landscaped grounds under large white pine trees in the foreground, buildings in the background. A man is walking along the stone-lined road on the left, an... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View down steep road with guard rail. A car is parked on the side of the road on the right. Over the railing, there is a river and a town with a church bui... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View from hill of a church [?], shed, and cemetery in a valley. A dirt road is on the left. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Exterior of church on hill with arched French doors and a steeple. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A rural landscape with large fields in the foreground and a small town with church in the background. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | View down middle of tree-lined road of a carriage approaching from a distance. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | A man drives a team of horses pulling a wagon across a bridge. The man is standing atop the barreled goods, holding the reins. There is dung on the road. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of the village. Cropland and barns cover much of the landscape. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A man is sitting behind the steering wheel of a Farmall tractor outfitted with a McCormick International Model 234 corn harvester. |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Soldiers of Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement during the Cuban Revolution stand next to a pile of wreckage in a rural area holding guns. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | The exterior of the white public school building. Trees and bushes partially obstruct the view. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Two women pose outside their lakefront cabin. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | A young man fishes on the rocky shore by the Old Mill. The Mill is three-stories high and features a cupola with a wind vane on top. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | A log cabin at Decatur Park. The cabin features a screened porch as well as a front porch. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View down road towards three workers standing on the porch of an auto repair shop. The shop offers Red Crown Gasoline, Peerless Motor Oil, and Firestone ti... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | A cottage with a "Hill-Side" sign. An outhouse is to the right of the cottage. There is a path up the hill on the left. |
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