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Ott Family

Date: 1919
Description: The extended Ott family posing in front of a woodpile of split and cut wood stacked against a log barn located on the Ott farm. The man is adjusting his gl...
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Seaplane

Date: 1950
Description: A young man wearing jeans and a t-shirt is handling the luggage as two well-dressed women exit a small seaplane. The pilot is watching from inside the plan...
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Chandler & Price Platen Press

Date: 1911
Description: Three men and one women are posing with two Chandler and Price Platen Presses for letterpress printing. The safety guards have been removed from the gear w...
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John Merker and His Grandmother

Date: 1915
Description: John Merker (1900-1961), dressed in straw hat, bib overalls and a work shirt, is holding a pipe in his left hand. He is wearing a fake beard. His grandmoth...
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Workers Cleaning Seeds

Date: 1938
Description: A roomful of workers are cleaning seeds using "The Clipper Cleaners" manufactured by A.T. Ferrell & Co., Saginaw, Michigan. The machines are arranged in fo...
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Hernkind Family

Date: 1905
Description: Kate and August Hernkind, sitting, are posing with their seven children outdoors. Daughter Nellie is standing between her parents. The other children are, ...
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Under the Apple Tree

Date: 05 19 1905
Description: Mae (Margaret) von der Sump is holding a branch of blossoms as she poses with her mother, Bertha, and father Frank under an apple tree in full bloom. There...
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Will Koeppe's Horse

Date: 1905
Description: A horse with saddle and bridle is standing near a woman and two men. The woman is dressed in a fancy blouse and dress; the men are wearing bib overalls and...
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Group at Ed Kearns

Date: 1905
Description: Group portrait of seven adults and nine children, including two infants, posing sitting and standing under a tree near the open door of a two-story wood fr...
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Kusick Family

Date: 1905
Description: A man and woman, most likely Valentine and Elizabeth Kusick, are sitting on their porch steps. They are flanked by two men standing on the lawn, and there ...
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Family Group

Date: 1910
Description: Five Von der Sump siblings posing for an outdoor portrait. Mae, at far left, is sitting in a chair with her feet on a pillow. Behind her is Leta, with an a...
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Grain Binder

Date: 1910
Description: A woman holding the reins of a saddled horse is standing next to a Milwaukee No. 10 grain harvester and binder hitched to three horses. A man is sitting on...
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Stebbins House

Date: 1904
Description: A group is posing in front of a two-story wood frame house with a lower wing at left. Mae von der Sump is standing near a column at the left of steps leadi...
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Barn Raising

Date: 1905
Description: A crowd of men, women and children are posing on the beams and floor of a new barn on the Frank von der Sump farm. The barn has a stone foundation. A porti...
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Hernkind House and Family

Date: 09 08 1904
Description: August Hernkind, center, and his wife Kate are posing with their seven children in front of their one and one-half story wood frame farm house. Their daugh...

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