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Front Steps of McCormick Family Home at Walnut Grove

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper" showing the front steps of the McCormick family home. The film was produced by Internati...
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Cream Separator at Farmhouse

Date: 1923
Description: A woman wearing an apron is standing on the porch of a farmhouse to look at a McCormick cream separator at the base of the stairs. Nearby a man wearing ove...
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Poor Farm

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Description: Front view of the Poor Farm. Two front porches attach to the houses with decorative columns and lattice work. One of two front doors is open, and a side do...
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Staircase Danger

Date: 07 1927
Description: A girl holding a long coat or blanket, a broom, and a dustpan while descending a flight of stairs at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm.
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Broken Steps

Date: 04 19 1925
Description: View of the door leading into a grainery, with broken floorboards and wooden steps.
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Descending Stairs without Railing

Date: 03 1926
Description: A man carrying a burlap bag over his shoulder descends a flight of wooden stairs without a railing.
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Salting Ice-Covered Steps

Date: 03 11 1926
Description: A man uses salt from a metal pail to cover ice-covered steps to the farmhouse at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm.
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Cellar Entrance

Date: 1923
Description: A woman wearing an apron and holding a bowl is posing on the stairs of a cellar bulkhead on the side of a farmhouse. A bell on a wooden pole is next to the...
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Outdoor Wash Stand

Date: 1923
Description: A boy using a pitcher and bowl set on a table outdoors to wash up after doing farm chores.
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McCormick Mill Restoration Project

Date: 09 1937
Description: View down wooden walkway towards the front of the mill, which is built into a hill. The roof has been removed, and the interior stairway to the second floo...
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Slave Cabin — Walnut Grove

Date: 05 09 1938
Description: View towards the front and right side of the slave cabin built of chinked logs with a peaked roof. Steps lead up to the door, and a small window is on the ...
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Slave Cabin — Walnut Grove

Date: 05 09 1938
Description: Exterior view of the open door at the end of the slave cabin. The steps continue to rise up inside the cabin to the second floor which has an exposed peake...
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Slave Cabin — Walnut Grove

Date: 05 09 1938
Description: View of side of slave cabin with a small window. Steps are on the end of the building on the left. An exterior stone chimney is on the end of the cabin on ...
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Slave Cabin — Walnut Grove

Date: 08 04 1938
Description: View towards the front of the slave cabin built of chinked logs with a peaked roof. Steps lead up to the closed door, and a small window is on the left. Th...
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Slave Cabin — Walnut Grove

Date: 08 04 1938
Description: View towards side of slave log cabin which has a small window. Steps are on the end of the building on the left. An exterior stone chimney is on the end of...

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