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Congregational Parsonage

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Description: View from road of parsonage. There is a porch on the right side, and a hand-pump on the back stoop of a smaller, one-story section of the parsonage in the ...
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Elsie Ferguson and Pedro de Cordoba in an outdoor scene still for "Barbary Sheep"

Date: 1917
Description: English noblewoman Kathryn, Lady Wyverne (played by Elsie Ferguson), sits on the edge of a rustic well in a scene still for the 1917 silent film "Barbary S...
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Girl at a Well

Date: 1927
Description: A Kabyle girl holding a pail at the well, with another pail sitting on the ground at her feet. The well has a stone wall around it with a rope and pulley s...
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Meadow Brook Resort on Highway 13

Date: 1925
Description: View across lawn of the main building of Meadow Brook Resort. An automobile is parked in the drive and a group of young women are posed sitting in front of...
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Cozy Nook Cottages at "Wee Hoose" Service Station

Date: 1929
Description: Two small guest cottages on the side of a road. A well is on the right, and a birdhouse is on the left near a bench. The White House hotel is across the ro...
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Bauer's Rooms — 814 Elm St.

Date: 1931
Description: View from street of a house in a residential neighborhood with rooms available for tourists.
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Breezy Hill Cottage

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Description: Duplex cottage with automobiles parked in the back and on the left. Flowers are in window boxes.
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Oxen at the Well

Date: 1929
Description: Three men working with an oxen to draw water from a well with a skin bucket. The well has a stone structure holding the pulley.
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Wooden House with Well

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Description: View across yard towards a two-story wooden house. There is a well on the left side of the house.
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Well Drilling

Date: 07 1901
Description: Two men drilling a well in the Will's woods using a cable tool drilling rig powered by a team of two horses. A wagon, various pipes, and other drilling equ...
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Drilling a Well

Date: 07 1901
Description: Two men drilling a well in the Will's woods using a cable tool drilling rig powered by a team of two horses. One man is standing next to the drill holding ...
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Family in Front of their Home

Date: 1905
Description: View across yard of an unidentified family posing in front of their home. In the foreground is a hand-pump. From the left a young boy is sitting in a rocki...
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Aasta, Aamott, Aastbrobakken, Norway

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Description: Colorized elevated view of a Norwegian rural home. The buildings in the foreground are the home of Lars Haagenson. Across the Glomma River is the Aaseth Es...
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Posing Next to a Well

Date: 1950
Description: Three women and man posing next to a water well under a pavilion in a park. The women pose while the man pretends to drink from a bucket.
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Man with Mower in Farmyard

Date: 1900
Description: Man with horse-drawn mower in yard of farm. There is a horse-drawn carriage on the drive in front of the large farmhouse.
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Outdoor Group Portrait of People in front of Unidentified Residence and Stable

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Description: View across unpaved road and fence towards a group of people posing in front of a two-story wooden dwelling on the left, and a stable. on the right. A man ...
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Reetz Pump House

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Description: Reetz pump house, a small shed built under the base of a derrick. A woman is standing by the open door with her hand on her hip, and two men are inside, on...
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Reetz Pump House

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Description: View through open door towards the Reetz Pump House, where inside two men are operating a pump. One of them may be Steve Hopkins.
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Serbian Draw Well in Valjevo

Date: 1914
Description: A soldier is using a draw well in a yard and is drinking water from the bucket. Another man is standing nearby. It appears to be raining or snowing.
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Water Wheel in the Desert

Date: 1915
Description: Water wheel in the Syrian desert.

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