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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.
Map or Atlas

Luck, Wisconsin : Water Map

Date: 1960
Description: This blue line print map shows pipes, valves, well site, and elevation tank, as well as lot and block numbers and dimensions. The map includes inset of con...
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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 ...
Map or Atlas

Geological Map of Wisconsin Showing Location of Wells

Date: 1905
Description: This map shows the location of artesian wells. Includes a legend depicting various levels of ground water, locations of flowing and non-flowing wells. Incl...
Photograph

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.
Photograph

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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Filling Water Wagon

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Description: Austrian soldiers filling a water wagon from a well.
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Artesian Well

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Description: Stereograph of Artesian well. A stone wall surrounds the well, with an observation area beyond. Groups of visitors are milling about and a drive with horse...
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Drawing Water

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Description: Drawing water from a well in Silly (Silli).
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Turkish Soldiers

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Description: Turkish soldiers at a well in Hebron.
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Cattaro

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Description: At the "luftwasserquelle" open air well on the shoreline in Cattaro.
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On the Road to Albania

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Description: Village well in Albania.
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Montenegro

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Description: A well along a Montenegrin road.

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