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Alexander Lake's Nursery

Date: 1896
Description: A boy and a man are holding up small white pine trees, while workers are planting them at Alexander Lake's nursery. In the background are horses and wagons...
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Railroad Crew with Handcar

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Description: Railroad workers posing with a handcar on railroad tracks.
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Men Using Tractor and Threshing Machine

Date: 1897
Description: Large group portrait of men and young boys operating a steam tractor that is being used for belt-driven threshing machinery in a field. In the foreground a...
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Women and Farmer Posing in a Field

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Description: Five women, two seated in a carriage hitched to a horse and three on foot pose in a field with a farmer.
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Young Woman in Clearing

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Description: A portrait of a young woman wearing a hat and dress, and holding a bouquet of flowers, standing in a clearing. In the background is the darkroom horse-draw...
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Cranberry Growers

Date: 10 1984
Description: Tim Finch and Kay Finch of the Perry Creek Cranberry Company. In the background men work in the cranberry marsh to harvest the berries.
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C.R. Monroe and N.L. Ellis

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Description: Three photographer's wagons, two owned by C.R. Monroe and the other by N.L. Ellis, in front of tents in the countryside. Two men and a woman are posing sta...
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Group of People Posing in Front of House

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Description: Group portrait of a man, four women, an infant, three young girls, and a boy in a yard with chickens and cats. In the background on the right is a photogra...
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Large Group of People Posing Outdoors

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Description: View down slope towards a large group of men, women, and children posing sitting and standing in a wooded field in front of a traveling photographer's wago...
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Farmhands and Cattle in a Farmyard

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Description: Group portrait over fence of two men, a woman, and a boy posing in a farmyard with cattle and a team of oxen. In the background are farm buildings and a ph...
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Threshing Scene

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Description: View towards six men posing standing in and on top of a large haystack. In front of the haystack is a man standing on a large pile of hay on a wagon near t...
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Men and Horses at Farm

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Description: View across grassy field towards a large group of men, horses and horse-drawn vehicles posing along a wooden fence with a gate. There is a farmyard with a ...

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