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| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | Three men taking a break during harvesting. Their horse-drawn reaper raked the grain into rows as it cut. In the background are various farmstead buildings... |
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| Description: | A work crew raising the bents of a barn framing system using pike poles. A valley is in the background beyond the hill where the barn is being constructed. |
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| Description: | Dahl took a series of pictures of barn raisings, one of many community activities he photographed. Here the crew is installing a top plate on the side wall... |
| Date: | 07 16 1912 |
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| Description: | An overview, from the west bank, of the power dam construction site. The high trestle is in the background, and the narrow gauge electric railroad is in th... |
| Date: | 09 30 1912 |
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| Description: | Pile drivers working within the confines of the coffer dam. Men are on the high trestle constructing chutes for pouring concrete. |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Large group of people posed in, on and around the frame of a barn at a barn raising. A smaller building is in the background on the left. Cultivated fields... |
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| Description: | Barn raising, showing the stone foundation and timbers stacked in a pile in the foreground. A smaller building is on the left behind the tower support for ... |
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| Description: | Group of men working on a barn raising, showing some of the workers up on the frame securing the timbers, and other workers carrying more timbers into posi... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of workmen posing with a partially built shed or corn crib. One man in sitting on the roof timbers. Two wagons with lumber are parked... |
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| Description: | View across field towards two men posing standing on the frame of a barn under construction next to a large haystack. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Group of women posing in front of the new barn foundation. Jennie Krueger is standing second from the right, Florentina Krueger is standing fourth from the... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Men building a new barn for the Krueger family. The framework, foundation, and part of the siding are put up. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | A group of thirteen men are standing in front of a newly constructed barn. Alexander Krueger is standing in the back, second from left, and Edgar Krueger i... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Two men holding trowels are standing on an improvised scaffold made of wooden kegs and planks while working on a cement block foundation wall. Two other me... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View of a barn under construction. The roof support beams are in place. Several men are posing on the left in the hay loft and one man above standing on to... |
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