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Men with Oxen at Mill

Date: 1899
Description: A group of men are standing with three or four teams of oxen pulling wagons at what appears to be a mill. Several buildings and a chute are in the backgrou...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Harvester Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1897
Description: Finnish language catalog, featuring an illustration of an enlarged three leafed clover which is surrounded by clover flowers, wheat and a dragonfly. Small ...
Postcard

Old Wade House; Blacksmith Shop

Date: 
Description: Ektachrome postcard of the blacksmith shop next to a stream. Text on reverse reads: "The Blacksmith Shop was Sylvanus Wade's first venture in Greenbush....
Photograph

Mill Building — Walnut Grove

Date: 03 26 1938
Description: View from road toward two men are working on the mill building. There is a barn and silo in the background on the right. Handwritten on back: "Mill buildin...
Photograph

South Side of Mill — Walnut Grove

Date: 03 26 1938
Description: A man is working near the mill. Handwritten on back: "South side of mill showing pit for water wheel."
Photograph

Mill Building — Walnut Grove

Date: 03 26 1938
Description: A man is sitting on the right looking down at the spillway. Buildings are in the background. Handwritten on back: "Mill building — note pillar to support o...
Photograph

Mill Building — Walnut Grove

Date: 03 26 1938
Description: Two men are looking toward the back of the mill building which is on the right. Behind the man on the right is the Blacksmith Shop. In the distance are fen...
Photograph

Walnut Grove Restoration Workers

Date: 08 04 1938
Description: Group portrait of workers posing at the back of the Grist Mill at Walnut Grove. A number of the men are holding their tools. Herbert A. Kellar, in charge o...

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