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Two Women with Cleaning Implements

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Description: Two women are standing on the small porch outside an open kitchen door, near implements used for daily household tasks such as washing, scrubbing, sweeping...
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House and Family

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Description: Family posing in yard of house with four horses, with two pulling a horse-drawn carriage. There are four women, two men, a young man, five young girls, and...
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Crochet Club

Date: 1900
Description: Group of fifteen women gathered around three tables behind a home, probably the DMC Club, an exclusive social and sewing society named for an imported bran...
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Turn-of-the-Century Bicyclists

Date: 1900
Description: Sidney Catle, on bike, stands with his sister Sarah to his right, Harvey Richards, and twin sisters.
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Snake Charmer

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Description: A smiling woman poses with three Pine(?) snakes around her neck and in her hands. She is standing outside, before an over-turned bench and trees, wearing a...
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Farm Family and Farm

Date: 1889
Description: A farm family posing in front of farm buildings and farmhouse. The young daughters are wearing matching dresses. Men in the background are standing with a ...
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Elevated View of Town and River

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Description: Elevated view of buildings in town with river in the background.
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Woman Sitting in Chair with Cane

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Description: Woman posing sitting in a chair and holding a cane in the yard of a house, probably Mrs. Hassel Phillips.
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Couple with Small Child in Yard

Date: 1898
Description: Man, woman, and small child posing standing in a yard in front of a frame house.
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Father and Daughter in Yard

Date: 1898
Description: View across yard towards a man posing sitting, and a girl and dog standing. In the background is a frame house.
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Family and Dog in Front of House

Date: 1898
Description: A man, woman, mother-in-law, and three children posing in the yard in front of a clapboard frame house. The young girl in the middle is holding a doll, and...
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Farm Family Posing Outdoors

Date: 1900
Description: View down driveway towards a farm family posing in front of their farmhouse and farm buildings. An older man and woman are sitting. Three women are standin...
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Family Posing in Yard

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Description: A family of five posing with their dog in the yard in front of their house. On the left is an older man sitting in a chair with a child in his lap, and in ...
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Farmhouse on Hill

Date: 1900
Description: View up hill towards farmhouse. There is a woman using a hand-pump in the yard on the right.
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Two-Story Frame House

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Description: Two-story frame house with a porch on the right half. A log sidewalk is in the front yard.
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Group with Cows in front of House

Date: 1905
Description: Two boys, each with a cow, posing in front of a house and standing on the lawn framing a woman and young child standing on a board sidewalk.
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Group of People in front of Frame House

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Description: Group of people and a dog in front of small frame house. One of the men is holding a violin.
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Two Women in Front of House

Date: 1895
Description: Two women standing in the doorway of a house, numbered 419.
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Man Sitting in Yard

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Description: Outdoor view of a man wearing a hat sitting in the yard in front of a frame house.
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Girl Posing in Greenery

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Description: A girl stands in a shrubbery arch in front of a house, probably the yard and house of the Spaulding family.

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