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Churning Butter

Date: 05 12 1933
Description: Ellen (Mrs. William) Lacy, of Sunny Slope farm, 5810 Lacy Road, south of Madison, sitting in the farmyard and turning a barrel butter churn.
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Factory Worker Standing Among Wooden Barrels

Date: 04 03 1919
Description: Factory worker in soiled clothing standing among wooden barrels in a snow-covered factory yard. The man most likely worked at International Harvester's Osb...
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Family Gathered by House

Date: 1869
Description: A family is standing and sitting in a yard of the porch of a upright and wing frame house that has a diamond shaped attic window, two doors in front and ha...
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Croquet in the Yard

Date: 1874
Description: A family playing croquet in the yard of a side gable frame house with a porch. A birdcage is hanging from the porch and a young girl is clutching a doll. A...
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Nicoline Hegg Jacobson and her Two Girls

Date: 1877
Description: Nicoline Hegg Jacobson and her two girls are standing in front of a frame house that has lathe on roof for climbing. Vines are growing in window boxes and ...
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Family with Infant

Date: 1870
Description: A family of seven, including a babe in arms are in front of a frame house with a stone foundation and latticework under the porch. A tree stump is in the l...
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Cottage and Yard

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Description: Exterior of one-story building. One of the doorways has been boarded up.
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Side Wall of Country Home

Date: 10 18 1964
Description: View of a side wall and rear entrance of a small country home owned by Mrs. Kay Curtis. A collection of yard tools hang from the siding near a screen door,...
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Rain Barrel

Date: 1923
Description: A rain barrel standing beneath a drain spout on a farmhouse. A barn is in the background.
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Ludden's Poultry and Eggs

Date: 1921
Description: Exterior view of Ludden's Poultry and Eggs from the dirt road. The shop features a porch, gable roof, and fenced yard. There are wooden crates and barrels ...
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Spring Blossoms

Date: 1925
Description: Fruit trees are blooming in the tall grass in the yard of a wood frame farmhouse. Two barrels are standing by the front porch.
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Mrs. Ch. Harris

Date: 1925
Description: A woman stands by the gate beside a wooden house, possibly at Newport. The house's downspout drains into a rain barrel. Lake Michigan is in the background...
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People in Front of Frame House

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Description: Group of people posing in front of frame house. Two men, two girls, and a woman are standing, and two boys are sitting on the ground. They are all wearing ...
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Family in Front of House

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Description: View of group of people posing in a yard. A man is sitting surrounded by a woman, young girl and boy, and an older boy. The young girl is holding a hat and...
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Frame 27: Integrated Canvassing

Date: 1964
Description: Two women stand on the porch of a home. Three men, probably Freedom Summer volunteers, are talking to them.
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Children on Porch, Phelan's Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: A group of children, several holding balloons, gather on the porch of a building near a debris-scattered yard.

“Row upon row of dilapidated buildings, th...

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House and Barn Combination

Date: 1918
Description: Exterior view across yard of a two-story house with a barn built adjacent to it. Two people are standing near the door of the house. In the yard is a woode...
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Group of People Next to House

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Description: Two women, two boys, two girls, and a small girl are posing standing at the corner of a frame house. A woman is standing next to a column of the porch, and...
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216 Campbell Street

Date: 1905
Description: View of the house at 216 Campbell Street. Construction materials are piled about the property, suggesting it was recently built. A small group of people ar...
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W.T. Murray Residence; Main and Melrose Streets

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Description: View of a young girl playing in the leaves in the yard of a two-story wooden house. A man and woman and a dog stand watching in the background on the far l...

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