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Two Men in a Street

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Description: View of two young men standing on a neighborhood street lined with fences on both sides. The house on the right is identified as the Bright home, and the h...
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Farming Scene

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Description: View across road and field towards a farm. The farmhouse is on the right, with farm buildings on the left. A two-horse cart is in the center.
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Farm Scene

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Description: Looking up dirt road towards a farm on both sides of the road. There is pasture with sheep on the left. One sheep is in the road. The farmhouse, windmill a...
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Double Exposure: Farming Scene/House

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Description: A farming scene with two men standing on a tractor that is belt-driving a threshing machine in the background, and a woman and two children sitting on a ho...
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Pigs and Buildings

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Description: View of a big sow and younger pigs between two farm buildings. A man is standing next to a buggy on the left.
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Automobile Accident

Date: 1922
Description: View looking down towards of an automobile resting in a roadside ditch. The soft roof cover is collapsed, and the wheels on the passenger side are bent. Th...
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Dr. Penton's Office, Telephone Company, and Van Schaick Studio

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Description: View from street towards the facades of Dr. Penton's Office, the telephone company and Van Schaick's photography studio. Two men are standing on the sidewa...
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Copy Photograph of Farm Crew Using Steam Tractor

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Description: Copy photograph of a farm crew using a steam tractor and separator. Haystacks are in the background.
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Cows on a Railroad Track

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Description: Two cows are walking down railroad tracks. A man is standing on the road on the right near a small building, looking towards buildings in the distance.
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Copy Photograph of Threshing Crew

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Description: A copy photograph of a threshing crew standing with wagon and threshing machine among cone-shaped haystacks.
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York Iron Mine

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Description: Elevated view of the York Iron Mine. A group of men are standing by the main building.
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York Iron Mine

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Description: Elevated view of the York Iron Mine. Railroad tracks are in the foreground.
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Logging Scene

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Description: Elevated view of logs arranged in piles in a clearing with snow on the ground. Two workmen are standing on a pathway between them. In the background is a m...
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Damage After the 1911 Flood

Date: 1911
Description: View of a bridge damaged by the 1911 flood. Debris is scattered in the foreground.
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Spaulding Lawn

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Description: V across driveway towards a lawn with manicured bushes. Identified as the Spaulding lawn, with a well-manicured yard with sculpted shrubs.
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George Adams Store; South Roosevelt Road

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Description: View across street towards the George Adams Store, located on the east side of South Roosevelt Road. A decorated Christmas tree is in the front window, and...
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View Towards Unidentified People in front of House

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a man, woman and child posing in the tall grass in front of a small one-story wooden house with a small porch. A man is sitting i...
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View of Unidentified Residence

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Description: View towards a small two-story wooden house. A boy is standing in the foreground near a fence.
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View of Unidentified Residence and Unidentified People

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Description: View towards a two-story wooden house. Three women and a boy are standing at the fence in front. A wooden structure is on the left.
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View towards Unidentified Residence

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Description: View across unpaved road towards a two-story wooden house with a screened-in porch. A horse and buggy are parked near the fence on the left. A woman and tw...

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