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| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length vignetted studio portrait of Carrie Lane Chapman Catt when she was still single and a teacher in Mason City, Iowa. |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Carrie Lane Chapman Catt when she was single in Mason City, Iowa. She was first a teacher and then became Superintendent of Schools ther... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Outdoor elevated view of a reunion of the Norwegian American men of the 15th Regiment of the Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry at Luther College. They are posin... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | The sidewheel excursion, Saint Paul, after running aground near Muscatine. The spar is set and the line out. Dan Sauer, the carpenter, is holding th... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Farmer with horse-drawn McCormick Advance reaper built 1870-1871. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Farmer harvesting grain with McCormick grain binder built in 1883. Original caption reads: "The frame was made entirely of wood, iron being used only for g... |
| Date: | 10 27 1877 |
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| Description: | The arrival of the first train in Waukon, on the Wisconsin & Michigan Railroad line. There is a large crowd gathered near the tracks, and one man stands on... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Participants, spectators, and the competition grounds of the Western Rifle Association Tournament. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Men and boys participate in the Western Rifle Association Tournament. Many of the participants are sitting under umbrellas and holding their guns. Severa... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Participants at the Western Rifle Association Tournament in Wapello, Iowa. Many of the men are holding guns. A farmhouse and farm buildings are in the ba... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Participants at the Western Rifle Association Tournament, Wapello, Iowa, seated and standing by a small stream. Several of the men are holding guns. |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | View of the First Norwegian Lutheran Church interior looking up the aisle between the pews and towards the altar. Double oil chandeliers are hanging from t... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | View, from above, of what may be the G. Gullockson farmstead. A frame house is in the left foreground, with a large group of men, women and children standi... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Six children and eight adults stand in front of the G. Klove house, with a picket fence and small front porch. |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | View of a two-story brick house set close to the street, possibly located in Decorah, Iowa. People stand in front of the house and behind a picket fence. |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of First Norwegian Lutheran Church, with Luther College in the distance. Part of a set of stereographs entitled "The Synod at Decorah, 1876" ... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | First Norwegian Lutheran Church with congregation posed outside the front entrance, part of a set of stereographs entitled "The Synod at Decorah, 1876" fro... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | View of the front and side of the First Norwegian Lutheran Church. Trees along the sidewalk have protective wooden trellises. This view is part of a set o... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Five churches, including the First Norwegian Lutheran Church, in the foreground, part of a set of stereographs entitled "The Synod at Decorah, 1876" from D... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Luther College dining hall interior. A large group of male students are seated in the hall which has arched windows and walls. |
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