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The Footbridge leading to the Elks Home

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Description: View along the footbridge that leads to the Elks Home on the shoreline on the right. A long, low outbuilding is on the left.
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Summer and Winter Home of the Sioux

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Description: A view of Sioux Native American tepees. Caption reads: "Summer and Winter Home of the Sioux."
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School on Bank of River

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Description: View from shoreline across water toward an unidentified school building with an ornate bell tower on the roof on the bank of a river or large pond. A hill ...
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Northern Pacific Railroad Depot

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Description: View of the Northern Pacific Railroad Depot, with three men standing in the empty train yard. In the distance is a water tower and other buildings.
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Great Northern Depot

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Description: View of the Great Northern railroad depot, with a train pulling into the station while people wait near the depot. Several carts with luggage, milk contain...
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Harvesting Wheat

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Description: Agricultural workers harvesting wheat. Several teams of horses are pulling agricultural machinery while workers gather the wheat into bundles. Caption read...
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Harvesting Grain

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Description: View of workers using teams of horses to harvest grain. The horses pull agricultural machinery which harvests the grain. A barn and another farm building a...
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The Rudolf Hotel

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Description: View across intersection toward the Rudolf Hotel.
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Breaking Sod

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Description: View toward two men on two tractors breaking sod in a field.
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Hilly Street into Town

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Description: Elevated distant view of town from the top of a steep street that dead-ends at a field. In the foreground, large houses sit in ample yards while, in the ba...
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Town and Railroad Bridge

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Description: Distant view of town from a bracken covered hillside. A water tower rises above the rural town and a railroad bridge stretches across the background.
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Rooftop and Distant City

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Description: High and distant view of city with a mansion's rooftop in the foreground. Young, close-growing leafless trees surround the mansion and extend to the edge o...
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Crowd Outside Indian Trading Store

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Description: Elevated view of large crowd congregating with horse-drawn buggies outside of W.H. Robinson, an Indian trading store. Caption reads: "W.H. Robinson Indian ...
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State Normal School

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Description: A view of the entrance and foot bridge to the campus at State Normal School. A wrought iron gate surrounds the property, and a metalwork banner over the en...
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Lyric Theatre and Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows

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Description: View from street of two people walking on the sidewalk near an automobile parked at the curb. They are heading toward a street corner outside the Lyric The...
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Farm and Field

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Description: Composite view of a farm (above) and a view of cutting wheat in a field. Decorative elements appear on either side at the top.
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Town from Overlooking Hill

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Description: View of a town from an overlooking hill. Beyond dwellings, the Russell-Miller Milling Company is visible; it was built in 1906.
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Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: View of Main Street looking north across Central Avenue. The business district features several shops and small businesses.
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Business District

Date: 1910
Description: View down Main Street looking south across First Avenue. Automobiles park outside shops and small businesses.
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Street Scene

Date: 1910
Description: Street scene in front of a garage labeled Dolloff Block, 1906. Men stand outside Moore Motor Company and J.M. Deeter & Son's Pop Corn Crispetts stand. A si...

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