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Down in the Mine

Date: 1900
Description: Miners in the bowels of a lead mine.
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Family Posing in front of Farmhouse

Date: 1900
Description: This family decided to make a family portrait with a number of the members doing an activity. On the right a man is wielding an ax, while in front of him a...
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Picnic Scene

Date: 1908
Description: Men and women are having a picnic around a small fire. There is a large wheel for roasting corn. The woman standing farthest to the right is Fannie Kuenste...
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Group of Women and Girls in the Woods

Date: 1892
Description: Six young women are posing on a ladder in a woods. There is a young girl in front of them. A woman and a young girl are standing off to the side.
Postcard

The Farmers Store

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Description: Color postcard of the Farmers' Store at Stonefield. Sales clerks, customers and merchandise set the scene.
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Father #31;— Mother Golden Wedding

Date: 06 1916
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Conrad and Mary Schmitt's (Emma Gillett's parents) Golden Wedding Anniversary.
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Silver Wedding of Sherwin and Emma Gillett

Date: 1931
Description: Group portrait on the lawn in front of a porch at the 25th Wedding Anniversary of Sherwin and Emma Gillett. Sherwin and Emma are standing on the left. Thei...
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Emma Gillett

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Emma Gillett, wife of Sherwin, mother of Lorin.
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Portrait of My Mother

Date: 12 02 1935
Description: Waist-up portrait of Emma Gillett, wife of Sherwin, mother of Lorin. She is wearing a scarf over her head, an apron and a sweater.
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Sons of Conrad Schmitt

Date: 1916
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Sherwin Gillett's brothers-in-law. They are: Charles, Alfred, Louis, Gustav, Otto and Herbert.
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Conrad Schmitt Family

Date: 1916
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Conrad Schmitt family. Sherwin and Emma (nee Schmitt) Gillett are standing on the far left. Sherwin is holding infant son, Lo...
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The Schmitt Brothers

Date: 1916
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the six Schmitt brothers, Sherwin Gillett's brothers-in-law. In birth order they are: Charles (b. 1868), Alfred (b. 1870), Louis ...
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Sherwin and Emma Gillett — 60th Wedding Anniversary

Date: 1966
Description: Sherwin and Emma Gillett posing for their 60th Wedding Anniversary with their 1906 portraits in a frame behind them.
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Sherwin and Emma Gillett's 50th Wedding Anniversary

Date: 1956
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Sherwin and Emma Gillett on the occasion of their 50th Wedding Anniversary, surrounded by their children and their spouses. The y...
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Cassville Trip

Date: 10 18 1962
Description: Seven men posing outdoors in front of automobiles. Left to right: Carpenter, Harrington, Williams, Bently?, Nelson, Gustaveson, Mink.
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Mrs. Rebecca Wyatt

Date: 09 1952
Description: A woman is standing on a sidewalk outside a school, holding a notebook. This is Mrs. Rebecca Wyatt, the first black school teacher in Cassville. Mrs. Wyatt...
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17th-Century Plow

Date: 01 1960
Description: A man in hat and glasses is unpacking boxes. In the foreground on top of a box is a sculpture of a plowing scene. Original caption reads: "17th-century plo...

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