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Installing a Top Plate for a Barn
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Dahl took a series of pictures of barn raisings, one of many community activities he photographed. Here the crew is installing a top plate on the side wall. A valley is in the background beyond the hill where the barn is being constructed.
circa 1870-1879
Dahl, Andreas Larsen, 1844-1923
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