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Schierl's Blacksmith Shop

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Leander Schierl, Wendelin Schierl, and a young boy inside Schierl's Blacksmith Shop. Leander bends over, shoeing the horse, while his father observes. On the left a young boy holds the horse's reins. Various tools and equipment can be seen, including a bucket of horseshoes, an anvil and hammer, and an old pot bellied stove.

Creator:
Mueller, Andrew John

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Creator Mueller, Andrew John

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W011OVW
Legacy ID
WHi 82903

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Marriage Record
Schierl, Wendelin

Schierl, Wendelin

June 27, 1899

Calumet County

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Two Blacksmiths

Two Blacksmiths

Two men are standing in a blacksmith shop. One man is working at an anvil, the other stands with his hands on his hips. They are wearing leather aprons. Hundreds of horseshoes hang from nails in th...

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Blacksmith Shoeing a Horse

Blacksmith Shoeing a Horse

circa 1950-1959

A blacksmith in a working apron prepares a horse for shoeing. The bridled and saddled horse stands quietly next to another horse in the blacksmith's shop, which is littered with horseshoes and blac...

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Men in front of Horseshoe Shop

Men in front of Horseshoe Shop

Nine men in aprons lined up in front of a brick horseshoe shop. One of the men is sitting on a horse. The sign above the door reads: "C. Deising, Horseshoer," with a horse's head sculpture mounted ...

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Blacksmith Shoeing Horse

Blacksmith Shoeing Horse

Blacksmith posed shoeing a horse in the snow-covered lumberyard of a sawmill, while another man holds the horse's reins. A third man is posed standing next to a wooden yoke resting on sawhorses.

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Blacksmith Shop

Blacksmith Shop

View of the interior of a blacksmith's shop. The blacksmith is shoeing a horse along the brick wall on the left. Horseshoes hang from rafters of the open ceiling.

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