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Alabama Road Work
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Group portrait of four men and two boys standing with horses, oxen and mules hitched up to drag scrapers, to reconstruct a dirt road. A small building, power pole, fence and trees are in the background.
May 1902
Krueger, Alexander
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Alabama Road Construction
May 1902
Group portrait, with Ernst Goetsch standing on a dirt road next to a team of oxen hitched up to a drag scraper on the left, and a team of oxen on the right also hitched to the scraper. Three men an...
Hauling Wood to a Lime Kiln
May 12, 1902
Alexander Krueger, Ernst Goetsch, Paul C. Goetsch, and an unidentified man hauling wood to the Lime Kiln. The wood is piled up on a cart and pulled along the road by two oxen.
Cultivating Cotton
May 1902
Carlos Christian cultivating a field for cotton. He is posing while holding a plow which is hitched to a mule. Pine trees are running along the perimeter of the field.
Oxen Pulling a Cart
May 1902
Two teams of yoked oxen pulling carts used to transport logs to, and lumber from sawmills. There is a large, wood frame two-story building in the background, with a sign that reads, in part: "Harve...
Strawberry Pickers in Alabama
May 9, 1902
A group portrait of strawberry pickers who work at Paul C. Goetsch's farm. Ernst Goetsch and Alexander Krueger are standing elevated behind the pickers. Paul Goetsh's son, Russel Goetsh, is standin...
Lumber Wagon
May 1902
View across yard towards six oxen pulling a lumber wagon along a road near a sawmill. A man is standing beside the oxen holding a long whip over his shoulder. Elevated tracks are near a lake or riv...
