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Charcoal Kilns
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Elevated view of men and horses standing atop the platform used to load wood into charcoal kilns, also known as pits. These kilns convert cord wood into charcoal for furnaces. Smoke surrounds the kiln, and the tops of two other kilns, and railroad cars, are behind the platform.
September 27, 1895
Perkins, H. J.
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Survey Group
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Cream Wagon
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Man driving a cream wagon pulled by a team of horses and loaded with dairy products.
Starch Factory
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Elevated view of wagons filled with potatoes parked near a starch factory. In 1895, 125,000 bushels of potatoes were converted into starch. Railroad tracks and a railroad car are on the right, and ...
District School House in the Woods
August 1, 1895
Exterior view of the district school house property, with a young boy standing on the front steps. There is a hand-pump on a wood platform in front of the building.
Hay Barn
1895
Three men posing with an open-air hay barn. Two men stand in front of the barn near two horses, while one man stands on the roof of the barn.
