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Sledders

Date: 1905
Description: Winter scene with Muriel and Laurie Peterson, the photographer's children, reflecting on the snow conditions near their home. Laurie holds the rope of a sl...
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Mining Camp

Date: 1903
Description: Elevated view of a mining camp in the western United States. At this time Carl Peterson was writing letters home to Christine Jenson about his journey.
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Railroad Train on a Curve Among Hills

Date: 1902
Description: View alongside railroad cars towards the locomotive in the distance, which is traveling along a curve in the tracks. There are a few buildings near the rai...
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Coal Miners at Mine Entrance

Date: 1903
Description: View down set of two railroad tracks towards four coal miners posing in front of a mine entrance near a coal car. The caption in the book reads, "Strike-br...
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The Amateur

Date: 09 12 1905
Description: Laurie Peterson pretending to take a photograph, with a prop camera, of Muriel Peterson as she is gazing at a cat. In the background are trees and shrubs. ...
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Cabin Out West

Date: 1903
Description: A log cabin out west in a forest. View looking up hill towards a man sitting in the open doorway with a gun in his lap. Smoke is above the cabin. At this t...
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"There Is No Place Like Home"

Date: 1903
Description: View of a man sitting outdoors in a chair near the door of a log cabin in a clearing. He is smoking a pipe and reading. A lamp is hanging from the end of a...
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Carl and Christine Peterson Wedding Portrait

Date: 1904
Description: Formal waist-up wedding portrait of Carl and Christine Peterson.
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Western Train

Date: 1903
Description: Switchman standing at the switch next to railroad tracks cut through a rock formation. Another man is standing on top of the rock formation on the left. In...
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Western Town

Date: 1903
Description: Caption on negative sleeve reads, "Mining (?) town with view of saloon, restaurant and general store." A boardwalk runs along the fronts of the buildings. ...
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Sledders

Date: 1905
Description: Winter scene with Muriel and Laurie Peterson, the photographer's children, reflecting on the snow conditions near their home. A group of houses are in the ...
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Scandinavia Produce Company

Date: 1902
Description: View across two sets of railroad tracks toward several buildings. Two men are in a horse-drawn carriage in front of the buildings near railroad cars on a s...

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