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Concrete Block House

Date: 1910
Description: Six men in work clothes posing near a porch of a house under construction. Hollow core concrete blocks, most likely manufactured on site with local sand an...
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Saw Rig at Kearns

Date: 1910
Description: Six men and two boys are posing near a portable saw mill. There is a steam tractor at left, with a long belt driving a large circular saw blade at right, w...
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On the Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: Water from French Creek covers the surface of a bridge at Dates Mill near the Marquette-Columbia County line. The caption on the negative envelope states: ...
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Threshing

Date: 1910
Description: A man at far left, possibly Frank von der Sump, is posing with his elbow resting on a steam tractor. A belt from the tractor is powering a threshing machin...
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Mr. and Mrs. Jim Cheney

Date: 1910
Description: James Cheney and his wife Mary posing outdoors near the side of a house which has a porch. There is a fence and granary in the background, and a tree limb ...
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Saw Rig

Date: 1910
Description: Five men and a boy are posing around a portable sawmill. There is a steam tractor at far left. A large belt is running from the tractor to drive the blade ...
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Family Group

Date: 1910
Description: Five Von der Sump siblings posing for an outdoor portrait. Mae, at far left, is sitting in a chair with her feet on a pillow. Behind her is Leta, with an a...
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Flood at Dates Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Water from French Creek covers the surface of a bridge at Dates Mill near the Marquette-Columbia County line as water rushes down a lane in the pasture in ...
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Making Sorghum Molasses

Date: 1910
Description: Steam is rising from a "cooking pan" where sorghum juice is boiling. There is a smokestack at left and a pile of fire wood on the right. Barrels, milk cans...
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Grain Binder

Date: 1910
Description: A woman holding the reins of a saddled horse is standing next to a Milwaukee No. 10 grain harvester and binder hitched to three horses. A man is sitting on...

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