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Group at Hattie's

Date: 1910
Description: Four women and two men posing near the door of a house. Two of the women are sitting in front of the others, and the woman sitting on the right is holding ...
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Under the Apple Tree

Date: 05 19 1905
Description: Mae (Margaret) von der Sump is holding a branch of blossoms as she poses with her mother, Bertha, and father Frank under an apple tree in full bloom. There...
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Successful Hunt

Date: 1905
Description: Will von der Sump, left, and his brother Fred are posing holding a brace of six rabbits on a stick between them. Each man is holding a shotgun and there is...
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Hunting

Date: 12 21 1904
Description: Will von der Sump, center, is standing with two other men identified as Frank and August, in front of a large tree in an open wooded area. The men are hold...
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Country School

Date: 12 16 1904
Description: Group portrait of children and adults standing on the open front porch of a small wood frame school building with two front doors. Among the adults in the ...
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Will's Saw Outfit

Date: 1905
Description: Will von der Sump, second from left, is watching as two men guide a log into the circular saw blade of a portable sawmill. A steam engine at left powers th...
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Fred and Ethel

Date: 10 30 1905
Description: Fred von der Sump and Ethel Wallace sitting in a buggy hitched to a matched pair of horses. Fred is wearing a suit with overcoat and hat; Ethel is wearing ...
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Will and Cutter

Date: 1905
Description: Will von der Sump sitting in a small sleigh with a glossy finish. He is bundled in a fur coat with a high collar, and is wearing a cap. There is a fur lap ...
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Group at Mt. Moriah

Date: 1905
Description: A group of five women and a man are posing in front of a large rock outcropping. The man who is standing at right is unidentified. Leta von der Sump is sta...
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Belle Fountain School

Date: 1905
Description: Leta von der Sump, standing at rear left, posing with thirteen children on the front platform of Belle Fountain School. There are two doors on the front of...
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Wedding Group

Date: 1905
Description: A large group of well-dressed men, women and children are posing in front of a wood frame house. At the center of the group is a man with a boutonniere, pr...
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Manure Spreader

Date: 1905
Description: Will von der Sump waves a greeting to the photographer as he drives a wagon manure spreader pulled by a three horse team. The new Von der Sump barn with co...
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Cutting Fire Wood

Date: 1905
Description: Six men posing in front of a portable steam driven circular saw on the Von der Sump farm. A portion of the saw blade is visible between two men in the cent...
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Going to School

Date: 1905
Description: The seven children of August and Kate Hernkind posing in the box of a wagon sleigh pulled by a matched team. The children are dressed warmly and there is s...
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Shredding Corn Stalks

Date: 1905
Description: Will von der Sump, far right, is standing near the belt leading from a portable steam engine to a shredder and elevator next to a barn with a cupola ventil...
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Cuff at Hernkind's

Date: 1905
Description: A portable horse-driven sorghum mill, owned by the Cuff family, has been set up at the August Hernkind farm. Two horses are hitched to the tree trunk that ...
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Sleigh and Team

Date: 1905
Description: An unidentified man, possibly Will von der Sump, and woman are posing sitting in a cutter drawn by a matched pair of white horses. The man is wearing a fur...

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