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Thompson House

Date: 1873
Description: The William Thompson family on the porch roof of their substantial brick bracket style house, with shutters, and with latticework at its foundation. A girl...
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Family and their Home

Date: 1878
Description: A family is sitting around a table with a stereoscope on it. An upright and wing frame house with a stone foundation is behind them. The woman has a large ...
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Group Posed around Frame House

Date: 1873
Description: A family is posed in front of a wood frame house. A boy or girl with a doll is sitting with a dog on the porch roof. A man holding an accordion is sitting ...
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Family Grouped around Table by House

Date: 1879
Description: A family is grouped around a table, including a man with a top hat, two dolls on the ground between two small girls and a woman holding a closed fan. Behin...
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Group on Lawn and Porch of House

Date: 1872
Description: A family is in the yard around a table. A girl holds her doll in her lap. Behind them are two people standing in the yard, and more people on the porch of ...
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Family in Yard with Music Box

Date: 1872
Description: A family sits around a table on which is a wooden box with a key lock and a hinged lid, possibly with a mirror inside the lid. (A jewelry box? a music box?...
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Croquet in the Yard

Date: 1874
Description: A family playing croquet in the yard of a side gable frame house with a porch. A birdcage is hanging from the porch and a young girl is clutching a doll. A...
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Family and their Home

Date: 1878
Description: A family sits around a table with a stereoscope on it. An upright and wing frame house with a stone foundation is behind them. The woman has a large doll l...
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O'Hearn House

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Description: View across lawn of girl posing standing with small baby carriage, and a man posing standing and watering the lawn. They are in front of a Victorian-style ...
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Group of People Posing in front of House

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Description: View from road over fence towards a group of men, women and children gathered in the yard of a two-story building with a wrap-around balcony.
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Kjorstad Home

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Description: Group of people posing on the porch of a two-story frame house. Possibly the residence of Han Kjorstad. On the porch is a young girl standing and holding a...
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Family in Front of House

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Description: View of group of people posing in a yard. A man is sitting surrounded by a woman, young girl and boy, and an older boy. The young girl is holding a hat and...
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Family in Front of House

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Description: Group portrait of people posing near a picket fence in front of a frame house. On the left is a single horse with a fly-net pulling a buggy. A man with a b...
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Outdoor Group Portrait of European American Family

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of an unidentified family group posing standing and sitting in the yard and on the porch of a wooden house.
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Tom Roddy Residence at 307 S. Second Street

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Description: View across lawn towards a two-story wooden house. A woman is standing on the porch, and two children are standing in the yard. The older child is holding ...

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