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Ada Lois James with Rifle

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Description: Ada [& friend] Charlie. Ada is pretending to shoot an apple from the head of her friend Charlie, who is posing kneeling with his arms folded. There is a pa...
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Thayer Fruit and Vegetable Farm

Date: 09 04 1895
Description: Men displaying produce, a large cabbage and a bushel of potatoes, while standing in the gardens of the Thayer farm. Cabbage, onion, currant, and raspberry ...
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Red Currant Garden

Date: 09 07 1895
Description: A garden of red currant bushes, owned by Jas. S. Ritchie, are featured on his fruit farm.
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Strawberry Field

Date: 1895
Description: Two men stand in a strawberry field bordered by burnt-over forest. The photographer's shadow can be seen at the bottom of the image.
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Loading Bananas on a Train

Date: 1902
Description: Group of men loading a large pile of bananas onto a train in Costa Rica. Three men wearing suits and hats are sitting and standing on top of the railroad c...
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Horticulture Exhibit at the Courthouse

Date: 10 07 1911
Description: Interior group portrait of horticulture exhibitors and many plates of apples. The ceiling lamps are decorated with flags.
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Vel Phillips with People and Watermelons

Date: 06 1972
Description: Vel Phillips, standing on right, is in a brown and blue patterned buba (a Yoruba blouse) and holding a bouquet of flowers. Next to her (second from right) ...

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