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Red Pine Plantation

Date: 06 1948
Description: Ranger Jack Zimmerman in 10-year-old Red Pine Plantation near Blackwell in Nicolet National Forest.
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Prensor and Ottesen Families leave the Rickelsen Home

Date: 1877
Description: H.A. Prensor and J.A. Ottesen and their families leaving the home of R. Daniel Rickelsen in Lodi.
Print

Tomb of President George Washington

Date: 1835
Description: Engraving entitled "Tomb of Washington--Mount Vernon".
Photograph

Lowry Residence

Date: 1902
Description: Several individuals pose in front of the residence of C.A. Lowry. The original caption reads: "Mr. Lowry bought 9,000 acres fronting on the Mermentau River...
Photograph

Cotton Storage Bin

Date: 1942
Description: Piles of cotton fill a storage bin at the Hopson Planting Company plantation.
Photograph

Lemuel Hull House

Date: 1887
Description: Built in 1840 by Lemuel Hull. William Singer was the mason. The basement was made by lowering the hill. There were originally only two stories. First ...
Photograph

Manager's Home on Sisal Plantation

Date: 1949
Description: A man mows the front lawn of a manager's home on an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. The house belonged to "Mr. Heath."
Photograph

The Hermitage

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Description: The Hermitage was purchased by Andrew Jackson on July 5, 1804. The grounds included the mansion as well as a 1,000-acre plantation.
Photograph

"The House Jeff Built"

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Description: Exterior view of Brierfield, a plantation bought by Jefferson Davis in 1835, after he fought in the Mexican War. After the Civil War he bought Beauvoir, a ...
Photograph

Living Quarters on Henequen Plantation

Date: 1913
Description: Rows of shacks, possibly company housing, identical in style and size, including thatched roofing. The shacks are likely part of a henequen or sisal planta...
Print

Wisconsin Rubber Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Wisconsin Rubber Company of Madison, Wisconsin, which operated the Florida plantation in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. Includes an oval i...
Book or Pamphlet

Yuba Tractor Oversize Model 20-35 Brochure

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a brochure advertising the oversize model 20-35 Yuba tractor. The cover features an illustration of a tractor parked in front of a large hou...
Postcard

Old Smokehouse

Date: 
Description: Color postcard of the Old Smokehouse at Stonefield Village. The old wine cellar is also pictured.
Postcard

Nelson Dewey's House at Stonefield Village

Date: 
Description: Color postcard view of Nelson Dewey's house at Stonefield Village.
Map or Atlas

The United States of North America: with the British and Spanish Territories, According to the Treaty, of 1784

Date: 1785
Description: Map of part of North America engraved and hand-colored (the light brown design is a superposition of the map and cartouche derived from the oxidation of th...
Photograph

Mrs. John T. Shea, Tractorette

Date: 1942
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a woman on a Farmall H tractor in a field. Caption: "A very successful tractorette class of twenty women was organize...
Photograph

Mrs. John T. Shea, Tractorette

Date: 1942
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a woman on a Farmall H tractor in a field. Caption on accompany photograph: "A very successful tractorette class of t...
Photograph

Man with Cart with Harvested Manila

Date: 1900
Description: Man on horse-drawn cart, on railroad tracks. The cart is filled with harvested manila. Long, low buildings are in the background on the left behind a fence...
Photograph

Man Driving a Farmall M Tractor with 4 Row Cultivator

Date: 1939
Description: View from front of a man driving a Farmall M tractor with a 4 row cultivator in a field near Greenwood on the D.D. Weir plantation. There are small buildin...
Map or Atlas

A Map of South Carolina and a Part of Georgia: Containing the Whole Sea-Coast; All the Islands, Inlets, Rivers, Creeks, Parishes, Townships, Boroughs, Roads, and Bridges

Date: 1780
Description: This map shows the townships, parishes, cities, towns, plantations, lakes, rivers, swamps, and roads near the coast of South Carolina and Georgia. Emphasis...

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