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Lincoln J. Carter's Play "Chattanooga"

Date: 1902
Description: View from the street of a billboard wall along a sidewalk, advertising Lincoln J. Carter's melodrama play, "Chattanooga." It is playing one night, January ...
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John Hahn Furniture Moving

Date: 1906
Description: John Hahn is leaning on a motorized moving van in the S. Sixth Street neighborhood of Walker's Point. At the steering wheel is a man, with another seated n...
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William Unglaube with His Sister

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Description: William Unglaube is in a two-seater buggy with one of his sisters. The buggy is pulled by one horse on a dirt road.
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Cutting Logs into Chunks

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Description: A group of men are working on sawing logs into smaller pieces. In the foreground, an unidentified man is holding a large piece of tree trunk.
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Three Men Having Lunch

Date: 1921
Description: Three men sitting on the ground next to a horse-drawn wagon are having lunch. Two of them have jugs; one is holding a cup. All three are wearing work cloth...
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Making Barrel Staves

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Description: Behind a barbed wire fence a man is splitting log rounds into barrel staves. The staves are stacked neatly to dry.
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Feeding the Chicken and Geese

Date: 1900
Description: An unidentified woman standing near a shed is feeding chickens and geese in the barnyard.
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George and Louise Koegel with Milton

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait of George, Louise, and Milton, their son, standing in front of a fence. They are traveling with one suitcase and a full handbag. All three a...
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A Bucolic Scene

Date: 1900
Description: Two young women and a girl stand in a pasture with a cow and a calf. One of the women is holding a pail; the other a sprig of flowers.
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Three Young Women on an Outing

Date: 1910
Description: Three smiling women stand beside a horse-drawn carriage near Two Rivers. The horses are wearing knotted, corded fly nets and blinders. The carriage has a c...
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A Neighborhood Gathering

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Description: Group portrait of neighborhood children and adults gathered on a street in the S. Sixth Street neighborhood of Walker's Point that is being re-paved. Many ...
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Couple with a Hayrick

Date: 1890
Description: A young woman and man pose behind a hayrick in a farm field. They both wear hats.
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Hole for Silo

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Description: The hole for the new silo on the William Fiebelkorn farm. A pole marks the center. There is a barn on the left with a stone foundation. In the background a...
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Sitting on Stone Benches in the Winter

Date: 1909
Description: Two women sit pensively on stone benches on either side of a muddy gravel path. The one on the left is Elsie. Near her in the background are four children....
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Log Sawing Operation

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Description: A group of men are sawing logs using a horse sweep process. There are four teams of two horses each walking in a circle.
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Family Posed in Car

Date: 1914
Description: Anna Fiebelkorn is in the back seat of the car with another woman and two toddlers. William Fiebelkorn is driving the touring car. A small boy is sitting i...
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The Family in a Car

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Description: A smiling Anna Fiebelkorn is driving a touring car. William Fiebelkorn is next to her with two children in front of him. In the back seat are a woman with ...

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