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Farmhouse Facade

Date: 1915
Description: View across lawn toward the front of the house, with a stone front porch and a balcony above. A fence is along the right and left bordering the yard. Field...
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Greenwood Mills

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Description: Slightly elevated view toward several buildings. Fences run between them, marking yards. Caption reads: "River Falls, Wis. View showing Greenwood Mills and...
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To Move Monument Five Miles

Date: 1917
Description: View of the Ames monument, built to memorialize Oakes Ames and Oliver Ames Jr., who were instrumental in completing the Union Pacific portion of the transc...
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Valley of the Minnesota (St. Peter's) River

Date: 1884
Description: Lithographic engraving depicting two people on a bluff overlooking a river. Several canoes are present on the river. Caption reads: "'Valley of the Minneso...
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Greenwood Mills and Surrounding Buildings

Date: 1879
Description: Slightly elevated view across a river toward a large building with Greenwood Mills written on the side. The mill is reflected in the river in the foregroun...
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Neighborhood on a Hill

Date: 06 10 1918
Description: Slightly elevated view across yards and fences of a neighborhood on a hill. A man is standing in the yard in the center just beyond a fence.
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Farm in Valley

Date: 09 01 1928
Description: View down hill towards farm buildings in a valley. Hill and mountains are in the distance.
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View of Countryside

Date: 09 01 1928
Description: View across overgrown field towards a cornfield behind a fence, with mountains in the far background.
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Landscape with Country Road

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Description: View of field and trees. Buildings are in the background.
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Railroad Tracks

Date: 11 19 1913
Description: View between two sets of railroad tracks towards a metal railroad bridge.
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Road Scenes

Date: 10 09 1928
Description: View down road. Rock has been blasted away to form the roadway. Trees are on top of the rock formations on both sides of the road.
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Town in Sahara Desert

Date: 01 30 1929
Description: View of distant town, perhaps in the Sahara Desert in Tanganyika, Africa.
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View of Distant Town in Tanganyika, Africa

Date: 01 30 1929
Description: View towards a town on a hill.
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Tractor Drawn Binder

Date: 08 09 1928
Description: Slightly elevated view from right rear towards a man driving a tractor in a field. The tractor is pulling another man who is sitting on a binder.
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Town in Sahara Desert

Date: 12 1927
Description: Men are sitting on the ground outside the walls of a town in the Sahara Desert.
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Group of People with Horse Powered Push Binder

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Description: A group of three men, and a child, are posing on and around a team of six horses powering a McCormick push binder in a field. In the distance are farm buil...
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Walking Plow

Date: 04 28 1928
Description: A man is holding onto a walking plow behind a team of two horses in a field.
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Horse-Drawn Plow

Date: 04 28 1928
Description: View across field towards a man driving a team of three horses to pull a plow.
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Waterfront in Africa

Date: 12 1927
Description: View down hill towards boats at a waterfront. There is a building at the shoreline and a large dock.
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Snowplow

Date: 11 23 1928
Description: Elevated view from front of a snowplow on a road. Cornfields are on the left and right.

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