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| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a crowd of people standing near an artesian well. Men wearing long coats and hats to protect them from the water are standing on and unde... |
| Date: | 02 08 1921 |
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| Description: | Page from booklet with a photograph at top with caption that reads: "Stanley Hall and the Green Mountains — looking north from School Building." There is a... |
| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | Here Dahl used "The Old Oaken Bucket" motif — a man drinking water from a pail at a well in foreground with family sitting and standing at a table with cof... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Allen E. Adsit is in the left foreground in this photograph and his father, Stephen Adsit, is seated at right. Seen near the house are a wooden rain barrel... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Three men are working outdoors. Subject: "Oil Drilling — TD-9." Where Taken: "NE." Information with photograph reads: "TD-9 owned by South Bend Oil Co., Br... |
| Date: | 08 02 1931 |
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| Description: | Switchboard at City of Madison water well no. 4 pumping station, 5 N. Randall Street. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Subject: "Power Lines & Utilities — TD-6." Where Taken: "NE." Information with photograph reads: "TD-6 owned by Bradley Producing Co. and Empire Gas & Fuel... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Man with horse-drawn mower in yard of farm. There is a horse-drawn carriage on the drive in front of the large farmhouse. |
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| Description: | A barefoot child is holding two lambs close to him while sitting at the base of a well pump. A farm building is in the background. |
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| Description: | View across unpaved road and fence towards a group of people posing in front of a two-story wooden dwelling on the left, and a stable. on the right. A man ... |
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| Description: | View across yard towards a two-story wooden house. There is a well on the left side of the house. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Three women and man posing next to a water well under a pavilion in a park. The women pose while the man pretends to drink from a bucket. |
| Date: | 07 1901 |
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| Description: | Two men drilling a well in the Will's woods using a cable tool drilling rig powered by a team of two horses. A wagon, various pipes, and other drilling equ... |
| Date: | 06 28 1850 |
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| Description: | Letter from Increase Lapham to his wife, Ann Maria Alcott, in Milwaukee. Lapham was at Aztalan and wrote to Anna regarding the geology of the region. He in... |
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| Description: | Colorized elevated view of a Norwegian rural home. The buildings in the foreground are the home of Lars Haagenson. Across the Glomma River is the Aaseth Es... |
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| Description: | Duplex cottage with automobiles parked in the back and on the left. Flowers are in window boxes. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View from street of a house in a residential neighborhood with rooms available for tourists. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Two small guest cottages on the side of a road. A well is on the right, and a birdhouse is on the left near a bench. The White House hotel is across the ro... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A mother with her children retrieving water from a village well in Russia. |
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