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Bird's Eye View

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Description: Elevated view of Browntown. In the foreground are farm buildings.
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Residential Street

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Description: A view down an unpaved road lined with utility poles. On the left is a sidewalk and a house partially hidden by trees.
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Farmer's Bank

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Description: View from across street of the Farmer's Bank building on a corner. Behind the bank building are wood buildings, one of which has a sign that says, in part,...
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Depot and Creamery

Date: 1913
Description: The train depot with a creamery next door.
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Depot

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Description: The Browntown train depot. The depot offers Wells Fargo & Company Express delivery and Western Union telegraph service. There are two carts on the platform...
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Railroad Bridge

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Description: View from shoreline of railroad bridge across a river. Two girls and a boy are standing on the opposite side of the river near the shoreline.
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Mill Pond

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Description: A group of men and boys pose by a pond. A boy holds a long, probably bamboo, fishing rod. Two men jokingly pose as if they are dancing the tango.
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Public School

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Description: Exterior of the two-story public school.
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Methodist Evangelical Church

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Description: View across road of the exterior of the church. The church features a bell tower, double doors, and lancet windows. Next door, there are two houses. One ha...
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Bridge and Dam

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Description: Elevated view of a stream with a dam and a bridge. There is a small fenced garden along the water. In the distance is a hillside with houses.
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Main Street

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Description: A view down Main Street. Shops are on either side of the street. Farmer's Bank is down the hill on the right.
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Scene at Browntown

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Description: Photographic postcard view of an intersection with commercial buildings on both corners. Several horses and carts are on the street, and a windmill is in t...

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