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Beck Barn

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Description: Vernon and Alice Beck and son, Milan, live at W1057 Zion Church Road (Section 34). Their silo is 98 years old and the barn is 150 years old.
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Campaign at Widmer Cheese

Date: 1972
Description: "As Mayor John Lindsay leaves the bus, he is mobbed by onlookers, and greeted by John Widmer."
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Pontiac Potatoes

Date: 09 1984
Description: "Milton Retzlaff showed off some huge red Pontiac potatoes including a monster that weighted in at a whopping 2 1/2 pounds. Milton claims the potatoes are ...
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Steeplejack at Work

Date: 05 1984
Description: A steeplejack works on St. Peters Lutheran Church.
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Tending the Cattle During Winter

Date: 1906
Description: August, Edgar, and Alexander Krueger feeding cornstalks to the cattle during the winter. The cattle are lined up along the fence eating from troughs. Augus...
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Posing in Front of Old Barn

Date: 1931
Description: Alexander and Florentina Krueger posing together in front of an old barn on Krueger farm. The barn was being torn down and parts of the framework are showi...
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Posing with a Wood Pile

Date: 02 27 1931
Description: Edgar and Elna Krueger posing together next to a pile of firewood. Edna is holding one of the pieces in her hand while Edgar is holding an axe and another ...
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Standing Next to a Wood Pile

Date: 02 27 1931
Description: Florentina, Alexander, Elna, and Edgar Krueger are standing next to a wood pile with two of their dogs. A small wagon shed is to the left of the pile. Flor...
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Next to the Barn

Date: 1931
Description: Lester Turke, Edgar Krueger, and Florentina Krueger posing together in front of an old barn on the Krueger farm.
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Seeding Time

Date: 04 14 1932
Description: Alexander and Florentina Krueger posing together on McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor that is pulling a cultivator in a field. A team of two horses pulls ano...
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Posing with Dogs

Date: 1933
Description: Alexander and Edgar Krueger kneeling in the grass posing with two dogs. Shirley Krueger stands between the two men and is supported by her father, Edgar.
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Sawing Wood

Date: 04 1934
Description: Edgar, Alexander, and Shirley Krueger posing with three other men next to a table saw and an upright pile of stacked wood. A dog is sitting on the ground n...
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Group of People Posing in front of Stack of Wood

Date: 04 1934
Description: Group portrait of men, with a child, Shirley Krueger, posing in front of an upright pile of stacked wood they are cutting. A dog is sitting on the ground o...
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Cleaning Fish

Date: 11 16 1939
Description: Edgar Krueger and his son, Robert, straddling a bench while cleaning fish. A cat is crouching beneath the bench sniffing the discarded portions of the fish...
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Alexander and his Grandchildren

Date: 1940
Description: Outdoor portrait of Alexander Krueger sitting on a log with his grandchildren. Shirley Krueger is sitting next to Alexander on the log while Robert is sitt...
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Sawing Logs

Date: 1940
Description: Edgar Krueger and Emil Hertz are sitting on separate piles of logs while holding either end of a saw as they cut through a large log. Behind them Shirley K...
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Edgar Krueger with Two Children

Date: 1955
Description: Edgar Krueger standing in front of a line of pine trees, with a young boy and girl on either side of him holding his hands.
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Robert Holding Glenn

Date: 1954
Description: Robert Krueger holding his nephew Glenn Oestreich in his arms, in front of a row of pine trees.
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Cutting Firewood

Date: 1955
Description: Elna Krueger stands with another woman and a man while cutting firewood using a belt-driven saw by a tractor in a field in the background on the left. The...
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Eastern Poplar

Date: 1979
Description: An unidentified man, with jacket, hat and gloves, is dwarfed by the forked trunk of a specimen of Populus deltoides, judged in 1976 to be the larges...

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