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Girl in front of Frame House

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Description: A young girl stands in front of a two-story frame house that is surrounded by a wooden fence.
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Side of Barn

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Description: Side of a barn missing two boards.
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Girl With Cow

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Description: A girl holds a cow by a rope as it grazes. In the background, a large, two-story house is visible.
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Grazing Cow

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Description: A Holstein cow grazes in a field.
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Semi-Centennial Pow Wow

Date: 1908
Description: Drummers and dancers at Semi-Centennial Pow Wow. Spectators are in the background, and a canvas is stretched around the clearing to make an enclosure. Buil...
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Two Men in front of Ford

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Description: Two men squat in front of an early model Ford inspecting a barren shrub. Two horse-drawn vehicles are seen in the background along with a man and teenage b...
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Man Hewing Logs

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Description: A seated man hews logs in front of a barn. In the background, a rolling landscape is visible.
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Family Scything in a Field

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Description: Three men scythe a field, possibly of wheat. Behind the men there are three children and a woman standing in a row.
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Gathering Cranberries

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Description: Men and women in a bog picking cranberries.
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Children Gathering Cranberries

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Description: Six children sit in a cranberry bog, while another stands in the background.
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Group Picking Cranberries

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Description: A group of men and women pick cranberries in a bog.
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Gathering Maple Sap

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Description: Two men on a horse-drawn vehicle gathering maple sap in the woods.
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Men in Woods

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Description: Two men sitting in front of an open-sided wooden shelter. One man is sitting on a barrel on a sled, and the other man is sitting on a log. The sled and hor...
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Men Extracting Stump

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Description: Three men operate a stump extractor in a field. The piece of machinery was probably a Svenson Grubber sold by J. H. Carnahan.
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Farm Group Posing in Field

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Description: A group of men and women stand in a field with a stump extracting rig.
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Three Men Extracting a Stump

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Description: Three men working with a two-horse team on a hill turning a winch to extract stumps, probably a Svenson Grubber sold by J.H. Carnahan.
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Construction of a Stone Foundation Barn

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Description: Two men stand on the rafters of an unfinished, stone foundation barn.
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Horses and Colts on Farm

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Description: Two men are attending to three horses and three colts in a farmyard.
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Horses Outside of Barn

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Description: Two men each hold a pair of horses outside of a stone foundation barn as a woman observes.
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Horses in Barnyard

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Description: Two men attend to three horses and three colts. A number of farm buildings are in the background.

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