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Family Posed on Elaborate Porch

Date: 1871
Description: Two women and a child pose on the porch of a Greek revival frame house. The porch appears to have been added later in a Victorian style, including elaborat...
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Reviewing Nailbox Assembly

Date: 08 1919
Description: Two women and one man, probably rural school teachers, are standing outdoors near a work bench, reviewing the blueprints to construct a nail box.
Photograph

Group of Women Learning Woodworking

Date: 1918
Description: Group of women, probably teachers, using tools to assemble various wooden products including nail boxes, benches and cabinetry(?). Three large posters are ...
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Bench Work

Date: 1919
Description: View of a teacher watching over a group of male students as they practice woodwork at benches inside a classroom. The text on the blackboard hanging on the...
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Students with Bird House Projects

Date: 1915
Description: Group of school children standing on the steps of a school house(?) holding their bird house projects.
Postcard

Norwegian Country Girl

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Description: An illustration of a Norwegian girl in a traditional dress. She has a decorated wooden box under her left arm, and a wooden pail in her right hand.
Painting

Splitting Cedar for Framework

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Description: An Ojibwa man splits a cedar trunk with a wooden tool. The cedar is to be used to build the framework for a canoe. A woman is seated nearby.
Painting

Homeward Bound

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Description: An Ojibwa man and woman prepare to transport rolled bark back to their home to use in the construction of a canoe.
Painting

Tying With Wigub

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Description: An Ojibwa man sits on the ground tying cedar materials with wigub as a woman looks on. The cedar will be used in the construction of a canoe.
Painting

One Large Sheet

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Description: An Ojibwa man and woman peel bark from a tree to use in the construction of a canoe.
Painting

Removing Bark

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Description: An Ojibwa man and woman split and peel bark from a tree for use in the construction of a canoe.
Painting

Slitting the Bark

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Description: An Ojibwa man and woman slit the bark on a tree as they prepare to peel it off for use in the construction of a canoe.
Painting

Shaping The Canoe

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Description: An Ojibwa man and woman shape bark during construction of a canoe.
Painting

Binding Bark to the Frame

Date: 1937
Description: An Ojibwa woman is binding bark to the frame of a canoe during construction. An Ojibwa man is looking on.
Photograph

Oversized Music Box at House on the Rock

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Description: Large glass fronted case filled with instruments. A young girl is sitting on the front of the case which is in the main house. One of several photographs u...
Photograph

Group of Teachers

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Description: Group portrait of Mercer County teachers, men and women, making a project in vitalized agriculture. They are in a wood workshop, and some of the women are ...
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Young Girl Holding Nail Box

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Description: Outdoor portrait of Edna Baker, first prize girl, standing and holding a nail box. Behind her is probably the Pleasant Valley School house in Logan County.
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Three Sisters with the "H" They Made

Date: 1906
Description: Three wood workers are showing the "H" which they made out of birch logs. From left to right: Lucy Holt, Minnie May Rumsey and possibly Juliet Rumsey Stroh...

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