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Country Home Surrounded by Trees

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Description: Country home that is nearly hidden by trees.
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S.H. Van Gorden & Son General Merchandise Store

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Description: Men posed standing in front of the S.H. Van Gorden & Son General Merchandise Store on a snow-covered street. S.H. Van Gorden is probably standing on porch ...
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Boy Riding Horse

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Description: A young boy rides a horse without a saddle in a farm yard.
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Farm and Rural Homestead

Date: 1890
Description: Bucolic scene in Wisconsin illustrates agricultural prosperity after the depression.
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Logging Camp

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Description: Group of men posed standing in a snow-covered logging camp in front of a log building.
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Family Group in Front of an Unidentified House

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a family group, and a man posing standing displaying a horse and buggy, in front of a two-story wooden house.
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Man Displaying a Pony

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Description: Outdoor view of a man posing standing and displaying a small pony in front of a woman and a wooden house.
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Horse Displayed in a Street

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Description: View of a horse being displayed on a town street by someone standing off-camera on the left. Buildings are in the background.
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Three Horses and a Colt

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Description: A man and two boys display three horses. A colt stands in the background behind the horse in the center.
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Man and Woman Posed on Horseback

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Description: A man and woman pose on separate horses in a snow-covered farmyard.
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Jackson County Poor Home

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Description: Man posed sitting in a buggy pulled by a single horse in front of a two-story brick building, probably the Jackson County Poor Home.
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McKenna Mill

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Description: Elevated view of a large group of men, children and horses posed standing in front of a sawmill, probably a mill located in McKenna.
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Logging Camp

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Description: Men posed in a snow-covered loggers camp displaying three teams of two oxen and six teams of two horses.
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Logging Camp

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Description: Group portrait of men posed standing on the snow-covered ground in front of a log building. Three men stand with teams of two horses.
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Logging Camp

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Description: Elevated view of a group of men posed standing and holding logging tools in snow-covered logging camp in front of log buildings.
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Logging Camp

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Description: Group of men posed holding logging tools while sitting and standing on the snow-covered ground in front of a log building and the woods.
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Logging Camp or Mining Camp

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Description: Exterior stereograph view across snow-covered field towards buildings and trees. Identified possibly as the York Iron Mine. *It looks like a logging camp.
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Elevated Street View

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Description: Elevated view of town. The house near the center is identified as probably the residence of Dr. H.B. Cole, later Dr. Baxter, on the northeast corner of Har...
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Group of Men and a Log Cabin

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Description: View across yard towards five European American men, two dogs, and a horse posing standing in front of a log cabin. On the right is a wooden board house ab...
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Horse and Sleigh

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Description: Right side view of a horse pulling an empty sleigh standing on the snow-covered ground. In the background on the right is a barn. There are houses in the f...

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