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Composite Layout of Family Portraits with Local Views

Date: 1890
Description: Composite layout combining family portraits with local views. Probably the family of Gerhard Gesell in Alma.
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Betsy's Abode

Date: 1905
Description: A woman poses in front of her log cabin with her dog.
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Five Horsemen

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Description: Five men ride horses and kick up a cloud of dust along a country road. A small homestead is in the background.
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Mule Hitched to Cart with Driver

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Description: Mule hitched to training cart, with driver, on a town street, possibly Alma.
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Cattle Drive In Alma

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Description: Farmers driving their cattle to a stockyard near the Burlington Depot, a weekly occurrence.
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The Threshing Crew

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Description: Wisconsin threshing crew, with steam operated tractor, in Buffalo county.
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J.F. Meisser's Livery Stable

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Description: Men, wagons and horses in front of J.F. Meisser's Livery stable.
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Horses Pulling Street Waterer

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Description: A man with two horses pulling a street waterer down a dirt road. When Main Street was a dirt road, the local merchants paid to have it sprinkled during the...
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Two Horses Pulling Street Waterer

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Description: Two horses pull a street waterer. When Main Street was a dirt road, the local merchants paid to have it sprinkled during the summer to keep the dust down. ...
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Massasoit Stable

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Description: Elevated view of a group of men and boys near the Massasoit Stable. Two of the men are sitting in a buggy.
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Four Friends and a Dog in a Tent

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Description: Arnold Gesell (2nd from left) and three friends posing in the open doorway of a tent, with a dog resting in the grass. The men are wearing trousers, shirts...
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Returning Stranded Logs to Main Channel

Date: 1887
Description: Men on shoreline are returning logs with horses, which have been stranded on a sandbar, to the main channel of the Mississippi River. Beef Slough Company w...
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Street Scene

Date: 1890
Description: Small town business district with a group of men and women posed on the board sidewalk on the right. Another group of men and boys are on and around a trac...
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McCormick Day Parade

Date: 1894
Description: Elevated view looking down at wagons and crowd gathering for McCormick Day parade. "McCormick Day" was a promotional device sponsored by the McCormick Harv...

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