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This photograph shows the cheese house at Silkville after a hail storm. Note the shattered windows. Farmers brought milk here to be made into cheese to be sold here. Grandfather Sears and Gertrude Sears are in the foreground. The photograph was donated by Harold S. Sears.
Date: 1885
Item Number: 219961
Call Number: FK2.F3 S.4 .1885 *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 219961
Agriculture - Agricultural methods and practices
Agriculture - Farm organizations - Agricultural societies
Agriculture - Structures
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Agriculture
Business and Industry - Agricultural Industries
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Town development - Collective/Utopian communities
Date - 1880s - 1885
Environment - Weather - Storms - Hail
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Silkville
Places - Counties - Franklin
Type of Material - Photographs
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