| Boyle
County - New Austria, 1885
Photos by William L. MacLean Sources: Willard Rouse Jillson Photo Collection / Kentucky Geological Survey Photographs, 1987PH08 Series 2 -- Kentucky Bureau of Immigration Photo Album ("Swiss Colony" Album), 1885 |
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01-Creating crop land. Two men stand in field full of tree stumps. A log homestead is in the background. |
02-Men with rifles and hunting dog on farm. In field next to homestead with picket fence. |
03-Family in front of farm building. A girl, a man, and a woman stand in front of a rural house or barn. The girl may be holding a doll. The man and woman are each reading books, presumably
Bibles, as they are dressed in their Sunday best. |
04-Woman and man on farm. Bearded man wearing a straw hat sits on horse. Woman, wearing apron and straw hat, stands at gate. The log house behind them has a log chimney that is leaning away from the house, and his propped with poles. |
05-Farm. Four people stand in front of split log fence and farm building. A crop of corn grows on the hillside behind. |
06-Family at their farm. A woman sits side-saddle on horse. A man stands holding the reins. Another man stands with a cow (and a bird?). They have a frame house with picket fence. |
07-Hillside crop of corn. Four children rest at a downed tree surrounded by a young crop of corn. Farm buildings in the background. |
08-Children at a log fence
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09-Home and construction. Home with picket fence. Construction lumber is in the foreground. |
10-A crop of corn. |
11-Woman milks a cow on Alois Rosel's farm. Woman milks a cow outside, in front of white frame house and split-rail fence. A small herd of cattle grazes nearby. |
12-Farming. A child sits on a mule that draws a sledge. A woman stands behind holding a baby. |
| 13-Mrs. William Seltsam and her baby boy. She stands on a dirt path, holding her child.
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14-Two men and three children stand in a field on farm. |
15-A dinner outside on a farm. A family sits down to a table outside for a meal. A woman serves coffee. Chickens are at their feet. A grindstone and basket are nearby. |
16-A woman and child stand at a spinning wheel on farm. A Rose of Sharon bush is behind them. |
17-Working
in the field. |
18-Farm of George Kratzwald. Families harvesting hay. |
19-Family relaxes on porch of log cabin. One boy leans against a post reading a paper. |
20-Two girls wearing flowered hats stand with two
dogs. |
21-Man and woman at their home. Couple in front of their home. The man is on horseback. The woman is wearing a hat and apron. There are three dogs at her feet. The gate posts are topped with round carvings. |
22-Woman and three children on farm. Woman and three children stand in field of grass next to house and fence. |
23-Open air lunch on the way to
New Austria. Alois Rosel, E.A. Galkner & C.L. Jackson picnic near Junction City, Boyle County. |
24-Farm land. |
25-Recently cleared land on farm. |
26-Farm land of the "Swiss Colony". |
27-Boy pets his dog in a field. |
28-Farm. |
29-Woman and children in a field of corn and other
crops. |
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