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Document identity
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FI0000632
label
Blacksmith Shop Interior, Webster City, 1905
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obj
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photograph
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
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FI0000632
contentType
photograph
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fortepan.us
stage
normalized
credit
Leonard Curtis
sourceCaption
Location: This is the interior of a blacksmith shop on Des Moines Street. The name of the shop is unknown.
People: Standing at the anvil is Elmer Andrew Curtis (1880-1945). The two other gentlemen are unidentified. Prior to his marriage to Myrtle Jane France in December 1908, Elmer Curtis worked as a blacksmith and rural mail carrier.
year
1905
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC-BY-SA-4.0
subjects
Businesses and Factories
Portraits - Group
country
Webster City
city
Webster City
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1
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analyze
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Source extras
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FI0000632
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yes
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blacksmith
horseshoes
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3000
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2051
schema:latitude
42.461924
schema:longitude
-93.809092
place
Webster City
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85
placeId
30453
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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3000
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2051
description
This image depicts the interior of a blacksmith shop in Webster City, United States, circa 1905. Standing at the anvil is Elmer Andrew Curtis, while two unidentified men are present. The shop features hanging horseshoes and various tools, highlighting early 20th-century blacksmithing activities before Curtis's marriage in 1908.