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photograph

Catalog Number
2019.1.677
Description
Black and white photograph of a barn that had burned on the Henry Scholten Farm in Graafschap.  Firefighters from Graafschap and Park Township came at 4 pm and stayed for two hours.  They kept the fire from spreading to nearby houses and other buildings.  Henry Scholten suffered minor burns while trying to rescue a tractor. He lost some machinery and straw in the fire. The photograph is from July 27, 1971.