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[Photograph of Helge Family Home]

Description: Photograph of the Helge family home at Bear Creek in the early 1900s with lightning rods on the roof, a large barn and outbuilding on the left, an outhouse on the right, and a spacious yard enclosed by a white picket fence.
Date: 1900~
Creator: Easterwood, Connie
Partner: McCulloch County Historical Commission

[Photograph of the Hanson Sisters]

Description: Photograph of six of the seven Hanson sisters (Minnie, Louise, Alice, Olive, Lily, and Esther) prior to their family's 1907 move to Galva, Illinois, to West Sweden, Texas.
Date: 1907
Creator: Easterwood, Connie
Partner: McCulloch County Historical Commission

[Photographs of Railroad Construction]

Description: Two photographs of railroad workers laying track in the East Sweden area while being observed by local residents. Both photographs demonstrate the use of a pulley system in properly aligning the rails.
Date: 1903
Creator: Hurd, Bobby
Partner: McCulloch County Historical Commission

[Photograph of the Blomstrom Family]

Description: Photograph of Charles John Blomstrom and Family. Shown in this photo are: Alfred, Ester, Gunnar, Charles, Ellen, Phillip, Violet, and Knute.
Date: 1909
Creator: Blomstrom, Knute A., Jr.
Partner: McCulloch County Historical Commission

[Photograph of Church Interior]

Description: Photograph of an interior view of an unfinished church, decorated for its first Christmas and also serving as the West Sweden community's first school.
Date: 1907
Creator: Connie, Easterwood
Partner: McCulloch County Historical Commission
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