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Dale Farm
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A scrapbook page containing five photographs of John R. Commons and farm labor. The handwriting in the center reads: "Dale Farm with AL and Windy." Caption under the top right photograph reads: "The Farmer stands and views his lands, And tells his trusting wife and son, How, valiantly, with his own hands, He'll toil, while they have all the fun!" The caption under the bottom right photograph reads: "But shift your glance I pray, and look! A pipe, & some deep learned book — And wife and son — they'll wield the hoe!"
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W01340L
WHi 4461
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