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Man Facing Framed Question Mark
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F.J. Wolfe stands with his back toward the camera while looking at a framed picture of a question mark hanging on a wall. The original typewritten caption reads: "Title: Portraits. Back view of F.J. Wolfe taken for the Boys and Girls Book."
1929
International Harvester Company
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Dangers of Loose Matches
August 1927
A woman removing loose matches from a coat pocket before hanging it in a closet.
Man Films Workers on Farm
1915
A man uses a camera mounted on a tripod to film another man and two boys near a farm building. The man and boys appear to be constructing a silo. Two horses stand in the background.
Reel Storage and Repair
1929
Agricultural Extension worker repairing reels of film in a storage room.
Mrs. Granere Washing Clothing
October 1923
Mrs. Granere using a Maytag wringer and two metal rinsing buckets to wash clothing on the International Harvester demonstration farm.
Laundry Line
1920
Clothing hanging on a clothesline strung between a farmhouse and two small farm buildings. Corn and other crops are planted around the farmhouse.
Woman Throwing Out Wash Water
1925
Woman dumping wash water from a metal wash basin on the back step of her farmhouse.
