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Deering Corn Picker

Date: 09 1923
Description: Two men harvesting corn with a Deering corn picker.
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Loading Corn with a Corn Elevator

Date: 10 1922
Description: A farmer loading corn into a barn using a corn elevator. He is loading corn onto the elevator from a horse-drawn wagon.
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Constable Rube J. Holcombe

Date: 07 1913
Description: Constable Rube J. Holcombe posing for a photograph while smoking a cigar.
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Cornfest

Date: 1994
Description: The amusement rides at the DeKalb Cornfest.
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Behind the East Lincoln Highway

Date: 1994
Description: The buildings behind the east Lincoln Highway.
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Ralph's Newsstand

Date: 1994
Description: Ralph's Newsstand on South Seventh Street.
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Hintzsche Fertilizer

Date: 1994
Description: Hintzsche Fertilizer on the East Lincoln Highway.
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Winter Storage

Date: 1994
Description: Covered automobile with snow off the East Lincoln Highway.
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Coal Chute

Date: 1994
Description: Coal chute on the railroad tracks on the east end of DeKalb.
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Train Speeding through Town

Date: 1994
Description: Train on the railroad tracks through town.
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Destruction of Old Post Office Building

Date: 1995
Description: Destruction of the old post office building.
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Entering DeKalb

Date: 1997
Description: Entering DeKalb on the train coming west from Chicago.
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Kishwaukee River

Date: 1999
Description: The Kishwaukee River in winter and its snow-covered banks.
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Cemetery on Annie Glidden Road

Date: 1993
Description: Gravestones and markers in a cemetery at the side of a paved road. A cornfield is across the road.
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House in Ruins South of Town

Date: 1993
Description: An abandoned house surrounded by uncut grass and trees on the side of a road. Snow is covering the ground and lightly covers the roof of the two-story hous...
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Junkyard in DeKalb

Date: 1993
Description: Slightly elevated view of cars, vans, and trucks laying in a heap on top of each other, with a light cover of snow over them. A crane rises above the pile....
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Kishwaukee River at the End of the Street

Date: 1993
Description: View from shoreline looking down at a light film of ice covering the surface of a river as it curves around a bend towards a bridge in the distance. A path...
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Waiting for the Train Once Again in DeKalb

Date: 12 26 2014
Description: A cargo train is passing over Lincoln Highway. The railroad crossing gate is down and the traffic lights are red. Behind the train, old brick buildings lin...

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