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Silverford's A.I.D. Pharmacy

Date: 1938
Description: Silverford's A.I.D. Pharmacy, with proprietor, assistant, customer and mailman standing among numerous retail displays and a McCormick-Deering "four in lin...
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Packinghouse Workers Strike

Date: 04 1948
Description: As an empty truck is entering the Cudahy Packing Company plant in Kansas City, Kansas, striking United Packinghouse employees threaten the drivers by appea...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Bringing in the Sheaves

Date: 1908
Description: Photomontage of a farm scene with giant produce. A man and a woman stand on top of a giant ear of corn, resting on a horse-drawn cart. Around them are mor...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: A Bull-head Worth Catching

Date: 1909
Description: Photomontage of a man fishing. The man, standing barefoot on a log, attempts to reel in a giant Bull-head fish, while another fish lurks ominously nearby. ...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Our Watermelons Grow Big

Date: 1908
Description: Photomontage of a horse-drawn cart that is hauling giant watermelons broken down in the middle of a road. The driver of the cart inspects the broken wheel ...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Salted

Date: 1909
Description: Photomontage of a hunter pouring salt on the tail of a giant rabbit. The hunter is holding a rifle and wearing leather boots and gloves. The surrounding w...
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International Harvester Transfer Agency

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior view of an International Harvester Transfer Agency building with several men standing on a platform surrounding it. Railroad tracks are located on...
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Man on Horse-Drawn Mower near Farm

Date: 1899
Description: A farmer is sitting on a mower pulled by two horses in the middle of a field. Two other men appear to be herding cattle along a path beyond the field. A fa...
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Men Examining McCormick Grain Binder in Field

Date: 1899
Description: Several men appear to be examining a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder as it sits in a field. One man in work clothes is sitting idle on the seat of the b...
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Silverford's A.I.D. Pharmacy

Date: 1938
Description: A man stands by a cooler with a bottle of Pabst beer in his hand. Bottles and cans of beer are along the wall behind him. On the right is a magazine stand ...
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International Delivery Truck

Date: 10 18 1937
Description: International delivery truck used by the Emery Bird Thayer Dry Goods Company. A man is standing behind the truck on a loading dock.
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Loading Delivery Trucks

Date: 10 18 1937
Description: Men loading delivery trucks used by Emery Bird Thayer Dry Goods Company.
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Emery Bird Thayer Shipping Department

Date: 10 18 1937
Description: Men loading small packages into rolling carts in the shipping department of Emery Bird Thayer Dry Goods Co.
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Loading Area of Emery Bird Thayer Dry Goods Company

Date: 10 18 1937
Description: Slightly elevated view of men sorting packages in the shipping department of Emery Bird Thayer Dry Goods Company.
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Dry Goods Company Shipping Department

Date: 10 18 1937
Description: A man sorting packages in the shipping department of the Emery Bird Thayer Dry Goods Company.
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Credit Clerks at Emery, Bird, Thayer Dry Goods Co.

Date: 10 18 1937
Description: Men sorting packages in the shipping department of the Emery, Bird, Thayer Dry Goods Company as women credit clerks work in the background.
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Wrapping Department

Date: 10 18 1937
Description: Men wrapping parcels in the wrapping department of the Emery, Bird, Thayer Dry Goods Company.
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P&H 60-Ton Bridge Crane with Two Hooks

Date: 
Description: A 60-ton Pawling & Harnischfeger type "AN" bridge crane with 10-ton type "A" trolley's and two hooks at power house for the Metropolitan Street Railway Co....
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Man with Ice Machine

Date: 09 10 1938
Description: A man crouches near a 7.5 x 7.5 Lippman ice machine powered by an International PA-50 power unit at the Isis Theater.
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Striker Arrested

Date: 01 17 1946
Description: Elevated view of a Swift Company striker being taken from the CIO picket line by police. The striker was reported to have been beaten and arrested.

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