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McCormick Reaper Works

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Description: Lantern slide illustration of the interior of the McCormick Reaper Works(?) as it appeared in 1860. Shows men stoking a boiler, working at a work bench, a...
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Joe Bear Heart near Table of Drying Corn

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Description: Lantern slide of a Ho-Chunk man wearing a hat posing standing behind a table loaded with kernels of corn on a cloth drying by a wooden building. The man is...
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Cranberry Harvest

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Description: Hand-colored image of field hands harvesting with cranberry rakes from a flooded cranberry marsh.
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Avery 130 Tractor

Date: 1915
Description: Men use an Avery 130 tractor with a gang plow to work in a farm field.
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Boys' Woodwork Group at Neighborhood House

Date: 1923
Description: Group of boys at a woodworking session in the basement shop at Neighborhood House, with boys posing with various tools and planks of wood. In the far backg...
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Neighborhood House: Boys in Meal Line at Camp

Date: 1929
Description: Group of boys standing in line, holding empty plates to be filled by a cook, wearing a chef's hat, who is standing behind a half-door with a pan in one han...
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J.E. Rhodes & Co., Pork and Beef Packers

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Description: View from street of the front of the J.E. Rhodes & Co., Pork and Beef Packers building on Main Street. A group of men, with a cat and a dog, are posing in ...
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Man Pulling a Combined Disc and Harrow

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Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man pulling a "combined disk and harrow" through a field with a tractor.
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Man Walking Behind Horse-Drawn Harrow

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Description: View towards a man walking behind a harrow in a farm field. Farm buildings are in the distance. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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Man on Horse-Drawn Peg Tooth Harrow

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Description: Rear view of a man on a horse-drawn peg tooth harrow working in a field. Lantern slide.
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Man Walking Behind Horse-Drawn Spring-Tooth Harrow

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Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man walking behind a horse-drawn spring-tooth harrow in a field. Piles of harvested grain are lined up in the field....
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Man and Boy with Horse-Drawn Walking Plow

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Description: Seth Shepard and Willie Bletle with a horse-drawn walking plow in a field. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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Men in Field with Haystacks

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Description: View towards two men standing and holding pitchforks in a field with haystacks around them. Lantern slide.
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Man Driving Horse-Drawn Wagon

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Description: View across pasture towards a man sitting in a wagon full of hay, driving a team of two horses. There is a large haystack behind the wagon, and a man is lo...
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Man Operating Horse-Drawn Disc Harrow

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Description: Rear view of a man sitting on a horse-drawn disc harrow working in a field. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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Man with Horse-Drawn Drag in Field

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Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man standing on a drag or float pulled by a team of three horses in a field. The wooden draq is weighted down on the...
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Harvesting by Hand (Copy of Painting The Gleaners)

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Description: Women are bending over in a field, harvesting by hand. In the background people are working near large haystacks and a horse-drawn wagon. Lantern slide.
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Man Speaking to Group of People

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Description: A man is standing and speaking to a group of men and women. They are gathered outdoors, and a sign on a barn above the door in the background reads: "1906 ...
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Boy Delivering Newsapers

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Description: A boy is delivering a newspaper to the front step of a house. The sign on the newspaper bag reads: "Cook County School-Home Project — Business." Hand-tinte...
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Carmen Dillon

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Description: Art Director Carmen Dillon and an unidentified man are viewing the construction of one of the sets from the 1948 film "Hamlet." Another unidentified man is...

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