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Cultivating Cotton Field with McCormick Farmall Super MD Tractor

Date: 1953
Description: View of an African American farmer cultivating a cotton field with a stage I McCormick Farmall Super MD tractor. The tractor is equipped with a cultivator ...
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International Crawler Tractor with Disk Plow

Date: 1949
Description: Rear view of an African American man plowing a field with an International diesel crawler tractor (TracTracTor) and a disk plow.
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Construction Workers Jackhammering

Date: 1969
Description: Two construction workers jackhammer through a sidewalk at the construction site of the World Trade Center.
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Construction Worker

Date: 1969
Description: Construction worker at the World Trade Center.
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Baby Huey on Stage with Drummer

Date: 04 24 1970
Description: Chicago R&B singer Baby Huey standing barefoot on stage wearing an open green shirt on top of coveralls. A conga player, possibly Plato Jones, is visible o...
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Baby Huey on Stage with Drums

Date: 04 24 1970
Description: Chicago R&B singer Baby Huey standing barefoot on stage wearing an open green shirt on top of coveralls. A drum set and cymbals are visible on the right si...
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Baby Huey on Stage with Horn Players

Date: 04 24 1970
Description: Chicago R&B singer Baby Huey standing barefoot on stage wearing an open green shirt on top of coveralls. Members of his horn section are visible in the bac...
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Baby Huey & the Babysitters Horn Section

Date: 04 24 1970
Description: Low angle view of three members of the Baby Huey & the Babysitters horn section, which features a modified trumpet, and a tenor and an alto saxophone. They...
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Baby Huey with Full Band

Date: 04 24 1970
Description: View from above of Chicago R&B act Baby Huey mid-performance. The band was made up of a three man horn section, electric guitar, drums, congas, electric ba...
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Baby Huey on Stage with Band Members

Date: 04 24 1970
Description: Chicago R&B act Baby Huey mid-performance viewed from stage left. Members of the horn section and percussionists are visible in front of and behind Baby Hu...
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Baby Huey with Two Band Members

Date: 04 24 1970
Description: Chicago R&B singer Baby Huey leaning against a car with his trumpeter, (likely Rick Marcotte) and conga player, (possibly Plato Jones) who is wearing an Am...
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Baby Huey & the Babysitters

Date: 04 24 1970
Description: View from above and behind the stage of Chicago R&B act Baby Huey & the Babysitters mid-performance, while the large festival audience stands around the st...
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Baby Huey from the Audience

Date: 04 24 1970
Description: Chicago R&B act Baby Huey mid-performance viewed from the audience. The band was made up of a three man horn section, electric guitar, drums, congas, elect...
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African-Americans In Camp Area

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A crowd of African-American men standing and sitting in the camping area of the Sound Storm music festival before most of the audience arrives.
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Four Men Playing Conga Drums

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A crowd of four African American men play conga drums at the Sound Storm music festival for a gathering audience.
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Artist on Edge of Stage

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Unidentified male African American artist, wearing a beret with two illegible buttons on it, kneels on the edge of the stage talking or singing into a hand...
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Artist on Edge of Stage

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Unidentified African American male artist, wearing a beret with two illegible buttons on it, kneels on the edge of the stage talking or singing into a hand...
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Man Dancing on Stage

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A man wearing a beret with two buttons on it dances across the stage. An audience member on the left is also dancing, and stagehands and photographers crow...
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African-American Man Drumming

Date: 1970
Description: An African-American man plays a djembe-like drum, with other people relaxing in the background on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Terrac...
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African-American Man Drumming

Date: 1970
Description: An African-American man plays a djembe-like drum, with other people relaxing in the background on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Terrac...

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