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Young Girl with Baskets of Produce in Outdoor Market

Date: 1915
Description: Young girl wrapping or unwrapping produce from baskets on an urban street, possibly in Chicago, Illinois. The girl is likely offering the produce. A boy an...
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Child Laborers Bringing Fibre Down From Mountains

Date: 1910
Description: Procession of child laborers carrying bundles of twine fibre (fiber) down from the mountains in the Philippines. The fibre was likely used by International...
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Young Boys Pose with International 8-16 Tractor

Date: 06 24 1921
Description: Two ten-year-old boys, Paul Lannom and William Smith, posing with an International 8-16 HP tractor and McCormick binder. The boys are the grandsons of "Dad...
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Young Boys Harvest Wheat with International 8-16 Tractor

Date: 06 24 1921
Description: Two ten-year-old boys, Paul Lannom and William Smith, harvesting wheat with International 8-16 HP tractor and McCormick binder. The boys are the grandsons ...
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African American Tenant Farmers Picking Cotton

Date: 1900
Description: Men, women, and children - likely tenant farmers or "sharecroppers" - picking cotton by hand.
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Inexpensive Poultry House

Date: 1914
Description: A young child feeding a flock of chickens outside of a poultry house. A farmhouse is in the background.
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Boy and Girl Working in the Field

Date: 1917
Description: A girl and a boy doing field work beside a wagon.
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Child Working in Cornfield

Date: 1929
Description: John Raab dragging a mower wheel through a cornfield to conserve moisture.
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Girl Peeling Potatoes

Date: 1920
Description: Baskets of potatoes surround a young girl as she peels and cuts them outdoors near the side of a building.
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Boy Operating Corn Binder

Date: 1902
Description: Three-quarter view from rear of a young boy operating a horse-drawn McCormick corn binder in a field on the Bachand farm. The boy may be Mike Bachand, or t...
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Young Boy on Corn Binder

Date: 1905
Description: Jake Rascof using a horse-drawn corn binder in a field.
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Children Riding Mules on Sisal Plantation

Date: 1949
Description: Four young boys ride mules in a field on an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Agricultural laborers are in the background. Original caption...
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Removing Layers from Manila Plant

Date: 1910
Description: A boy removing layers from a manila plant in the Philippine Islands. Another boy is carrying parts of the stripped plant over his right shoulder.
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Young Man Sitting on Hay Rake

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards a young man sitting on a horse-drawn dump rake pulled by a team of horses. In the background are hills.
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Child Worker Bearing Grapefruit

Date: 1969
Description: A child worker wearing a short sleeve plaid shirt, dark pants and no shoes is carrying grapefruit from a Texas grove on his shoulder. He is looking into th...
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Boy Strikes Against Libby, McNeill & Libby, Inc.

Date: 1967
Description: A nine-year old Jamaican boy wearing a backwards cap, plaid jacket, jeans, and sneakers. He is holding two buckets and is looking at the camera. He is join...
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Texas Migrant Family

Date: 1967
Description: A family from Texas temporarily settles in Waushara County. Their white truck is parked in front of a grassy area and wooden house. The father is standing ...
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Communal Shower for Migrant Workers

Date: 1969
Description: A boy wearing a white short-sleeved t-shirt and dark pants is barefoot and standing to the left of a communal shower hut for migrant farm workers in a Waut...
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Strikers in Cucumber Field

Date: 1967
Description: A group of young migrant farm laborers leaving a cucumber field in a Chevy station wagon for a union rally in Portage. Three children are looking at the ca...
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Strikers Leaving Field

Date: 1967
Description: Migrant farm laborers leaving a cucumber field to strike. Strikes in Wisconsin were organized by the local farm-worker labor union, Obreros Unidos, an inde...

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