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| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Galena (lead sulfide) was melted at this open hearth furnace owned by Richard Straw and Company on the Roundtree Branch of the Little Platte River. The men... |
| Date: | 09 1929 |
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| Description: | View across field towards the Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Co. Pyrofax plant under construction, 130 Fair Oaks Avenue, almost finished. |
| Date: | 09 1929 |
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| Description: | View across field towards the Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Co. Pyrofax plant under construction, 130 Fair Oaks Avenue, almost finished. |
| Date: | 06 23 1936 |
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| Description: | Workers in trial fields of the Leonard Seed Company, with the processing plant in the background. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Workers bundle and transport fiber at an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Bundling the dry fiber or transporting ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Rear view of man on Titan 10-20 Tractor. The stencils are on the back of the tractor. In the background is a field, and what appears to be a factory. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | View looking down on construction site of a dam. Two pulley-operated hoists are erect. Men pose from the top of the dam. |
| Date: | 1997 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of harvesters wading through cranberries contained by booms to feed them onto a conveyor to be loaded into the waiting trucks. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Cover of the book "Century of the Reaper" by Cyrus McCormick III ("Cyrusie"). The cover includes a color illustration of the senior Cyrus McCormick testing... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks, showing the switching station, water tank, and buildings. Two men stand on the railroad tracks. Ester Point is near Cassville, W... |
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| Description: | View along railroad tracks towards a group of men and boys standing on a platform in front of the Preston Depot while a locomotive arrives. In the backgrou... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View across road towards a canning factory. A group of workers are standing at the top of a round structure, and a conveyor belt coming out of a shed leads... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Large group of men in a field with horse-drawn binders and a horse-drawn carriage. There is an industrial building in the background with a row of windows. |
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