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School Children Eating

Date: 1919
Description: Three girls serving cups of food and bread to children seated at their desks in a Cook County, District 137 classroom. The activity may have been part of t...
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Farm Wife Brings Lunch to Her Husband in the Field

Date: 1970
Description: Ingrid Bengtson bringing lunch to the field to help her husband, Norman, get the planting done faster. They are having lunch on top of the McCormick Intern...
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Canning Poster

Date: 1920
Description: International Harvester poster advertising home canning and offering free books. The sign reads: "Canning Means Saving, Saving Means Money. Ask Your Wife, ...
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Reed's Cafe

Date: 1937
Description: A woman is standing by a cooler with a beer bottle in her hand at Reed's Cafe near a stove and countertop. Original caption states: "McCormick-Deering 6 ca...
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Lunch Pails at Sedan Prairie School

Date: 1919
Description: Lunch pails, newspaper-wrapped packages, and hats are stacked on a bench inside Sedan Prairie School. The paper hanging on the wall above the bench reads: ...
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Agricultural Display in Classroom

Date: 10 27 1917
Description: View of an agricultural display at the Walkenhorst School Fair, consisting of vegetables, fruits, and canned goods lined up on a table. Various graphs, il...
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Children with International Truck

Date: 1965
Description: A group of children gathers around an International truck modified for use by a public health organization while a woman in a nurse's outfit stands inside....
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International Diesel Demothon

Date: 08 21 1967
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of farmers and businessmen gathered to attend International Harvester's "Diesel Demothon." In the foreground two men and a young g...
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Pyramid of Canned Goods

Date: 02 15 1915
Description: A pyramid of stacked canned goods at an Alabama store. Original caption reads: "The people of Alabama are artistically inclined as evidenced by the car loa...
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Woman Steaming Spinach

Date: 07 17 1926
Description: Woman steaming spinach in a hot-water bath on a Coleman Pressure Range at the Harvester Farm. The image is part of a series illustrating canning methods.
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Truck Drivers Dining at Truck Stop

Date: 1966
Description: Truck drivers dining in reserved "Truck Drivers Only" seating at a diner in an American Oil Company truck stop.
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Boy Sitting on Front of Truck Eating Ice Cream Cone

Date: 1977
Description: A five year old boy is sitting on the hood of a truck eating an ice cream cone. The boy is Joel Keith Strickland, and he is wearing denim bib overalls and ...
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Food Tray for Pan American World Airways Boeing 747

Date: 1970
Description: Food tray for a Pan American World Airways Boeing 747 in-flight meal. The tray has silverware, a coffee cup, and assorted food items. There is also a napki...
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Three Men at McCormick-Deering Cream Separators Display

Date: 11 04 1926
Description: Three men are standing outdoors near a platform displaying McCormick-Deering Primrose ball-bearing cream separators. Two of the men are eating popcorn, and...

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