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McKay Nursery, Group of Employees

Date: 05 12 1937
Description: Group portrait of employees in front of the McKay Nursery Co. building.
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McKay Nursery

Date: 05 12 1937
Description: Elevated view of a group of employees standing beside nursery stock inside the McKay Nursery warehouse.
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McKay Nursery

Date: 05 12 1937
Description: Three men and three trucks parked in front of McKay Nursery Co. building.
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McKay Nursery Field

Date: 05 07 1937
Description: McKay Nursery field with men planting, and horse teams pulling cultivators.
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McKay Nurseries Field

Date: 05 07 1937
Description: Group of men digging with shovels in the McKay Nursery evergreens field.
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McKay Nursery

Date: 05 07 1937
Description: Large group of employees standing beside trucks parked in front of McKay Nursery.
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McKay Nursery, Trucks and Employees

Date: 05 07 1937
Description: Large group of employees standing beside trucks parked in front of McKay Nursery building. Alternate view.
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Standard Oil Farm Meeting

Date: 08 04 1948
Description: View of speakers platform from the back of the room at a Standard Oil Co. farm meeting.
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Men in Dairy Barn

Date: 12 16 1946
Description: Two men empty buckets of milk into cans in a dairy barn. A row of cows standing in stalls is in the background. The original caption reads: "McD [McCormick...
Photograph

Labor Violence in Iowa

Date: 05 21 1948
Description: National Guardsmen stand guard outside the headquarters of Local 46 of the United Packinghouse Workers of America after the shooting of a striker at the Ra...
Photograph

Packinghouse Picnic

Date: 1953
Description: Children playing outdoors at the Packinghouse Workers summer picnic.
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Don't Buy Rath

Date: 04 17 1950
Description: Workers leaving the John Deere factory read literature from United Packinghouse of America workers on strike at a nearby plant. Although the location of th...
Photograph

Building Farmer-Labor Solidarity

Date: 1947
Description: Booth sponsored by United Packinghouse Workers Union Local 46 at the Black Hawk County Fair. The booth included a special exhibit that illustrated how both...
Print

Waterloo Boy Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1918
Description: Front cover of a booklet produced by the Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company to advertise the Waterloo Boy one-man tractor. The Waterloo Gasoline Engine Compa...
Book or Pamphlet

Waterloo Boy Tractor Brochure Back Cover

Date: 1918
Description: Back cover of a brochure produced by the Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company of Waterloo, Iowa to advertise the Waterloo Boy one-man tractor. The cover featur...
Print

Waterloo Boy Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1917
Description: Outer flap of an envelope mailer produced by the Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company to advertise the Waterloo kerosene tractor. It features an illustration o...
Photograph

John Daley Sitting on Ladder under Lantern

Date: 
Description: A river navigation light on the Mississippi River. People were paid to keep them lit so the steam boats could operate at night. Bearded man sitting at bas...
Photograph

View of Barn and Family

Date: 1916
Description: Barn and silo, with horses and farm wagon, and three children in pony buggy. Three men stand near the horse-drawn wagon on the left. The two horses are wea...
Photograph

The White Front Tavern

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Description: William R. "Bill" Kinney (1912-1978) behind the bar of the White Front Tavern. Bill and his brother Howard Kinney owned the bar from 1948-1956. Three unide...

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