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American Inventors

Date: 1900
Description: Cigar box label with portraits of inventors Thomas Edison, Eli Whitney, Robert Fulton, Cyrus McCormick, Richard March Hoe. Around the edges are illustratio...
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Locomotive No. 539

Date: 1882
Description: View across railroad tracks of two men posing near the right side of locomotive no. 539 on another set of railroad tracks. The locomotive was built by the ...
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Plows at Chattanooga Plow Works

Date: 1930
Description: Men (mostly likely employees), plows, cane mills and an evaporator are lined up on a Main Street sidewalk outside the Chattanooga Plow Works.
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Testing Cub Cadet on Railroad Tracks

Date: 06 1961
Description: A man drives an International Harvester Cub Cadet along the inside of railroad tracks to test the machine. The photograph was probably taken outside of Int...
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Francis Shirbroun Delivers Mail in Farmall A Tractor

Date: 1941
Description: Francis Shirbroun delivers mail to a mailbox in a Farmall A tractor that has been fitted with a homemade cab for delivering mail. The cab has a "FARMALL" d...
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Freight Yard

Date: 1910
Description: Men posing in the Winneconne Freight Yard. Some of the men stand and sit on two hay wagons, and three men stand on the ground, in front of a box car. Some ...
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Man Using Horse-Powered Hay Stacker

Date: 04 27 1905
Description: View of a man, wearing a hat and a shirt with a necktie, using a horse-powered hay stacker. In the background on the right a group of men are standing near...
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Learning to Select Good Horses

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of a Native American man holding the lead of a horse as it is evaluated by another man, possibly Joseph Wojta, who is wearing a hat and long ...
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Grain Delivery Truck

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: A man is sitting in the driver's seat of an open truck loaded with grain on a scale at a weigh station. A man is standing near a small building holding the...
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McCormick-Deering Hoist

Date: 07 19 1928
Description: View across street towards a man using a hoist to mount street lights a near an intersection in a city. Men are standing on the sidewalk watching the insta...
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Livestock Delivery Truck

Date: 07 13 1928
Description: Two men are sitting in the front seat of a delivery truck, with stake body, exiting a barn.
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Livestock Delivery Truck

Date: 07 13 1928
Description: View from road towards a man standing near the passenger side of a truck while talking to the man in the driver's seat. The truck bed has a high stake body...
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Employee Posing Outdoors with Ensilage Cutter

Date: 07 18 1912
Description: Employee posing with an Ensilage Cutter at McCormick Works. A man is sitting high up on a wagon in the background.

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