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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | European farmers and young boy harvesting grain with horse-drawn McCormick grain binder in a field in front of a large mansion or institutional complex. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Children of striking Peyton Packing Company workers, all of Latin American descent, with gifts sent by union members in Wichita Kansas. |
| Date: | 08 1914 |
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| Description: | John Van Ness and his niece and nephew removing weeds from their "truck patch." Mr. Van Ness is using a hoe. |
| Date: | 01 17 1948 |
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| Description: | Milk delivery man in work clothes being greeted at the door of a residence by a woman and young girl as he delivers milk and dairy products. Shown in the ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | The manufacture of bricks was begun on this spot sometime in the latter 1860's by Henry Bretag, a German brickmaker, the father of Mrs. Englehardt. Brick ... |
| Date: | 01 25 1909 |
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| Description: | Large family group posed in parlor. Appearing in the back row, third from the left, Alma Reinhardt Taylor holding Ellen Taylor Higgins next to J. Robert ... |
| Date: | 08 05 1927 |
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| Description: | A man uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor to pull a wagon at the Sells Floto circus. Children and adults are walking nearby, and a tent and l... |
| Date: | 07 1908 |
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| Description: | Workmen with teams of horses excavate for the new Mercantile Store, later the M.M. Smart Store. A woman is walking on the street nearby, and a boy or man w... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A librarian checks out a book to a young girl, while other children sit at tables reading in the background. When it opened in 1938, the Library had a seat... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A group of children sit at tables in a library reading books and magazines while a librarian looks on from her circulation desk. When it opened in 1938, th... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | Huet Freeman of the Southern Mutual Help Association of Louisiana and two of his children after winning three-quarters of a million dollars for farm worker... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Family portrait of a large group of people posed on a lawn. In the background is a tent or open-sided awning. Harry Dankoler, wearing a hat a eyeglasses, i... |
| Date: | 08 02 1903 |
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| Description: | Group posed on the lawn of Uncle Herman's house. Three women are seated on a platform swing while others are sitting on the lawn and the porch. Harry Danko... |
| Date: | 09 1903 |
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| Description: | Harry Dankoler, wearing a hat and holding the shutter release mechanism in his right hand, is stepping in to stop a possibly posed fight between Syl and Ba... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | A group of men, women, and children sitting on wooden benches inside Cottage Hill School as they watch Professor P.G. Holden give a presentation on the era... |
| Date: | 07 09 1919 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a crowd gathered for Picnic Day at an International Harvester Company demonstration farm. Automobiles are parked in the foreground and alo... |
| Date: | 08 1951 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of citizens of Akron welcoming city champions and visiting celebrities to the All-American Soap Box Derby in front of the Mayflower Hotel. A ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | A group of convict laborers are wearing striped jumpsuits as they work to construct a road. Railroad tracks run through the foreground and people are stand... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A group of farmers gathered in a rural church for a community dinner. |
| Date: | 05 01 1938 |
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| Description: | May Day parade with a closeup of a "memorial" float for company unions. A man leans on the parked float. The float features a faux grave and the gravestone... |
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