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Long Line of Horse-Drawn Mowers

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards eleven horse-drawn mowers in a long line. Each man is driving a team of two horses or donkeys to pull the mowers. Some of the hor...
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Haying Operation

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Description: View of a haying operation, with a farmer and a constable (?) exchanging a piece of paper. Other men are standing in the field near large stacks of hay. A ...
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The Cotton Gin

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Description: View of the cotton gin. A man is driving a small cart in the left foreground. Men are standing in front of cotton gin buildings in the background.
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Arms Children at a Zoo

Date: 05 01 1966
Description: Paul Arms touching the nose of a donkey through a fence at the Vilas Park Zoo as his sister Rita looks on.
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Clifford Lord with a Donkey

Date: 09 1952
Description: State Historical Society of Wisconsin Director Clifford Lord, paused on his way to a regional meeting posing with a donkey. He was like that.
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Feeding Donkeys at Aqualand

Date: 1967
Description: A man is feeding two donkeys grass, while a woman is standing next to a child who is sitting on top of a fence watching the donkeys eat.
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Donkey Carrying Supplies in a Trench

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Three men loading a donkey with supplies. One of the men is holding a dog in his arms. Captioned: "Donkeys are used to carry munitions and supplies to batt...
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Democratic Organizing Committee Convention Banquet Menu

Date: 1951
Description: Front cover and interior of menu for the convention banquet of the Democratic Organizing Committee. On the cover is a drawing of a donkey kicking its back ...
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Dickey Chapelle with Donkey

Date: 1945
Description: Dickey Chapelle wearing a heavy coat and kneeling to feed hay to a donkey next to a cart on a street in a city in Geurande, France. She has a camera around...
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Posing with a Donkey

Date: 1961
Description: View over wire fence towards a woman standing behind a donkey holding her by the halter. The donkey's foal stands in front of her. A small barn with an ope...
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Gridiron Club Menu Art Souvenir

Date: 12 11 1948
Description: Two cartoons (by Clifford K. Berryman?) for the winter dinner of the Gridiron Club, each entitled, "Gridiron Forecast 1948": one of Thomas Dewey holding a ...
Poster

Chattanooga Cane Mill Advertising Poster (Colombia)

Date: 1926
Description: South American advertising poster for Chattanooga brand cane mills showing men processing sugar in a tropical setting. Imprinted with "unicos importadores ...
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Irish Milk Boy

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Description: A young boy drives a donkey-powered cart with a large milk can as cargo in Fermoy, Ireland.
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Loading Sugar Cane

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Description: Agricultural workers loading sugar cane onto a cart pulled by two donkeys. Caption reads: "Loading Sugar Cane, Morgan City, LA."
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John Deere Tractor Specifications

Date: 1928
Description: Listing of John Deere farm tractor specifications. The text is set against a background photograph of men working on a farm with a silo and donkeys in the ...
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Men with Livestock

Date: 1914
Description: Group of men in a pen with livestock, including pigs, sheep, a cow, a donkey and horses. The livestock was owned by the Piney Woods Country Life School.
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Man with Chattanooga Walking Plow

Date: 1924
Description: Rear view of a man using a horse-drawn Chattanooga walking plow pulled by a team of two horses or donkeys in a field.
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Farmall MV Harvesting Sugar Cane

Date: 1943
Description: The caption states: "Farmall MV shown is owned by C.R. Tschirn of Donaldsville, Louisiana, who operates a 350-acre farm, 225 acres of which were in sugar c...
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Farmall MV at Work Harvesting Sugar Cane

Date: 1943
Description: The caption states the "Farmall MV shown is owned by C.R. Tschirn of Donaldsville, Louisiana, who operates a 350-acre farm, 225 acres of which were in suga...
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Dyers Shoe Store Political Window

Date: 10 07 1936
Description: Dyers Shoe Store, at 109 State Street, with a display window featuring men's shoes, and the words: "Comfortable shoes satisfy all parties," and "Give your ...

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