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African American Farmer Hauling Corn to Market

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Description: Farmer hauling corn to market with an ox-driven wagon. Original caption notes that oxen were used considerably in the south for motive power.
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Group Portrait of African Americans in front of Building

Date: 02 17 1915
Description: Group portrait of African American children and adults posing in front of a run-down building with a stone chimney — possibly a rural school house.
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Dairy Herd of S.L. Brewster

Date: 02 14 1915
Description: Slightly elevated view of the dairy herd of S.L. Brewster, standing in an enclosure outside a barn.
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Elbert Blow Farm

Date: 03 17 1915
Description: Elbert Blow farm, with three men and a young child posing. Shows short horn cattle, the barnyard, and home.
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Feeding Yard at Chestnut Hills Farm

Date: 1915
Description: Men and cattle in the feeding yard near a barn on E.A. O'Neil's Chesnut Hills Farm.
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Man with C-254 Cultivator on Super C Tractor

Date: 1952
Description: View across field towards a bare-chested man, possibly Raymond Teal, using a Farmall Super C tractor outfitted with a C-254 cultivator to work in a field. ...
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Group at Alabama Barbecue Pit

Date: 02 22 1915
Description: A group of men, women, and children gathered around an outdoor barbecue pit as meat roasts. The barbecue took place at Louis Frank Sessions' farm during a ...
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Barn and Silo at IH Demonstration Farm

Date: 05 1925
Description: Exterior view of a barn and silo at an International Harvester demonstration farm.
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Corn Harvest at IH Demonstration Farm

Date: 1924
Description: Men on an International Harvester demonstration farm are feeding corn into a husker-shredder as a boy is holding a burlap bag to the machine to catch the k...
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Plowing on an IH Demonstration Farm

Date: 04 28 1932
Description: View across field on an International Harvester Company farm towards a group of men standing and watching a plowing demonstration. Several barns and other ...
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IH Demonstration Farm at Montgomery

Date: 06 1930
Description: Several farm buildings stand on an International Harvester demonstration farm. The side of a wooden barn is painted with a sign that reads: "International ...
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Man Smoothing Dirt Road

Date: 02 15 1915
Description: A man wearing a suit and hat is standing on a wooden grader while driving two mules along a dirt road. Beside the road behind him are cows in a fenced-in f...
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Court Square in Business District

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Description: Elevated view of a public square in a business district. Automobiles, pedestrians, and horses and carriages surround a large figural fountain which was ere...
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Fountain in Bienville Park

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Description: View of Bienville Park. Men and women sit on park benches around a cast iron fountain with an acanthus leaf motif, added to the park in the 1890's. Buildin...
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Schoolhouse in the Woods

Date: 1919
Description: Small schoolhouse with a bell tower on the roof over the entrance to the building. The schoolhouse is surrounded by trees. A class of students is pictured ...
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Judge Slaughter's Home

Date: 03 10 1915
Description: View from a field of Judge Slaughter's house. The house is surrounded by a white picket fence. On the balcony, there is a large group of people.
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Log House

Date: 05 12 1902
Description: Ernst Goetsch and Alexander Krueger standing next to the unique chimney of a log house. The bottom of the chimney is made of wood boards filled with stone ...
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Woman Carrying Clothes Basket on her Head

Date: 05 1902
Description: Florence Christian carrying the cleaned laundry of Paul C. Goetsch in a large basket on her head while walking barefoot through a garden.

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