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Tall-tale Postcard: Onions

Date: 10 30 1909
Description: An elderly, bearded man hauls a giant onion using a dolly. The man is wearing a black hat and white work gloves. The background shows the side of a barn....
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Methodist Episcopal Home for the Aged

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Description: Front view of the addition to the Methodist Episcopal Home for the Aged, founded on May 10, 1883. Pedestrians are crossing the street near an automobile an...
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Toys Repaired No Charge by Grandpa

Date: 04 26 1957
Description: C. Glenn Goodsell is surrounded by children in front of a cart which reads "Toys Repaired No Charge By Grand-Pa". The sign on the wheel of the cart reads: ...
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Worker Resting Against Cart

Date: 08 15 1911
Description: A man dressed in light overalls and a stripped button-up shirt is leaning against a cart in a factory yard at International Harvester's Osborne Works (late...
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Man with Push Cart at Osborne Works

Date: 07 30 1913
Description: An elderly factory worker dressed in pants, a striped shirt, suspenders and a hat is posing with a large push cart at International Harvester's Osborne Wor...
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Horse-Drawn Carriage with Children and School Bus

Date: 1975
Description: A horse-drawn enclosed carriage originally used to transport children to and from school in 1915. The carriage has several young children as passengers, wh...
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Horse-Drawn Carriage with Children and School Bus

Date: 1975
Description: Four small children are standing in a parking lot looking at a horse-drawn enclosed carriage. The carriage had been originally used to transport children t...
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Children by Roadside and Horse-Drawn Carriage

Date: 1975
Description: Two young children are standing and watching a man driving an enclosed horse-drawn carriage on a gravel road. The carriage had originally been used to tran...
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Roadside Marketeers

Date: 10 1983
Description: Milton and Adeline Retzlaff took time off from serving a steady stream of customers to pose with their merchandise.
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Portrait of Elderly Man

Date: 03 27 1912
Description: Elderly man posing standing, with his left hand on a delivery cart. Tools are hanging on the wall in the background.

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