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Safety With Explosives

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Description: A Wisconsin Department of Agriculture truck with a sign that reads "Safety With Explosives." The truck and workers were part of a crew that blew tree stump...
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New Orleans Market

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Description: View of the old French fruit and vegetable market. Pineapples and bananas are hanging in the stalls.
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Cranberry Drying and Storage

Date: 1934
Description: Two workmen stack crates of cranberries in an open air drying shed. The original caption which was supplied by the Agriculture Department noted that Wiscon...
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Livestock Judging at Union High School Agricultural Fair

Date: 10 05 1912
Description: Elevated view of crowd around horses during livestock judging. In the background are fields, a road, power lines, and in the far distance along the horizon...
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Cattle Driven Down a Street

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Description: View of cattle being driven down a street. Caption reads: "Street Scene, Covington, LA."
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Drilling Wheat

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Description: Elevated view of two men using agricultural machinery to drill (plant) wheat. "Superior" sign is on the machinery. A boy and a dog stand nearby. A horse an...
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Harvesting Hay

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Description: A man is piling hay onto a wagon pulled by oxen.
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In the Cotton Field

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Description: A group of agricultural workers and their children pose with a wagon full of cotton in a cotton field, location unknown. Caption reads: "In The Cotton Fiel...
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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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Loading Sugar Cane

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Description: Agricultural workers loading sugar cane onto a horse-driven wagon. Two men on horseback are nearby. Caption reads: "Loading Sugar Cane."
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Cotton Compress

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Description: Two men hold carts of cotton bales in front of the warehouse of a cotton compress.
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Vegetable Dealer with Cart

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Description: An elderly African American vegetable dealer in a donkey-driven cart parked in front of a row of windows.
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Buildings Along Railroad Track

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Description: Railroad tracks pass by a hotel and restaurant and the Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco Factory.
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Farm Scene

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Description: A horse and carriage drives down a lane past a farmhouse, barns, and a windmill.
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Cranberries in Crates in Horse-Drawn Cart

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of hand picked cranberries in crates loaded into a horse-drawn cart.
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Cranberry Drying and Storage

Date: 1934
Description: Hand-colored image of two men loading cranberries in crates into an open air drying shed shortly after harvest.
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Rudolf Herrling Farm

Date: 1903
Description: Rudolf Herrling farm looking west from the sawmill platform. Three men are near horses and carts in a fenced-in area. In the background is the farmhouse.
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Girls in a Garden

Date: 1910
Description: Four girls pose in a garden next to a house between the Post Office and Council Rooms on Main Street. Lillian Muller is seated on the ground. Behind her, p...
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A Rural Procession of Carriages

Date: 1910
Description: View of a procession of horse-drawn carriages along a dirt road through a field. The second carriage from the left is a hearse. There is a farm in the 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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