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Oyster and Clam Vendor

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Description: An African American vendor of oysters and clams is shown pushing his wheelbarrow. A building with an exterior brick chimney is behind him.
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Cheese House

Date: 1925
Description: The rear facade of a cheese house. A man is standing in the doorway of the loading dock next to a hand cart.
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Cart and Oxen on First Street

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Description: Oxen in yoke pulling an empty wagon at intersection of First and Main Street. Storefronts identified on the northeast corner of Main and First Streets incl...
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Group in Surrey

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Description: Three women, one holding a bottle, and a man in a three bench surrey and two-horse team.
Postcard

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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Tall-tale Postcard: Caught With the Goods

Date: 1913
Description: Photomontage of a dwarf wearing a top hat driving a cart, drawn by a mule, filled with giant eggs. The dwarf is wearing a suit and a top hat. The mule is...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Father Works

Date: 1910
Description: Photomontage of a boy driving a cart drawn by a giant chicken. The back of the cart is filled with giant eggs, and a fence lines the road in the background...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Grapes

Date: 1913
Description: Photomontage of a stack of giant grapes resting on a flatbed cart. The side of the cart bears the inscription, "Wells Fargo Company Express." Red text at...
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Evaporator at the Chattanooga Plow Works

Date: 1919
Description: Partially assembled self-skimming evaporator at the Chattanooga Plow Works.
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Couple Shopping at Grocery Store Dairy Case

Date: 10 03 1947
Description: Elevated view of man and woman with a grocery cart shopping at the dairy case in a grocery store. Sign over case reads: "There's a Heap of Good Livin' Down...
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P.H. Best Brewing Company

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Description: Southside Brewery, formerly the Melm's Brewery. A bridge, a boat, a river, several small buildings, and horse-drawn vehicles are in the foreground. Caption...
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Shops in Victorian Structure

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Description: Shops contained on first floor of a Victorian structure, one of which belongs to a woman named Mary. Standing in front are her husband and two sons. Furthe...
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Men Pulling Carts

Date: 1897
Description: Men pushing and pulling two carts, one with a barrel, around a street corner.
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Beer Distributor

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Description: Warehouse of a Milwaukee distributor of beer (Miller, Schlitz, Pabst) and soft drinks. Two men are working with cases of beer on a cart in the background.
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Neuss Works Exterior

Date: 1945
Description: Elevated view of a man walking down a path surrounded by buildings, possibly damaged in World War II, at International Harvester's Neuss Works in Germany. ...
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Man with Milk Cans on Cart

Date: 1947
Description: A man pushes a wheeled cart loaded with six milk cans past buildings on International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. The original caption reads: "...
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Forge Shop at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1912
Description: Interior view of the forge shop at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory.
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Breaking the Blockade

Date: 05 05 1949
Description: Several days before the Berlin Blockade was to be lifted, Russian authorities permitted this West Berlin couple to purchase potatoes in the eastern sector....
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Columbia Bread Cart

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Description: Side view of the Columbia Bread Cart with the address written on it: "618 Main St." There is a building on the left, and in the background are other buildi...
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Loading Dock at Canada Packers

Date: 1936
Description: Workers load International C-300 trucks at a Canada Packers' loading dock in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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