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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 ...
Photograph

Loading Hay

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Description: Agricultural workers are loading hay onto a wagon pulled by two horses in the vicinity of Carbondale or Elk Hill. A man sits in a horse-drawn carriage near...
Photograph

International Truck at Hoover Dam

Date: 1931
Description: Men drive an International truck up a dirt road along the Colorado River during the construction of the Hoover Dam in Black Canyon. There is a steam, or po...
Photograph

Men Raking Hay in a Field

Date: 1900
Description: A young man is operating a horse-drawn hay rake in a field, while other men are raking by hand. There are large piles of hay scattered in the field. In the...
Book or Pamphlet

Spearing Fish in Winter

Date: 1884
Description: Small group of Native Americans spearing fish through ice on a river. Mountains can be seen in the background.
Photograph

Military Laundry

Date: 11 30 1943
Description: Elevated view of the Rough Raider Squadron Laundry, serving 100 customers a day. Eight soldiers can be seen, some working, some watching, and one soldier c...
Photograph

Camp at El Kantara

Date: 1930
Description: The camp at El Kantara, Algeria. In the foreground, members of the expedition are sleeping on pallets, under blankets. Just beyond the sleepers are two tru...
Photograph

Girl at a Well

Date: 1927
Description: A Kabyle girl holding a pail at the well, with another pail sitting on the ground at her feet. The well has a stone wall around it with a rope and pulley s...
Photograph

Dairy Farm and Vide Valley

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Description: Elevated view of one man and two women tending the cows near a farm building at a dairy farm in Vide Saeter, Norway. The Vide Valley is in the background.
Photograph

Norwegian Milkmaids

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Description: Two Norwegians milkmaids stand together on Grjotlid Road, holding cans of milk on yokes around their necks. They are standing at the edge of a steep hill, ...
Photograph

Soldiers at Fountain in Trient (Trento)

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Description: Soldiers gathering around a fountain in Trient with their cattle.
Photograph

Cavern of the Lavarone Plateau

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Description: Cavern built into the mountain on the Lavarone plateau. The plateau of Lavarone was located along the pre-war boundary between Austria-Hungary and Italy.
Photograph

Cattaro

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Description: Open air kitchen on the mole.
Photograph

Troop Shelter in Albanian Mountains

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Description: Shelters for troops in the Albanian mountains.

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