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Farm Hazard: Children Playing with Ammunition

Date: 08 1927
Description: Staged scene of a toddler playing with shot gun shells and a hammer. This photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Departm...
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Farm Hazard: Chopping Wood

Date: 1926
Description: A man demonstrates the farm hazard of chopping wood.
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Flooded Building Under Construction

Date: 07 18 1946
Description: Man standing in flood water at the building under construction for Forsberg Paper Box Company, 2107 Fordem Avenue.
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General Plow, Safety Cartoon

Date: 1964
Description: Cartoon from an International Harvester operator's manual. The cartoon depicts four men in a semi-circle looking at a personified wrench standing on a rais...
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Boys Working in Field

Date: 04 15 1925
Description: Boys using hand tools to work in a field. A mule-drawn wagon is in the background. They are all wearing hats and overalls.
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Dangers of TNT

Date: 08 1927
Description: A man holding a metal instrument approaching a tree stump to inspect why a dynamite blast did not go off.
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Mowing Machine Hazards

Date: 07 1927
Description: A man is kneeling on the ground beside a mower hitched to two horses while performing repairs. An agricultural tool is lying on the ground beside him.
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Hazards of Messy Workspace

Date: 04 24 1925
Description: Interior view of a unkempt work space inside a shed or barn. There are wood shavings, dirty rags, and gloves lying beneath the work bench.
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Man at Tool Cabinet

Date: 04 1926
Description: A man wearing a hat and denim jacket stands near a tool cabinet in a barn or workshop while looking through a drawer at Cutten Farms.
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Changing Tire at Night

Date: 02 1928
Description: A man is standing alongside a dirt road while changing a rear tire on an automobile, blocking the taillight and demonstrating a farm hazard.
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Otto F Schultz

Date: 1962
Description: Otto F. Schultz, at age 81, uses the same tools his father used in his blacksmith shop.
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Russian Firemen Extinguishing Flames

Date: 1918
Description: A group of soldiers look on as a group of Russian firefighters are attempting to extinguish a fire in a building possibly used by the Allied forces in Arch...
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Dynamiters

Date: 05 11 1938
Description: Lithograph of two men using dynamite to break rock. One man is prying at a crevasse with a pole.
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Emergency Mass Feeding Demonstration

Date: 10 14 1954
Description: Helen Giessel, left, holds a large juice can as Avis McLean cuts it with a tin sheers to make a plate during part of an emergency mass feeding demonstratio...
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After the Fire

Date: 06 01 1909
Description: Findorff staff carrying on the business in the tent after the fire.

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