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Boy Throwing Ball

Date: 05 1928
Description: Young boy throwing a ball on the grounds of the Viall School, Cook County, Illinois.
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Front Yard Landscaping of County Official

Date: 05 1925
Description: Front yard landscaping and exterior of suburban home of "county agent Arehart."
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County Agent Demonstrating Methods of Judging Swine

Date: 1928
Description: Sitting on pig pen fence, a county agent is demonstrating methods of judging swine to a local Boys & Girls club youth.
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Group Portrait of Girls of the Boys and Girls Club

Date: 05 1928
Description: Outdoor group portrait of eighth grade girls — rural school festival. All the girls are wearing ribbon badges that read: "Cook County Health Contest."
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Young Girls Playing on School Swing

Date: 05 1928
Description: Two young girls playing on a tree swing on the grounds of Viall School.
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Children Playing Jump Rope

Date: 1920
Description: Girls turning rope for a young boy to skip outside the Sunnyside School in Cook County.
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Cook County Truck

Date: 11 13 1925
Description: An International truck marked "Cook County 17" is parked along the side of a road. There appears to be a beach and shoreline in the background.
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LeeLanau County Road Commission Snowplow

Date: 02 28 1929
Description: View towards driver's side of a snowplow parked in front of a brick building. The sign painted on the window reads: "[Leela]nau County Road Commission." Sn...
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Crane Laying Rails for Hawkins Mine

Date: 1945
Description: Workers and a steam railroad crane laying rails for International Harvester's Hawkins Mine.
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Rural School in Westchester County

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of School #8, located along a dirt road in Westchester County.
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Boy with School Project Garden

Date: 1919
Description: Young John Bollenbach standing in the middle of a garden, identified as his "Cook County school-home project."
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Delivery Truck

Date: 12 15 1923
Description: Delivery truck parked on side of street in front of a large building. Sign painted on side of truck bed reads: "Orange County Milk Association."
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Cook County School Festival

Date: 06 1916
Description: A group of children and adults, some holding American flags and Cook County banners, standing in a field to watch events at the Cook County School Festival...
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Students with Cat and Dog

Date: 1920
Description: A group of male and female students from Sunnyside School posing for an outdoor portrait with a dog and cat.
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Town Hall and Church

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior of a town hall originally built in 1896 as a church in rural Orange Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa. There is a weather vane on top of the steep...
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Delivery Drivers Posing with International Newspaper Trucks

Date: 08 03 1928
Description: Four delivery drivers posing with three International trucks carrying publications (including "True Story") of the Essex County News Co., Inc.
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Get Acquainted Tour

Date: 1916
Description: View up center of dirt road towards automobiles parked on either side in Wabash County.
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Crowd Watching Agricultural Extension Alfalfa Lecture

Date: 1913
Description: Farm children, families and other onlookers watch an alfalfa series lecture by J.H. Skinner of International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department....
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Truck from Cloud County Farm Bureau

Date: 09 20 1928
Description: Two men standing near a truck from "Cloud County Farm Bureau" are watching two men using a Farmall tractor pulling a corn picker in a field. Farm buildings...
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Model 30 Tractor Grading Rural Road

Date: 11 01 1934
Description: Worker grading a rural road with a McCormick-Deering Model 30 industrial tractor and a pull grader. The tractor was owned by Weld County.

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