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Factory Workers Among Hanging Implement Parts

Date: 1907
Description: Factory workers are standing among implement parts hanging from hooks suspended from a track on the ceiling at International Harvester's Osborne Works (lat...
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Man Stretching Baling Wire

Date: 03 31 1908
Description: Man stretching baling wire next to a brick building.
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Child Workers

Date: 1909
Description: Caption on back: "Textile factory, girl spinner at frame, boy with a waste cart. (Child Labor in Cotton Mills, 1909-1913)."
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Man Operating Push Binder

Date: 05 19 1909
Description: Close-up of a man's feet and legs operating a push binder indoors at McCormick Works.
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Group Posing in front of McCormick Works Club House

Date: 1907
Description: Group of men and women posing outdoors on the steps of the club house.
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Driving Crew at Hardwood Mill

Date: 1900
Description: View of several men standing and kneeling in front of mill buildings. There are logs floating near the sluice gate.
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Man Attaching Wheels on a Daisy Reaper

Date: 1900
Description: View of a man attaching wheels on a Daisy Reaper. The man is crouching in a large area paved with cobblestones near industrial buildings.
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Three Men Drinking Beer

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three unidentified white men dressed in bib overalls. One man is sitting in the center betwee...
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1905
Description: Full-length studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk men sitting at a small table. Louis Lookingglass (MaukHeKah), left, is holding a liquor flask and is wearing a ...
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Dr. Lange

Date: 1905
Description: A well-dressed man is standing on the bank of the Montello River just below the dam, which was owned and operated by the Montello Granite Company. On the o...
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Sitting in a Barn with a Watermelon

Date: 09 1904
Description: Jennie and Edgar Krueger sitting in hay barn, cutting up and eating a watermelon.
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Championship Hose Team

Date: 1905
Description: Young men on a championship hose team wear uniforms while pulling a cart along a road.
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Hattie Fels Owen in Men's Suit

Date: 1908
Description: Hattie Fels Owen sitting in a wicker rocking chair. She is wearing a man's suit and hat and posing with a cigar.
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Wallace Rumsey Standing on Gigantic Fallen Tree

Date: 1900
Description: With ax in hand, Wallace Rumsey is standing on a gigantic fallen tree. Caption reads: "Wallace — Chopper."
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Studio Portrait of Will Thunder

Date: 1902
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Will Thunder (NaKikSayWaHeKah) (son of [WaConChaKah] John Thunder aka Dr. Thunder and [WeHonPeKaw] Lucy Bear, Thunder) sitti...
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Locker Room at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1902
Description: Rows of lockers with screen doors, probably at the McCormick Works. Some of the lockers contain hats, shoes, and coats. A long bench runs along the wall of...
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Emma and Elena Schmitt

Date: 1901
Description: Portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Emma Schmitt (the future Mrs. Sherwin Gillett) and her sister Elena.
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Ole Emerson's Lumber Camp Bunkhouse

Date: 1902
Description: Lumbermen in their bunk house at Ole Emerson's lumber camp. Several of them have pipes in their mouths and their socks are hanging to dry.
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Portrait of George Caperty

Date: 02 1901
Description: Studio portrait of George Caperty in partial native dress with ornaments and beaded bag. Part of Shahaptian and Yakima Tribes
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Young Boy with Tricycle

Date: 1908
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young boy with a tricycle.

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