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Alley with Litter

Date: 1925
Description: Squalid, littered alley. Tire tracks run through the mud between wooden buildings.
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Two Cars Pass on Dixie Highway

Date: 08 1924
Description: Trees and electric power lines are along a road. There are two automobiles being driven in opposite directions on Dixie Highway.
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Treelimbs Cut to Accommodate Electrical Wires

Date: 08 1924
Description: View along the edge of a road of a tree that has been cut multiple times at its limbs to make way for electrical wiring on power lines. The tree appears to...
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Baled Cotton Stored in Middle of Street

Date: 02 23 1915
Description: Bales of cotton stored in the middle of a damp dirt road. Houses or storefronts are on both sides of the road in the background.
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Electric Wires and Railroad Tracks

Date: 03 1928
Description: Power lines along both sides of railroad tracks running through a rural area.
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Pedestrian Sign

Date: 05 26 1926
Description: A sign reading: "Walk on Left" is posted on a power line pole. A man is walking on the left side of a rural road in the background as a truck drives by.
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Electric Light Switch

Date: 10 1923
Description: Mrs. Waggoner pushing a button on an electric light switch on the wall in her farmhouse.
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Woman and Child with Electric Washer

Date: 1931
Description: A woman and a girl are using an electric washing machine to clean clothing or bedsheets in a basement. The machine is powered by a DELCO-Light Plant system...
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Woman Doing Laundry

Date: 11 1919
Description: A woman using an electric washer and wringer to launder clothing on the Babcock Farm.

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