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Boy Riding Toy Railroad Engine

Date: 09 1925
Description: Kenneth Chipman riding a toy railroad engine on the farm of W.W. Chipman. Worked by footpower and with a working whistle bell, the toy engine follows track...
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Cotton Bale on Platform

Date: 1919
Description: A bundled cotton bale rests on a wooden platform at a loading dock or train depot. A train car on a railroad track is alongside the right of the platform.
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Hauling Sisal Leaves

Date: 1915
Description: Men carrying cut sisal leaves to take to a decorticating mill (which removes the outer husk), loading them on a donkey, and tram car which is on rails.
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Loading Sisal Fiber

Date: 01 22 1910
Description: Men use donkeys to pull carts loaded with sisal fiber along railroad tracks on a wharf at Progreso, Yucatan. The fiber is being loaded onto or off of steam...
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Brass Band at Railroad Depot

Date: 02 26 1915
Description: A brass band led by W.F. Casey, standing at left, welcomes four Alabama Crop Diversification Campaign speakers at a train depot. A train and several buildi...
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Train Depot in Valley

Date: 11 30 1915
Description: Elevated view towards a train depot located in a valley.
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Man Seated Atop Bales of Hay

Date: 1914
Description: Man seated on a horse-drawn wagon loaded with bales of hay near railroad tracks.
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Group of People Gathered Beside Train

Date: 1917
Description: Group of men, with a few women and children, gathered around a passenger train on a stop of the Union Pacific Nebraska Preparedness Special Campaign.
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Group Standing near Locomotive

Date: 1917
Description: Large group of men, including railway workers, standing beside a locomotive. Original caption reads: "U.P. Nebraska Preparedness Special Campaign. Farm pre...
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Boys Gathered at Train Stop

Date: 1917
Description: View of a group of boys gathered near and on the railroad tracks near a group of adults at a train stop, listening to two well-dressed men speaking. Origin...
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Convict Laborers

Date: 1915
Description: A group of convict laborers are wearing striped jumpsuits as they work to construct a road. Railroad tracks run through the foreground and people are stand...
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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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Men Standing on Manure Pile in Railroad Yard

Date: 1918
Description: Men hold a sign that says "Car No. 1 Manure Secured by Y.M.C.A. for Eighth Ward War Gardens" while standing on top of a manure pile in a railroad yard.
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School Children with Train for the Nebraska Preparedness Special Campaign

Date: 1917
Description: Group portrait of school children standing on and near the train for the Union Pacific Nebraska Preparedness Special Campaign.

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