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Vendors (?) at Outdoor Market

Date: 1915
Description: One man and two women on an urban sidewalk with baskets of produce. The man's basket is decorated with white stars on a dark field. The people are probably...
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Young Girl with Baskets of Produce in Outdoor Market

Date: 1915
Description: Young girl wrapping or unwrapping produce from baskets on an urban street, possibly in Chicago, Illinois. The girl is likely offering the produce. A boy an...
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Agricultural Extension Lecture

Date: 12 01 1915
Description: Lindsey Reese of International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department delivering a lecture on livestock and agriculture to a crowd of people and a d...
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Agricultural Extension Lecturer at Meeting

Date: 1913
Description: International Harvester Agricultural Extension Department employee W.R. Baughman talking to a small meeting in Dupage County during the Alfalfa Campaign. A...
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Fireworks Stand

Date: 07 1927
Description: Three boys purchase fireworks from the proprietor of a National Fireworks tent near Ogden Avenue. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Ag...
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Farmers Hauling Goods in Columbus Wagon

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Description: Two farmers standing in the bed of a wooden Columbus wagon loaded with groceries and other goods. The original caption reads: "One of the reasons why Alaba...
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Girl at Vegetable Stand

Date: 1917
Description: Girl selling vegetables to a customer at vegetable stand along Milwaukee pike. Original caption reads: "The little girl in charge sold over $800 worth of v...
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Vegetable Store

Date: 1917
Description: Small vegetable store known as the North Shore (Home Grown) Vegetable House, along the north shore of Lake Michigan. To the right of the store two men are ...
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Vacant Lot with Billboards

Date: 05 15 1918
Description: Vacant city lot cluttered with litter and advertising billboards for Premium Ham and Bacon and Wool Soap. The department likely used the photograph to show...
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Vegetables and Canned Goods

Date: 1920
Description: Storefront display of canned goods and vegetables.
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Dairy Day Parade

Date: 02 12 1917
Description: "Dairy maids" walk down the street in front of Wood's Model Grocery in "the big parade."
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Cotton Market

Date: 02 09 1915
Description: A group of wagons filled with cotton bales in the street at market.
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Hinsdale Storefronts

Date: 1920
Description: View from across street of two men standing in the storefronts of, on the left, the Hinsdale Provision Co. and on the right, the Robberts Fancy Grocery. Th...
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Woman on Platform Near Urban Street Market

Date: 1917
Description: A woman searching through a burlap sack. Two men are standing beside her on a platform near an urban street market.
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Farmer's Corn Co-op

Date: 1920
Description: Two men standing in a farmers' corn co-op. The sign reads: "Demonstration Corn Plat.; Farmers Co-operation; Demonstration Work; U.S. Department of Agricult...
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Grain Delivery to Caton Station

Date: 08 1930
Description: A farmer delivering grain to the elevator at Caton Station.
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Hayden & Harms Dealership

Date: 09 1921
Description: Exterior view of Hayden & Harms, an International Harvester dealership. Several men are standing near the building's front door near displayed farm impleme...
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International Harvester Dealership

Date: 09 1921
Description: Two men are sitting behind the wheel of a truck with stake body parked in front of an International Harvester dealership storefront. On the right is a one-...
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Men with Cotton Bales

Date: 1925
Description: Three men wearing hats are sitting on top of baled cotton loaded in a wagon. The wagon is led by two horses and is traveling down a dirt road in what appea...
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Storing Sisal Fiber

Date: 07 28 1910
Description: Men use a pulley to raise bales of sisal from the ground of a warehouse to the top of a pile of stacked bales. Others use dollies to wheel in additional ba...

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