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Walter A. Wood

Date: 07 1900
Description: Portrait of inventor and entrepreneur Walter A. Wood. Wood founded and operated an agricultural machinery company in Hoosick Falls, New York.
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John F. Appleby

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Description: Portrait of inventor John F. Appleby. The Wisconsin inventor is credited with inventing a knotting mechanism that made twine grain binders possible in the ...
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Men Gathered at Water Pump

Date: 1909
Description: Group of men and a boy gathered near a body of water. The men are sitting around a water pump.
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Charley Londek and Visitors

Date: 1915
Description: Studio portrait of Charley Londek and visitors in front of a painted backdrop. Mr. Londek formerly worked at International Harvester's Deering Works and is...
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Haymarket Square Rally

Date: 05 04 1886
Description: Photograph of an artistic rendering of a rally held at Haymarket Square on May 4, 1886, before the explosion of the bomb. Haymarket Square is at the Inters...
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Bomb Explodes at Haymarket Square Rally

Date: 05 04 1886
Description: A photograph of a painting depicting the bomb exploding at police as they approach the wagon to tell the crowd to disperse from Haymarket Square. Shrapnel ...
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Haymarket Square Riot

Date: 05 04 1886
Description: Photograph of a painting depicting a confrontation between police and protesters at the Haymarket in Chicago. Smoke from an explosion drifts in the backgro...
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Haymarket Square Riot Infirmary

Date: 05 04 1886
Description: A photograph of a painting depicting the wounded being treated at Desplaines Street police station after the Haymarket Square riot. The riot started as a r...
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Surrender of Albert Parsons

Date: 06 21 1886
Description: A photograph of a painting depicting the surrender of Albert Parsons to Cook County Illinois authories. Parsons had been arrested in connection with a conf...
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Twenty Men Involved in Haymarket Square

Date: 1886
Description: Portraits of twenty men involved in the Haymarket Square Riot and aftermath [left to right, top line]: Geo. Ingram, Attorney; Julius S. Grinnell, State's ...
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Rush Street Bridge before the Chicago Fire

Date: 1861
Description: Panoramic view of downtown Chicago before the fire of 1871. The photograph was taken from the South side of the Chicago River, looking Northeast. The Rush ...

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