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Factory Workers at Akron Works

Date: 1910
Description: Two factory workers stand near a furnace at International Harvester's Akron Works. Piles of parts are in the foreground.
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Factory Worker at Akron Works

Date: 1910
Description: A factory worker in a long coat works on truck parts at International Harvester's Akron Works.
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Akron Works

Date: 1918
Description: Two men work on truck parts on a workbench at International Harvester's Akron Works (factory).
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Boarding an Excursion Boat

Date: 1910
Description: Passengers board the excursion boat "Crescent No. 1" as others look on from bridges. There is a large building in the background on the left, and a long, w...
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Boathouse and Docks

Date: 1910
Description: Waterside view toward a couple canoeing by a boathouse and docks on the Ohio Canal, with a steel bridge in the left background. Smoke streams across the sk...
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Large Burial Vault

Date: 1910
Description: The tomb of the Robinson family, a large burial vault.
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Ferry in the Cuyahoga River

Date: 1910
Description: View of a cable ferry in the Cuyahoga River. A man and several chairs are on the ferry. A rocky pass is further down the river.
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Fire Station No. 4

Date: 1910
Description: A view of two horse-drawn engines sitting in front of the fire station. The engine on the left holds the water tank and is pulled by two horses. Two men ...
Postcard

Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 
Description: All-American Soap Box Derby at Derby Downs. "Scene showing main entrance to Derby Downs."
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Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 1953
Description: Ticket for the All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio, held on August 9, 1953. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Steiner and their two sons of Argyle, Wisconsin, a...
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Winter Sports at Virginia Kendall Park

Date: 
Description: View of people playing winter sports (sking and skating) at Virginia Kendall Park, a large, snow-covered area with a dwelling in the background.
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Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 1951
Description: Madison, Wisconsin Champion Roddy Botts with a volunteer at the starting line of the All-American Soap Box Derby at Derby Downs.
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Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 1951
Description: Elevated view of citizens of Akron welcoming city champions and visiting celebrities to the All-American Soap Box Derby in front of the Mayflower Hotel. A ...
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Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 1951
Description: "Welcome" volunteers at the All-American Soap Box Derby hand out a pair of jeans and a Hawaiian shirt to each city champion shortly after they arrive in Ak...
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Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 1951
Description: Elevated view of spectators in the grandstands at Derby Downs watching three racers participate in the All-American Soap Box Derby.
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Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 1951
Description: Two Akron majorettes welcome Madison, Wisconsin champion Roddy Botts to the All-American Soap Box Derby.
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Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 1951
Description: Timed overhead photograph showing Madison, Wisconsin city champion Roddy Botts coming in second place in his first heat at the All-American Soap Box Derby ...
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Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 2010
Description: Portrait of Maija Liimatainen of Monroe, Wisconsin with her soap box derby car posed on the racing hill at Derby Downs, Akron, Ohio. Maija won the super st...
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Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 1946
Description: Paul R. Anderson of DeForest, Wisconsin won the 1946 Madison Soap Box Derby and went on to race at the All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio. Here he...
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Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 11 1940
Description: Thirteen year-old James Borden (standing in the middle) of Madison, Wisconsin, the 1940 Madison, Wisconsin soap box derby champion, waiting for his turn to...

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