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Mennonite Children Walking on Road

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Description: Five Mennonite children walking down the middle of the road after a fishing trip.
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Starlite Drive-in Theater sign

Date: 07 23 1959
Description: "Lights On" sign at the Starlite, a drive-in movie theatre.
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Starlite Drive-in Theater ticket booth

Date: 07 23 1959
Description: Exterior of the ticket booth at the Starlite Theatre, a drive-in movie theatre.
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Edna Kern Hauling Water

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: Edna Kern, wife of Ernest G. Kern, hauling water in buckets to the hen house.
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Watering the Laying Hens

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: Edna Kern in the hen house watering the laying hens.
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At the Mailbox

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: Edna Kern picking up the mail at the roadside mailbox.
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Canal Street Rebuilt in Bloomington

Date: 1956
Description: View across Canal Street with the businesses that were built after the fire. Ford stepside truck is parked along the curb on the left. Businesses with thre...
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World Trade Center Billboard

Date: 1969
Description: Con Edison billboard for the World Trade Center. The sign reads "To meet the needs of the spectacular twin-towered World Trade Center we're strengthening y...
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Onlookers Observe Construction of World Trade Center

Date: 1969
Description: Rear view of onlookers observing the construction of the World Trade Center towers.
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World Trade Center Onlookers

Date: 1969
Description: A man and a woman (with a beehive hairstyle) observe the construction of the World Trade Center towers.
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Man Observes Construction of World Trade Center

Date: 1969
Description: A man looks up to observe the construction of the World Trade Center towers.
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Man with Briefcase

Date: 1969
Description: Close-up view of a man with a briefcase as he walks on the sidewalk by the construction of the World Trade Center towers.
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Ace Excavators

Date: 1969
Description: Color photograph of an Ace Carting Company truck with "Ace Excavators" on the front. The truck is on the site of the construction of the World Trade Center...
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Construction Workers on Break

Date: 1969
Description: Construction workers with hard hats take a break while working on the construction of the World Trade Center.
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Worker in Trailer

Date: 1969
Description: A construction worker leans in the doorway of a break trailer at the construction site of the World Trade Center.
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Elkhart Lake Racetrack

Date: 1987
Description: Race course and grandstand at Road America in Elkhart Lake, where racing began in 1955. Prior to that, Elkhart Lake was host to automobile racing on the vi...
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Rainy Day Traffic

Date: 1941
Description: Automobile traffic, with a street railroad car in the background, on a rainy day.
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Directing Traffic

Date: 1939
Description: A Chicago police officer holds up his hand to signal pedestrians that they should not enter the crosswalk.
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Swine Competitors

Date: 1962
Description: Competitors in the Junior Livestock Exposition with their pigs before the judging.
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Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1999
Description: Cranberry harvest at Warrens, the self-proclaimed cranberry capital of Wisconsin.

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