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McCormick Reaper Works

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Description: Lantern slide illustration of the interior of the McCormick Reaper Works(?) as it appeared in 1860. Shows men stoking a boiler, working at a work bench, a...
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Backyards Along "K" Street

Date: 1904
Description: Elevated view of a number of backyards after planting. There is a factory building in the background on the left, and children playing in sand in the foreg...
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Backyard of House in Urban Neighborhood

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Description: Elevated view of a backyard, with wooden walkways and barrels in an urban neighborhood. Caption reads: "Typical backyard before landscape gardening was tau...
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K Street House After Planting

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Description: House on a street corner covered with ivy and surrounded by plants and lawn. There is a factory and a large smokestack in the background. Hand-tinted lante...
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Ernst's Backyard After Planting

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Description: Grass, bushes and flowers border a lawn in front of a house in a neighborhood. There is a factory in the background. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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Ernst's Backyard Before Planting

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Description: View across lawn, with wooden walkway, towards a house. A fence is on the right, and more houses are in the background on the left. In the far background i...
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K Street House Before Planting

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Description: View towards lawn and shrubs around house. In the background is a factory and a smokestack. Lantern slide.

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