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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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Registering at the Health Center

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Description: Women, who are accompanied by their children, register at the Health Center. On the walls are displayed posters on health and food.
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Cranberry Harvest

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Description: Hand-colored image of field hands harvesting with cranberry rakes from a flooded cranberry marsh.
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Driving Crew on the Logs

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Description: Driving crew posing on the logs. They are holding peaveys and cant hooks, tools used to move logs. The man on the left is holding a pail and the man in the...
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J.E. Rhodes & Co., Pork and Beef Packers

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Description: View from street of the front of the J.E. Rhodes & Co., Pork and Beef Packers building on Main Street. A group of men, with a cat and a dog, are posing in ...
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Diamond Drill Outfit Interior

Date: 1909
Description: Several men standing next to gears and machinery inside a diamond drill outfit.
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Harvesting Scene

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Description: Elevated view towards seven men working with teams of horses to harvest on the rolling hills, perhaps in the Great Plains. Farm buildings are in the backgr...
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Threshing or Haying Operation

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Description: A large group of men, women and children are posing with threshing machinery, a steam engine and a horse-drawn wagon in front of a barn. Lantern slide.
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Truck

Date: 1930
Description: A 1925 Ford Model T Roadster pickup is parked in a field of red-blooming wildflowers. There is a man in the driver's seat, another man is reclining on the ...
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Men in Field with Haystacks

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Description: View towards two men standing and holding pitchforks in a field with haystacks around them. Lantern slide.
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Man Driving Horse-Drawn Wagon

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Description: View across pasture towards a man sitting in a wagon full of hay, driving a team of two horses. There is a large haystack behind the wagon, and a man is lo...
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Man Operating Horse-Drawn Disc Harrow

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Description: Rear view of a man sitting on a horse-drawn disc harrow working in a field. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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Man with Horse-Drawn Drag in Field

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Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man standing on a drag or float pulled by a team of three horses in a field. The wooden draq is weighted down on the...
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Men in Field Harvesting Potatoes

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Description: View of a group of men and boys standing in a field. They are harvesting potatoes with horses and horse-drawn implements. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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Boy Eating an Onion or a Potato in Field

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Description: View of a boy standing and eating an onion or a potato in a field. Next to him are three baskets of onions or potatoes resting on crates. In the far backgr...
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Young Boy Pushing Implement in Garden

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Description: A boy wearing overalls, a long-sleeved shirt and a straw hat is pushing a wheeled implement, perhaps a single wheel hoe, plow, rake or cultivator, through ...
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Man Tending Hogs

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Description: A man is tending hogs inside a fenced enclosure outdoors. Lantern slide.
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Two Blacksmiths

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Description: Two men are standing in a blacksmith shop. One man is working at an anvil, the other stands with his hands on his hips. They are wearing leather aprons. Hu...
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Men in Automotive Garage

Date: 1917
Description: Five men standing in the J.W. Meiklejohn & Son's Prison City Garage. The men on the right are wearing business clothes and hats, the men on the left are we...
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Cobbler's Shop

Date: 1919
Description: A cobbler repairing shoes. He is standing at a counter with the tools of his trade and a shelf of shoes and boots. He is wearing a long apron. The shop is ...

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