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Tall-tale Postcard: Caught With the Goods

Date: 1913
Description: Photomontage of a dwarf wearing a top hat driving a cart, drawn by a mule, filled with giant eggs. The dwarf is wearing a suit and a top hat. The mule is...
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Alice in Dairyland Parade

Date: 06 07 1948
Description: Mr. Vollerud of Hollandale portraying Daniel Boone on a mule during a parade in Highland to celebrate the crowning of Margaret McGuire as Wisconsin's first...
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Portrait of George Monegar on a Mule

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man on the right is sitting on a mule wearing a Sioux headdress along with other regalia, in a field in front of tents and trees. A European Ame...
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Portrait of George Monegar on a Mule in a Field

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man on the left is posing mounted on a mule, and is wearing a Sioux headdress among other regalia. A European American man is posing standing on...
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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of a man with two mules on the left pulling a boat up the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. A large wooden building is on the right bank in the behi...
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Two Burros

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Description: Three young people standing near two burros carrying firewood in front of a dwelling. Caption reads: "Burros Carrying Firewood."
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Pack Train Leaving

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a pack train leaving town. Caption reads: "Pack Train Leaving Kooskia Ida."
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Kennedy's Pack Train

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Description: A view of Kennedy's Pack Train, about to cross the Chena River. The pack train carried large amounts of gold dust taken from creeks. Caption reads: "Kenned...
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Mule-drawn Bus

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Description: A mule-drawn bus, "Matamoros y Santa Cruz," acting as rapid transit in Mexico. Caption reads: "Rapid Transit in Mexico."
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Street Car

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Description: Men and a boy pose near a man driving a mule-drawn street car. Caption reads: "Street Car. Matamoros, Mex."
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Early Electric Power Street Car

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Description: A group of men pose near an electric power street car first used in 1832. A mule is hitched to the streetcar. Caption reads: "Electric Power Street Car, Me...
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Twenty Mule Team Hauling Borax

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Description: Between 1883 and 1889, the twenty mule teams, such as this one, hauled more than 20 million pounds of borax out of Death Valley. The borax load was hauled ...
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Rock Bank

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Description: Mules and wagons can be seen with men on a rock bank while mining. Caption reads: "Rock Bank."
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Hunter Bros. Milling Co.

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Description: View across railroad tracks toward the Hunter Bros. Milling Co. mill. There is a railroad train on the tracks next to the mill. A man is standing in front ...
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Mariscal Mine

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Description: Workers stand near an automobile and pack of mules in Mariscal Mine. The mine produced 1,400 flasks of mercury, 1/4 of the US production, between 1900 and ...
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Fire Department Carts With Huge Water Barrels

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Description: Men steer mule-drawn Fire Department carts down a dirt road in Matamoros, Mexico. Several buildings stand in the background.
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Pack Train

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Description: A man leads a pack train of mules laden with packages down a trail near Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada. Caption reads: "Packtrain, Dawson, Y.T."
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U.S. Mail Sleigh

Date: 1918
Description: Two men sit at the reins of a horse-drawn United States mail sleigh which ran from Sturgeon Bay to Egg Harbor. Another man is kneeling inside the sleigh ne...
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Boy with Burro and Cart

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Description: A young boy sits on a cart pulled by a burro.
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Sand Hill Supply Company Wagon

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Description: View of two men standing near a Sand Hill Supply Company mule-drawn Conestoga-type wagon with a slaughtered pig hanging on the back. Published by C.L. Haye...

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