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Farm Hazard: Chopping Wood

Date: 1926
Description: A man demonstrates the farm hazard of chopping wood.
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Two Men Sifting Compost for a Garden

Date: 06 1923
Description: Two men sifting compost soil through a screen.
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Working with a Compost Pile

Date: 06 1923
Description: A man cutting down a compost pile with a shovel.
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Boy with Tin Cans

Date: 1915
Description: A boy is standing behind a box of tin cans waiting to be carted to the dump. The boy is holding tin cans hanging from string in his hand.
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Senator and Mrs. McCarthy

Date: 10 12 1953
Description: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and his new bride, the former Jean Kerr, arrive at the federal building in New York City where a hearing concerning security ris...
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Water Pump at Bartlett Hills Country Club

Date: 07 10 1928
Description: Two men use a Fairway tractor to power a water pump at Bartlett Hills Country Club. The pump appears to be filling an irrigation trough.
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Tractor with Street Broom

Date: 05 02 1933
Description: An International industrial tractor with a street sweeping attachment sweeping the roads at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair.
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Industrial Tractor with Duplex Grader

Date: 06 16 1925
Description: A man stands while operating a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor and an International duplex grader to smooth a rural dirt road. The original capt...
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P&H 5-Ton Monorail Hoist and Track over Body of Water

Date: 1913
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 5-ton monorail hoist and track running over a body of water presumably to load a boat with lumber from a lumber yard. There is a ma...
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P&H 5-Ton Monorail Hoist Handling Lumber

Date: 1913
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 5-ton monorail hoist with lumber handling unit on a loading dock, possibly in Pensacola, Florida. There is a man in the cab, as wel...
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P&H 5-Ton Monorail Hoist Loading Barge

Date: 1913
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 5-ton monorail hoist with a lumber handling unit, possibly in Pensacola, Florida. The monorail track extends over the dock to permi...
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Portrait of David Goodvillage with Wife and Granddaughter

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Description: Studio portrait of a Sioux man, Ho-Chunk woman, and Ho-Chunk girl, all posing standing in front of a painted backdrop and wearing full regalia. Identified ...
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Studio Portrait of Thomas Thunder in Regalia

Date: 1910
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of Thomas Thunder (Hoonk Ha Ga Kah) (Son of [Wa Con Cha Kah] John Thunder aka Dr. Thunder and [We Hon Pe Kaw] Lucy Bea...
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Studio Portrait of Veteran Ruby Whiterabbit

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of World War II veteran Ruby Whiterabbit. She is sitting and wearing an eagle feather war bonnet (m...
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Man Wearing Wild West Outfit

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a man with a large moustache and trimmed beard wearing a Wild West outfit, including a wide-brimmed hat, fringed shirt, and ...
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Twin Silos

Date: 10 1923
Description: A man is filling one of two silos near a barn with silage from nearby wagon on the Babson Farm. A tractor in the foreground is used to power what appears t...
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Pearl White in "Pearl of the Army"

Date: 1916
Description: Pearl White stands in front of a painted studio background, sword in hand, wearing the female version of a U.S. Army cavalry uniform.
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Man Operating Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 11 11 1925
Description: Rear view of a man operating a horse-drawn mower in a field.
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"The Broken Coin" Publicity Still

Date: 09 20 1915
Description: Grace Cunard (as Kitty Gray, holding a sword), and Francis Ford (as Count Frederick) pose in a publicity still for Episode 14 "On the Battle Field" of the ...
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"The Broken Coin" Publicity Still

Date: 1915
Description: Grace Cunard sits on a bed and frets while a maid looks on in a publicity still for the Universal serial "The Broken Coin" for which Cunard was both writer...

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