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Farmer Making Soap

Date: 1910
Description: The farmer and his wife are making soap outdoors. Lye is made by letting rain water seep through wood ashes for several months. Lye and fat produce soap. T...
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Circus People with Fish

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Description: A crew of people from the circus, possibly Ringling Brothers, Barnum, and Bailey, holding up their catch after a fishing trip.
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Farmer Baling Hay with Farmall C Tractor

Date: 1949
Description: Color photograph of a farmer baling hay with a Farmall C tractor and baler.
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Farmall H Tractor and Combine

Date: 1949
Description: Farmer harvesting grain with a Farmall H tractor and harvester-thresher (combine).
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Farmall H Tractor and Manure Spreader

Date: 1950
Description: Farmer spreading manure in a field with a Farmall H tractor and manure spreader (possibly a model 100).
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Paving Block Cutters

Date: 1910
Description: Paving block cutters at work at the the Montello Granite Company. Two men holding large hammers are posing underneath a tarp which is shading large pieces ...
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Big Falls Logging Crew

Date: 1900
Description: Four men from a logging crew posing standing in the snow with teams of horses and oxen.
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TWUA Strike Meeting

Date: 06 13 1954
Description: TWUA officials are shown seated at a table during a strike meeting with picket signs in front of the table. From left to right are business manager Charles...
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Dog Drawn Traino

Date: 1930
Description: Howard Russell standing next to his dog team pulling the "Traino." Russell and the team are ready to leave Madeline Island with the U.S. Mail.
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Farm of Alex Smith

Date: 1875
Description: View from a distance of a farm in a valley owned by Alex(ander?) Smith. There is a wooden fence in the foreground surrounding the farm.
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UPWA Vice President Addie Wyatt

Date: 12 1978
Description: Addie Wyatt, of the United Packinghouse Worker's Association, is shown seated at a desk speaking during the Merger Talks.
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Men Laying Railroad Track

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Description: Lumber workers laying railroad tracks through the woods.
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"McCormick Day" in Small Rural Town

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view of farmers lined up in horse-drawn wagons loaded with their new McCormick farm machines. Their wagons are adorned with "McCormick" signs and ...
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Curtiss Hydroplane in San Diego Bay

Date: 1912
Description: An unsuccessful test of Glenn Curtiss' hydroplane in San Diego Bay. The pilot about to be rescued is thought to be Milwaukee's John Kaminski.
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Picking Beans at a Chicago Vegetable Garden

Date: 1917
Description: Three women and a man dumping the beans they've picked into wooden containers at a vegetable garden northwest of Chicago.
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Vegetable Store

Date: 1917
Description: Small vegetable store known as the North Shore (Home Grown) Vegetable House, along the north shore of Lake Michigan. To the right of the store two men are ...
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Gardener and Sons Posing with Delivery Truck

Date: 1917
Description: Gardener Edward Schuetz and four sons posing with his delivery truck loaded with vegetables for market. The truck is not an International model.
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Farmall C Tractor and Hay Rake

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of a farmer in a field pulling a hay rake with a McCormick Farmall C tractor.
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Optometrist's Office

Date: 1906
Description: View of an optometrist's office, with equipment and supplies awaiting a patient.
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Railroad Freight Wagons

Date: 1913
Description: View down platform between two railroad trains of men unloading freight onto wagons from a Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway freight car at th...

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