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Quitting Time

Date: 08 25 1967
Description: Construction workers enjoying a beer after pouring concrete for a bridge structure.
Photograph

Young Child on Picket Line

Date: 1950
Description: A young child, Frank Hill, walking the picket line at a strike with an older man. The adult's sign reads: "Construction Workers organize for hours, wages a...
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On Strike

Date: 11 05 1962
Description: Lone picketer from Painters' Local 781 protests against workers not receiving union wages, hours, and benefits.
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Cutters Protesting a Lockout

Date: 1933
Description: Cutters from the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America union picket a Reed Brothers Company lockout.
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Red Devil Builder

Date: 
Description: An autographed portrait of Thomas S. Baldwin, builder of the early "Red Devil" airplanes and the first dirigible purchased by the U.S. Army.
Book or Pamphlet

Dennett Harvesting Machine Co. Catalog

Date: 1881
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Dennett twine binding harvesters, light mowers, and reapers manufactured by the Dennett Harvesting Machine Company. Fea...
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At Grandfather's House

Date: 1955
Description: A young boy helps his grandfather unload a cart of split logs.
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Oiling the Machine

Date: 
Description: A man uses an oil can to lubricate equipment in a machine shop.
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Picking Apples

Date: 1950
Description: An apple-picker stands among the branches of a tree, on a ladder with a pouch slung over his shoulder and belted around his waist.
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Circus Performers with Mule

Date: 
Description: A male circus performer stands lengthwise on the back of a mule, while a female circus performer stands on the ground next to them.
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Men Erecting Hot-Blast Preheater

Date: 1940
Description: Factory workers, most likely at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works (Truck Engine Works). Original caption states: "Hot-blast preheater being erec...
Photograph

City Ice Company Truck

Date: 1946
Description: A man removes a bag from the back of an International truck owned by City Ice Company. The truck is parked on a street in front of a coffee shop which adve...
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Man using Cream Separator

Date: 1925
Description: A man is turning the crank of a McCormick Primrose cream separator.
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Men Creating Shock of Corn

Date: 10 1906
Description: Two men gathering corn into a large corn shock on a farm.
Photograph

Men Baling Cotton

Date: 1905
Description: Group of men baling cotton in a warehouse.
Book or Pamphlet

Boring Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Boring tractor, featuring a color illustration of a man using the tractor to work in a farm field.
Book or Pamphlet

Plano Harvesting Machinery Catalog

Date: 1881
Description: Front cover of the catalog featuring an embossed silhouette illustration of a man using a horse-drawn Plano harvesting machine.

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