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Filming a "Home Economics" Scene

Date: 1925
Description: Mr. Hyde and Miss Wigent filming a woman and child while the woman is filling pails with water from a hand-pump. The original caption reads: "Taking footag...
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Learning Knot Tying

Date: 1918
Description: A group of students learning to tie knots in pieces of twine in a classroom. A chalkboard, American flag, and several portraits are hanging on the wall in ...
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Professor C.W. Farr Teaching Agricultural Course

Date: 02 10 1915
Description: Professor C.W. Farr standing on an elevated platform at the front of a classroom at the Burrell School while presenting on the subject of agricultural dive...
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Cotton Presentation

Date: 1915
Description: View from back of classroom of Dr. W.B. Hinds pointing at a graph as he delivers an agricultural lecture on cotton to students seated at North Alabama Bapt...
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Children at Happy Hearts Park

Date: 1925
Description: Children are sitting on benches looking at books, and other children are playing in a sandbox at Happy Hearts Park.
Drawing

Evergreen Shelter Belts and Ornamental Hedges

Date: 1878
Description: Engraved view of a house surrounded by gardens, an evergreen shelter belt and ornamental hedges.
Photograph

IH Cartage Trucks with Concrete Tubes

Date: 10 15 1928
Description: Two IH trucks for "W.E. Draper Cartage" are parked on the side of the road. Both trucks are hauling large concrete tubes, probably for construction work. T...
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Silver Wedding of Bradford and Alice Gillett

Date: 1905
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the 25th wedding anniversary of Bradford and Alice Gillett — Sherwin Gillett's uncle and aunt, seated in the center. The other gu...
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John Lloyd Jones Family

Date: 1910
Description: Members of the Lloyd Jones family informally gathered on the lawn outside their house. Names (l to r) Mrs. (Hannah) John Lloyd Jones, Richard Lloyd Jones, ...
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Man Using Kerosene McCormick-Deering Tractor as Earth Mover

Date: 06 1926
Description: Right side view of a man using a McCormick-Deering tractor to move earth. An unpaved road, and houses among trees are in the background.
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Men Using Kerosene McCormick-Deering Tractor as Earth Mover

Date: 06 1926
Description: Elevated view of men using a tractor in a pit to move earth. People are standing at the edge of the area watching the men working. Houses are in the backgr...
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Cultivator

Date: 06 1926
Description: Three-quarter view from right rear of a man using a horse-drawn cultivator in a field.
Photograph

Dog Lying on Porch

Date: 05 06 1927
Description: Close-up of a dog lying on a porch.
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Dog Lying on Porch

Date: 05 06 1927
Description: Close-up of a dog lying on a porch.
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Dog Lying on Porch

Date: 05 06 1927
Description: Close-up of a dog lying on a porch.
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View of Gardens

Date: 07 13 1928
Description: Slightly elevated view of gardens, with vines growing on fences in rows, and off to the right rows of small trees. In the distance is an open field, with a...
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Demonstration of IH Implements

Date: 07 30 1928
Description: View towards groups of men gathered around machinery to watch demonstrations.
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Demonstration of IH Implements

Date: 07 30 1928
Description: View across grounds and a set of railroad tracks towards men standing in and around a tent with tractors on display.
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Dealership

Date: 11 09 1928
Description: Interior view of a dealership.
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Farmall Mounted Corn Picker

Date: 12 21 1928
Description: View towards a man driving a Farmall tractor with a corn picker and a wagon in a cornfield. In the background is a house and a windmill.

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