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Company House at Benham

Date: 1919
Description: A young boy standing in front of an International Harvester "company house" in the coal mining town of Benham.
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Groundskeeper at Indian Head Golf Club

Date: 1932
Description: A groundskeeper at Indian Head Golf Club uses a McCormick-Deering Fairway tractor and seeder(?) to maintain the golf course. A man playing golf is in the b...
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Men in Horse-Drawn Sterling Wagon

Date: 1914
Description: A man and boy seated in a loaded Sterling wagon pulled by a team of horses on a dirt road. In the far background stand several buildings, including residen...
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North Alabama Baptist Academy

Date: 1915
Description: View across yard of a group of African American students from the North Alabama Baptist Academy gathered on the building's front steps for an outdoor group...
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Convict Camp

Date: 1920
Description: A man standing in the cook house doorway at a convict camp comprised of several tents and a iron cage on wheels.
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Prisoners Working

Date: 1915
Description: View down road of a group of prisoners wearing striped jumpsuits doing road work while supervisors look on. A horse-drawn wagon is parked near a fence, and...
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Vacant Lot

Date: 1920
Description: View of a vacant lot littered with garbage and weeds in a residential area. Across the street in the background are what appears to be a row of apartment b...
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Farm Buildings

Date: 07 1926
Description: Two barns, a silo, and a wagon on a farm.
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Guffawmeter

Date: 1958
Description: A man wearing headphones is sitting behind a table with the Guffawmeter. The caption reads: "Guffawmeter constructed by Paul Vanderbilt for the State Histo...
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Teachers

Date: 1914
Description: A group of male and female Cook County teachers studying corn, preparatory to taking up this work in their rural schools.

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