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House and Family

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Description: Family posing in yard of house with four horses, with two pulling a horse-drawn carriage. There are four women, two men, a young man, five young girls, and...
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Mobile Bay Beach

Date: 03 05 1915
Description: Two well-dressed men gazing thoughtfully at the ocean at Mobile Bay beach.
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Young Girls Playing on School Swing

Date: 05 1928
Description: Two young girls playing on a tree swing on the grounds of Viall School.
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Schoolboys Playing Baseball

Date: 05 1928
Description: Boys playing baseball on the grounds of Viall School.
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Rural School Health Parade and Festival

Date: 05 1928
Description: School children and teachers from Lemont township marching in a rural school festival parade. The children are dressed in white cloaks and hats bearing a m...
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Farm Hazard: Children Playing with Ammunition

Date: 08 1927
Description: Staged scene of a toddler playing with shot gun shells and a hammer. This photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Departm...
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Farm Hazard: Unsafe Hunting Practice

Date: 12 1926
Description: Staged scene of two hunters in the woods with guns. One man is walking under a branch with his rifle pointed behind him. This photograph was taken for Int...
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Boy Riding Toy Railroad Engine

Date: 09 1925
Description: Kenneth Chipman riding a toy railroad engine on the farm of W.W. Chipman. Worked by footpower and with a working whistle bell, the toy engine follows track...
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Young Children Play in Squalid Alley

Date: 1925
Description: Three young children playing with a wagon in a squalid alley between rows of impoverished houses. Trash and rubble litter the alley.
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Woman Reading on Screened Porch

Date: 06 1923
Description: Miss Marilla Zearing reading a newspaper on a rocking chair in the screened porch of her home. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agric...
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Playing Croquet

Date: 1873
Description: Six people playing croquet in front of picket fence; frame house with shutters and latticework on porch in background.
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Mrs. Charles Van Schaick on Horseback

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Description: Mrs. Charles Van Schaick, posing on horseback, is riding past the livery stable. It was unusual for women at this time to ride horseback.
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Men Sitting on Pier

Date: 1915
Description: Two men sit on a pier with a beach and several homes in the background.
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Picnic at IH Experimental Farm

Date: 08 26 1925
Description: A group of International Harvester employees gathers at the company's experimental farm for the Harvester Club picnic.
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Armistice Day Parade

Date: 11 25 1919
Description: Submarine float for parade and bonfire celebrating Armistice Day.
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Groundskeeper at Waubonsie Golf Course

Date: 1931
Description: A man uses a McCormick-Deering Fairway tractor with a mowing attachment to cut the grass at Waubonsie Golf Course.
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Monroe Country Club

Date: 10 05 1928
Description: A groundskeeper uses a Fairway tractor to maintain the golf course at the Monroe Country Club.
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Monroe Country Club

Date: 10 05 1928
Description: A groundskeeper uses a Fairway tractor to care for the rough of the Monroe Country Club golf course while a group of golfers plays in the background.
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Groundskeeper on Tractor at Golf Course

Date: 05 26 1928
Description: A groundskeeper uses a Fairway tractor to maintain the grounds of what appears to be a golf course.
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Aurora Country Club

Date: 09 12 1924
Description: A groundskeeper uses a Farmall (or Fairway?) tractor with a roller to tend the golf course at Aurora Country Club.

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